Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hajiya Khadija Ibrahim, defeated her stepson, Mohammed Ibrahim, to clinch the All Progressives Congress ticket for Damaturu/Gulani/Gujba/Tarmuwa, Yobe federal constituency. Professor Abba Gambo, the returning officer of the election, announced on Wednesday that Khadijah…
PDP presidential aspirants to sign bond ahead convention (Vanguard)
Ahead of Saturday’s national convention, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has concluded plans to commit all its presidential aspirants in the 2019 general elections to a bond, in what appears a move to stem possible post-convention crisis. The bond, expected to…
How APC made itself a laughing stock in Imo (Guardian)
It was a catalogue of woes for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as its attempt to organise governorship primaries in some states ended up stoking fresh controversies and confusion. In Imo, the exercise, which was slated to hold yesterday,…
Lagos APC gov primary: Hoodlums allegedly chase members away in Abesan (Punch)
The voting process of the All Progressives Congress governorship primary was disrupted for a while at Ward G North, Abesan, in Alimosho Local Government Area as thugs chased away members of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that…
I rejected N300m bribe to dump APC —Binta Garba (Punch)
The senator representing Adamawa Northern Senatorial District, Binta Garba, has said the Peoples Democratic Party, in the twilight of the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, approached her, as the Chairman of the Adamawa State chapter of the All Progressives…
Lagos 2019: Ambode dares Tinubu, says I won’t step down (Sun) *Osun poll: PDP attacks Buhari for celebrating ‘stolen mandate’ (Punch)
Lagos 2019: Ambode dares Tinubu, says I won’t step down (Sun) The battle for the soul of Lagos State took a strange twist yesterday when Governor Akinwunmi Ambode boldly told a meeting of leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress,…
PDP to hold convention in Port Harcourt amid members’ worries (PremiumTimes)
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has resolved to hold the party’s national convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The decision was taken at the 83rd NEC meeting of the party which held at…
2019: My disqualification unjust, Okotie cries out (Vanguard)
Governorship aspirant in Delta State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Osiobe Okotie, Friday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the national leadership of the party to intervene in what he described as his unjust disqualification…
Osun rerun: I’ll retrieve my stolen mandate at tribunal —Adeleke (Punch)
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has vowed to retrieve his ‘stolen mandate’ from Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress at the election petition tribunal. Adeleke said this while speaking in…
I am Nigeria’s next president, says Kwankwaso (Punch)
Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, former Kano State governor and PDP presidential aspirant, says he will “easily beat President Muhamadu Buhari” if given his party’s ticket to contest the presidential election in 2019. Kwankwaso, who spoke on Thursday in Jos, during a…
