Tag: 2019
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PDP Appoints DG, Zonal Coordinators For 2019 Presidential Campaign
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed Director- General and Zonal Coordinators of the party’s 2019 Presidential campaign. The list includes: Senate President Bukola Saraki as Ditector-General, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as Zonal Coordinator for North west, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, Zonal Coordinator for North East, Samuel Ortorm, Zonal Coordinator for North…
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2019: Ondo PDP Leaders Write Secondus, Demand Cancellation of Rep Primary
The Leaders of the People Democratic Party in Odigbo Local Government areas of Ondo State has protested the primary election that produced Bar Yomi Akinfemiwa as the candidate of the PDP for the Federal House of Representatives for Odigbo/Ile Oluji Oke -igbo Federal constituency in Ondo State. In a petition addressed to the National Chairman of…
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2019: APC Won’t Be Allowed To Field Candidates In Zamfara, INEC Insists
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it stands by its statement that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will not field candidates for the 2019 general elections in Zamfara. INEC Chairman, Mahmoud Yakubu, stated this on the sideline of the opening of a two-day validation workshop titled “Study on the cost of elections in ECOWAS…
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“It Won’t Take Me 6 Months To Name My Cabinet If Elected President”– Atiku Assures Nigerians
Former vice president and presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahlaji Atiku Abubakar, has assured Nigerians that he will constitute his cabinet within 6 months if elected in 2019 as president of the federal republic of Nigeria. He gave this assurance through a tweet on his tweeter page. According to him, he…
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I’m Under Pressure To Leave APC–Yari
Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, on Friday said that he has been under intense pressure to defect from the All Progressives Congress (APC) with his supporters. Yari, who is the Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) spoke with State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja. He also handed…
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2019: Atiku Picks Peter Obi From East As Running Mate
The Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday picked former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, from the eastern part of Nigeria as his running mate in the 2019 general elections. Details later
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Buhari Meets With Amosun, Ganduje, Yari In Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, met with three state Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). This was confirmed by his Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, via his Twitter handle, @BashirAhmaad. Ahmad listed the governors who met with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja to include Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano),…
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Trouble Looms For PMB As Kukah, Oyedepo, Gumi join Atiku at Obasanjo’s Residence Against 2019
The political atmosphere is currently at its peak at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, Ogun state. Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo who played host to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar also received religious leaders, top politicians and civil rights activists. Among the religious leaders are Ahmad Gumi, a Kaduna-based Islamic scholar; Mathew Kukah, Catholic bishop…
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Okorochas’ Inlaw Loses As Court Affirms Uzodinma As Imo APC Guber Candidate
An Abuja High Court on Wednesday recognized Senator Hope Uzodinma as the candidate of the party for the 2019 Imo governorship election. The court, which was presided over by Justice O.A Musa said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must also recognize only Uzodinma as the governorship candidate in the 2019 election. Justice O.…
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2019: Atiku, Secondus, Others Currently Holding Meeting With OBJ In Abeokuta
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and the National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus are meeting former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo behind closed doors. The meeting is holding at Obasanjo’s residence inside his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. Atiku, arrived the sprawling library for the meeting, alongside…