Tag: Re-election
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2019: I’m not seeking re-election for personal gains – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated that the driving force for seeking public office should be to serve the people, improve their lives and not for frivolity or personal ambition. This is contained in a statement signed by Malam Garba Shehu, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity. The statement said that Buhari made this…
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2019: Why Buhari should forget seeking reelection – CNPP
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has described as ‘disappointing’ the declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari to seek reelection in 2019. It noted that the president had nothing to show for Nigerian to vote him back to office in 2019. Recall that president on Monday declared his intention to run for the presidency a…
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2019: GDI mobilises Rivers indigenes in diaspora for Wike’s re-election
Grassroots development initiatives (GDI) has appealed to the indigenes of Rivers State In diaspora to come home en masse to participate in the 2019 general elections and vote massively for the continuation of the progressive and all-inclusive government of Governor Nyesom Wike. At a meeting of Nigerians in diaspora held at Kempton Park, West Street…
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Buhari congratulates Putin on re-election
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended “sincere congratulations” to President Vladimir Putin of Russia on his victory in the recent presidential election. The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement in Abuja. Buhari’s congratulatory message was contained in a letter on behalf of himself, the government…
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Buhari congratulates Chinese President, Xi Jinping on re-election
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Chinese President Xi Jinping on his re-election as the President of the Peoples Republic of China. In a letter personally signed by him, the Nigerian leader praised his Chinese counterpart for his wisdom and vision. “On behalf of the Government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I…
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{Photo] Shittu distributes Buhari’s re-election caps at FEC meeting
Despite the controversies surrounding President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection bid, the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, on Wednesday, attended the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting with a bag full of President Buhari’s re-election campaign caps. The caps were packed inside a big bag popularly known as “Ghana-must-go.” Shortly before the commencement of the meeting presided…
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You were desperate for third term; Buhari also deserves re-election, Sagay replies Obasanjo
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Itse Sagay, has said former President Obasanjo who was desperate for a third term in office in 2003 does not have the audacity to stop/advice President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek reelection if he so pleases in 2019. The presidential aid also described Obasanjo’s criticism…
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2019: APC appoints Okorocha South-East leader of Buhari’s re-election campaign
The Southeast leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress has endorsed Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State as the leader of the Southeast Zonal Campaign Council of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 re-election bid. They also agreed to work together for both the success of Buhari and party in other elections in the zone. This was…
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2019: NEC’s approved $1bn is for Buhari’s re-election – Fayose
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has alleged that the decision to withdraw $1bn from the Excess Crude Account to fight Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East region is a means by the All Progressives Congress-led federal government to fund President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election in 2019. The governor, in a statement on Friday by his…
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Kenya2017: Osinbajo, Obasanjo congratulate Kenyatta on re-election
The Acting President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has congratulated President Uhuru Kenyatta on his re-election as President of the Republic of Kenya. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Kenyatta was declared the winner on Friday of with 54.27 percent of votes, beating his rival Raila Odinga who scored 44.74 percent. In a letter signed by the Acting President after…