The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Chief Osita Okechukwu, has urged Ndigbo ( igbos) to add millions of vote to President Muhammadu Buhari’s 12 million vote-bank. “Ndigbo should strive to give President Buhari nothing less than five million block votes, that is a reasonable target for a performing President”, Okechukwu said in Enugu on Monday. The VON boss made ...
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Oyo 2019: AD says it will reclaim the power it lost in 2003
The Alliance for Democracy (AD) will reclaim its lost governorship seat in Oyo State in the 2019 general elections, Mr Adeniji Ademola, Director- General (D-G), Hakeem Oyedele Campaign Organisation, has said. Ademola, who stated this on Monday in an interview with journalists in Ibadan, boasted that Mr Hakeem Oyedele, the AD governorship candidate in the state, would emerge winner of ...
Read More »Vote-Buying: NRM wants enactment of Act to prosecute culprits
The National Rescue Movement (NRM) on Monday advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to seek laws to empower it to prosecute vote buyers and sellers. The Deputy National Chairman of the party, Mr Niyi Dada, told that the call became imperative in order to tackle vote-buying ahead of the 2019 general elections. Dada said while INEC was aware of ...
Read More »2019: APC UK inaugurates Presidential Campaign Committee
The All Progressives Congress (APC), United Kingdom chapter, has released the names of members of its Presidential Campaign Committee for the 2019 general elections. The names were released in a statement made available to journalists on Monday in Abuja, by Mr Jacob Ogunseye, the APC UK Publicity Secretary. Ogunseye said the UK APC Presidential Campaign Committee for the 2019 general ...
Read More »Keyamo to Atiku: Substantiate corruption allegation against Buhari or keep quiet forever
Spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, Festus Keyamo has asked Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to stop making against Buhari if he has no evidence The renowned lawyer was responding to the demand by Atiku that Buhari’s family be probed over their alleged ownership of huge shares in Etisalat Nigeria and Keystone Bank. Keyamo ...
Read More »Gov. Yari has completely sidelined me, Zamfara Deputy Gov. cries out
The Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala has alleged that Governor, Abdul’Aziz Yari, has sidelined him. Lamenting to journalists on Sunday, Wakkala said that the governor had denied him his rights and privileges . He said: “For months now, several of the legal fundings that are supposed to be made to my office have been stopped and I ...
Read More »2019: Onu, others explain why Igbos should vote for Buhari
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-East, have called on the people of the zone to support the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. The party leaders made the call on Sunday during a stakeholders meeting held at the minister’s country home in Uburu, ...
Read More »APC in grief as it loses a Rep member from Lagos
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the death of Mr Abayomi Ayeola, a member of the House of Representatives, as sad and shocking. Aiyeola (APC-Ibeju Lekki Federal Constituency) died on Sunday at a private hospital in Lagos, after a brief illness. The two-term lawmaker had clinched the APC ticket at the party’s last primary ...
Read More »Akume to Tiv People: I can’t lie to you, Buhari is the best for Nigerian polity
The Vice Chairman North, All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential Council, Sen. George Akume has advised Tiv people to vote President Mohammadu Buhari in the forthcoming presidential elections. Akume, a former Senate Minority Leader and two time governor of Benue, gave the advised on Sunday at Wannune, Tarka Local Government during the celebration of his 65th birthday anniversary. He said that ...
Read More »2019: I will give 50 percent of my appointments to women, youths- Ezekwesili
The Presidential Candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Mrs Oby Ezekwesili has promised a better deal for women and youths if elected in 2019. Ezekwesili made the promise in an interview with newsmen shortly after canvassing for votes from market women at Afor-Ukpor market, Ukpor in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra on Sunday. Ezekwesili said ...
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