Tag: 2019
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2019: Don’t discuss Buhari’s second term with me – Tinubu
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, on Monday told journalists not to discuss the possibility of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term with him. Tinubu was speaking to State House correspondents shortly after meeting behind closed doors with the president inside the new Banquet Hall of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa…
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OYO 2019: I am not contesting governorship election again, says Ladoja
Former governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has declared that he would no longer be contesting governorship election in the state whether in 2019 or anytime in the future. Ladoja dumped Accord for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) a few weeks ago, a party he left in December 2010 in the wake of a…
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2019: Buhari has not fulfilled his campaign promises to Nigerians, Customs DG, Hameed Ali
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has derailed from its concept of change because it has not fulfilled most of its campaign promises of the 2015 general elections. Ali said this at the unveiling of an ultra-modern Buhari Support Organisation, (BSO), office complex in Jabi,…
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2019: PDP drubbing of Fayose over ambition, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Any political party, especially in the opposition, will be thrilled to have a candidate of the calibre and clout of Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, willing and faithful to wrest power from the ruling government. That’s exactly what Mr. Fayose has promised to achieve for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the…
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2019: Former Jigawa Gov. Lamido announces presidential bid
Former governor of Jigawa state Sule Lamido has declared his intention to run for the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2019. Lamido, made his intention known in a letter to all members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) across the country, thereby becoming the first politician from the North to…
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We’ll complete construction of second Niger Bridge before ending of 2019 – Osinbajo
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has assured Nigerians that the present administration would complete the second Niger Bridge before the end of 2019. Mr. Osinbajo stated this on Friday in Onitsha at the official flag-off campaign of Tony Nwoye, the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Anambra. He said that N2 billion had already…
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Tinubu warming up to be President come 2019 – Dele Momodu
Publisher of the Ovation Magazine and former Presidential aspirant, Dele Momodu has explained a recent comment by an All Progressives Congress chieftain, Chief Bisi Akande, on issues of ‘automatic ticket’ is a pointer that national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bolaji Tinubu is warming up for presidency come 2019. Akande during a meeting of the…
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Ready-to-die Wike vows to face APC in 2019, says ‘all of us would go down with it’
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says he is ready to lay down his life if it will ensure victory for the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 general elections. Wike said this in the latest issue of ‘The Interview,’ a monthly magazine. The governor said one of the reasons the then President, Goodluck Jonathan,…
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Corruption: Yakubu spits fire, says ‘We might get rid of everybody in INEC before 2019 elections’
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Tuesday said the Commission under his leadership might overhaul the entire system in order to kick out the corrupt officials before the 2019 general elections. The INEC boss noted that the commission will continue to cooperate with the Economic and Financial Crimes…
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Restructuring alone can’t solve Nigeria’s problems – Pat Utomi
A former presidential candidate, Prof. Pat Utomi, has stated that restructuring is not the panacea to Nigeria’s development challenges. According to Utomi, a former presidential candidate, evidence showed no correlation between more resources and development in the country. He made the statement while speaking at “The Platform,’’ a national discourse forum organised by the Covenant…