Tag: 2019 Elections
2019: Group pledges massive votes for Buhari
The Buhari Support Organisation (BSO), South West chapter, has pledged to deliver massive votes for the re-election of President Muhammadu…
2019: Ex-foreign minister tasks filmmakers to advocate peaceful elections
Prof Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian former Minister of Foreign Affairs, has urged stakeholders in Nollywood to use their works to advocate…
2019: Avoid politics of inducement – Primate
Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, the Primate of Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, on Tuesday in Abuja urged Nigerians to avoid…
Buhari: I’m committed to free, fair 2019 elections
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday reassured Nigerians that the forthcoming general elections in 2019 will be free and fair.
2019: Buhari Campaign Organisation demands 90 per cent of Ondo votes
The Buhari Campaign Organisation (BCO) has urged its newly inaugurated executive members in Ondo State to work tirelessly to deliver…
2019: Female aspirant calls for credible, fair elections
A female aspirant in Bauchi State, Mrs Maryam Alexander, has called on stakeholders in the 2019 elections to ensure a…
2019: CP calls on politicians to observe electoral laws
Mr Dibal Yakadi, Commissioner of Police, Niger, on Tuesday called on politicians to adhere strictly to the electoral laws during…
2019: Bode George tasks INEC on electoral neutrality
Chief Olabode George, former Deputy National Chairman (South) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has tasked the Independent National Electoral…
2019 Elections: RTEAN reads riot act to Lagos members
The Lagos State Chapter of the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) on Sunday warned its members to steer…
2019: 27 candidates for Ebonyi’s 3 senatorial seats
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says 27 candidates from 14 registered political parties fielded candidates for the three senatorial…
2019 Elections: Group urges youths to resist violence
Mr Prosper Okafor, President, National Youths Summit on Peace and Security (NYSPS), on Wednesday urged Nigerian youths to resist all…
2019: Politicians using religion to divide Nigerians – Cleric
The Senior Pastor, Father’s Touch Ministry Church, Nyanya, Abuja, Pastor Evans Idoko, has accused some politicians of using religion and…
Parties in last minute rush to beat INEC’s names submission deadline
Political parties on Thursday resorted to last minute rush to beat the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) deadline for the…
2019 elections: Council recommends deployment of security personnel
The National Security Council (NSC) has recommended the deployment of security agencies to the states ahead of the 2019 general…
2019 elections: Nigerians warned on dangers of vote buying
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, a human rights activist, Mr Modibbo Bakari, has advised the electorate to desist from…
2019: ‘U.S. has no candidate in this election’
The United States of America (USA) has said that it has no preferred candidate in the forthcoming general elections in…
2019: Women Leadership Institute to organise political leadership masterclass
A leadership organization, Women Leadership Institute, has announced it's 3-Day Political Leadership Masterclass for Women.
2019 Elections: Senate approves N53.2bn security budget
The Senate on Tuesday approved the security budget of N53.2 billion for the 2019 general elections.
2019 Elections: Labour Party will not field candidates
The Labour Party says it will not field any candidate for the 2019 General Elections as the party could not…
2019: Tonye Cole promises to deepen unity in Rivers APC
Mr Tonye Cole, Rivers Governorship candidate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has assured the people of…
2019: Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youths commend Atiku for choosing Obi
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youths (Worldwide) has commended the PDP and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for choosing an Igbo…
6.6m Lagosians eligible to vote in 2019 – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State said 6,609,115 residents were eligible to vote in the 2019 General…
I’m contesting for Presidency as Nigerian, not Igbo – Moghalu
Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, the Presidential Candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) on Friday said that he was contesting for…
Nigerians must choose from candidates with integrity – APC
The All Progressives Congress(APC) has re-emphasised its position that Nigerian electorate must have opportunity to choose from candidates that could…
2019 elections: Senate passes INEC N189 billion budget
The Senate on Thursday passed the sum of N234 billion for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the 2018…
INEC expects 80m registered voters to participate in 2019 elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Thursday that more than 80 million registered Nigerians were expected to vote…
Taraba lawmaker makes case for displaced constituents
Mr Joseph Kunini, Majority Leader, Taraba House of Assembly, has expressed the fear that more than 4,000 people from his…
Presidency: 7,000 APC delegates to ratify Buhari’s nomination as sole candidate
The All Progressives Congress (APC), says no fewer than 7,000 delegates will on Saturday, at the Eagle Square, ratify the…
2019 Elections: APC clears 24 governorship candidates
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has cleared 24 governorship aspirants as its candidates to…
2019: Groups advance criteria for Presidency
A Coalition of Christian Groups in Nigeria and Diaspora for Good Governance has advanced criteria for Nigeria’s next president to…