Tag: 2019
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Military will not be involved in 2019 election – INEC boss
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said the military will not be involved in election duties in 2019. The INEC boss said this in an interview with a monthly magazine, The Interview. Yakubu said the police would be the lead agency while the military would ‘form the outer core.’ He said, “The lead agency in…
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PDP totally destroyed, APC will win more states come 2019 – El-Rufai boasts
Governor Nasir Ahmad E-Rufai of Kaduna on Wednesday said that the All Progressives Congress [APC] would win next general election because the party is a 21st-century miracle. Governor El-Rufai made the call today at the first public lecture of Al-hikmah University, Adewole, Ilorin titled “Governing justly: Perspectives from near and far with lessons for Nigeria”,…
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All registered voters will get PVCs before 2019 – INEC assures Nigerians
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said eligible persons registered in ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) would get their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) before 2019 general elections. The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known at an interactive session with newsmen in Abuja. “Those who registered in 2017, their PVCs…
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Again, APC governors meet Buhari; pressure him to run in 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday night met with state governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the conference hall of the Wife of the President, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was a follow-up to the Daura meeting which was held at the president’s private resident last Friday. Recall that the Chairman of the APC…
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2019: ‘I will run for President’ says Fela Durotoye as he joins party, ANN
Motivational speaker and leadership coach, Fela Durotoye, has declared his intention to run for president in the 2019 general elections on the platform of the Alliance for a New Nigeria (ANN). In a statement sent to members of the Fela Durotoye Leadership Network, he revealed that he’s joined the ANN to realise his ambition of…
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24 Governors backing Buhari to run, fly in 2019 – Kogi Gov
Kogi state Governor, Yahaya Bello has declared that 24 governors under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are supporting President Muhammadu Buhari to return to power in 2019 He made the disclosure on Saturday in Lokoja, the state capital, at a grand rally to welcome People’s Democratic Party (PDP) members who defected to…
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Jonathan backs NASS decision to reorder 2019 polls
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed his support on the National Assembly’s proposed decision to re-order the sequence of the 2019 elections. Jonathan said the new arrangement was in order and would go a long way in ensuring that more quality people are elected at all levels. Majority of the members of the two chambers…
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[Photos] Our meeting with Buhari is not to discuss 2019 elections – APC govs
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress on Friday said their mission to Daura, Katsina State, was merely to condole with President Muhammadu Buhari over the loss of two members of his extended family. The Chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum, Rochas Okorocha of Imo, stated this when he fielded questions from…
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APC has failed, PDP will return to power in 2019 – Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, has failed in governance while expressing strong convictions that the Peoples Democratic Party will return to power come 2019. Jonathan spoke when he received the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus who led members of the National Working Committee,…
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2019: Little Doubt That Atiku is Ready, By Lami Ladan
Permit me to add my petite voice to the euphoric voices already clamouring for Atiku Abubakar’s candidacy in the upcoming 2019 general election. And rightly so! A poorly-handled search for a presidential flag bearer by a discordance of characters over the years, has led the nation to an unfocused and unmitigated democratic debacle. Many Nigerians…