Tag: 2019 general elections
2019: 215,000 PVCs uncollected in Ebonyi – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi says over 215,000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are yet to be claimed…
2019: NOA sensitises Kebbi electorates
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) says it had sensitised electorates in the three senatorial districts of Kebbi on proper voting…
Union warns politicians against turning Ilorin to battle ground
Malam Usman Abdulazeez, National President, Ilorin Emirate Descendants’ Progressive Union (IEDPU), has urged political gladiators in the state not to…
2019: Buhari receives endorsement letter from APM
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja received a letter of endorsement from the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) as its…
2019: Cleric warns against making predictions for politicians
The Catholic Archbishop of Kaduna, Most Rev. Mathew Ndogoso, has advised clerics to stop making predictions for politicians ahead of…
PDP aspirant drags party to court over HOR ticket
Mr Hamisu Anani, a PDP member, who lost the bid to secure the party’s ticket to contest the Wase Federal…
Atiku, Obi, PDP leaders meet in Port Harcourt
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met on Friday at the PDP Campaign Office in Port Harcourt to discuss…
2019: Arewa Youth Assembly to partner NYCN to curb electoral violence
The Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA) says it will partner with the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) to curtail electoral…
2019: UN Women solicit media support for Nigerian female politicians
The UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) on Thursday in Abuja expressed commitment to…
Eid-el-Maulud: Lalong urges fervent prayers for successful, peaceful elections
Gov Simon Lalong has called on Muslims to pray fervently for the successful conduct of the 2019 general elections.
2019: Atiku is a walk-over – Sen. Ndume
Sen. Ali Ndume has said that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, will be a…
2019: Lagos AD Guber candidate tasks INEC on credible polls
The Governorship candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Lagos State, Chief Owolabi Salis, has urged the Independent National…
Kwara bye-election: My success, victory for Kwarans – Olawuyi
Mr Tunji Olawuyi has said that his victory at Saturday’s Ekiti/Isin/Oke-Ero and Irepodun federal constituency bye-election in Kwara as a…
APC UK tasks party members to shun bickering, support Oshiomhole
The United Kingdom chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on members of the party across the country…
2019: We have no preferred candidates — OPC
The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) says it has no preferred candidates among those jostling for political offices in the 2019…
2019: Group canvasses support for Buhari, Masari
The Buhari/Masari Agenda 2019, a Katsina-based political association, has commenced a tour of the 34 local government areas in the…
Election duty: Ugwuanyi promises ‘special protection’ for corps members
Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has promised 'special protection' for corps members that would be deployed in the state…
Porous borders, bane of Nigeria’s security – Moghalu
Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, the Presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party, (YPP) says Nigeria’s security issues are compounded by the…
238,309 PVCs unclaimed in Nasarawa State – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Nasarawa on Thursday said 238,309 eligible voters in the state had yet to…
2019 political reportage: Bauchi NUJ to partner NBA, others
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bauchi State Council, says it will partner with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), INEC…
2019: NYSC DG urges corps members to remain non-partisan
Brig.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has admonished corps members that would take part in the…
Zamfara 2019: APC to challenge INEC ban in court – Oshiomhole
Mr Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), says the party will approach the court on its ban by…
2019: Political group tasks women on activeness
United For a New Nigeria Initiative, a political group, has called on women to come out en masse for voting…
2019: Why Buhari remains most credible option for Nigeria – CSO
The New Initiative For Credible Leadership (NICreL) on Thursday adjudged President Muhammadu Buhari as the most credible option among other…
2019: AU to deploy election observers to Nigeria
The African Union (AU) Commission said it would deploy both short and long-term Election Observer Mission to monitor 2019 general…
2019: I will vote individuals, not party – Dr Abah
Dr Joe Abah, former Director-General of Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), said he would vote individual and not a…
2019: Adamawa APC inaugurates Campaign Ambassadors
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Adamawa Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated Enlightenment and Campaign…
2019: APC Rep candidate sure of party’s victory
Mr Ajulo-Opin Olawuyi, a House of Representatives candidate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, says…
Yabagi emerges ADP presidential candidate
Ahead of the 2019 General Elections, the Action Democratic Party (ADP) on Sunday elected Yabagi Yusuf Sani as its Presidential…
Sakil emerges UPN presidential candidate
The Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) on Saturday elected a farmer, Alhaji Ahmed Sakil, as its presidential flag bearer for…