Abia State News

The Senator representing Abia North Senatorial zone in the National Assembly, Mao Ohuabunwa, has berated former Abia governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, over utterances regarding the February 23 presidential and National Assembly elections. Kalu is the APC senatorial candidate for Abia North zone for this…

Heads of the international observation missions in Nigeria have urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to strictly adhere to the new dates it rescheduled for the general elections. The appeal was made in a joint statement signed by the heads of missions and the United Nations…

The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has raised the alarm over an alleged plan by President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu. CUPP also alleged that President Buhari wants to replace Yakubu with Amina Zaka…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has postponed the February 16 presidential and National Assembly elections. The polls will now hold Saturday February 23. This was one of the decisions reached early Saturday morning in a meeting INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu had wi…

Kano Police Command on Wednesday night arrested two male suspects in possession of 14 sacks of fake ballot papers. Police Public Relation Officer, DSP Haruna Abdullahi, confirmed this while parading the suspects at the Bompai Police Headquarters, Kaduna, on Thursday. Abdullahi explained that th…

Lagos –  Crisis appears to be brewing at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) between Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, Chairman, and Amina Bala Zakari, Director of Health and Welfare, which analysts said may affect the 2019 election. Sources in the commission said Zakari, who was formerly t…

Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) Minna –  A former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (Retd), has predicted that the 2019 senatorial election in Zone ‘B’, Niger State, would be a walkover for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said the All Progressives Alliance (APC) appears to b…

Over 70 out of the 91 political parties are presenting presidential candidates that will participate in the 2019 Presidential elections, The PUNCH  can report. Our correspondent, who visited the FCT office of the Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday, reported that over 70 names…

Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi yesterday shed some light on why leaders from the South East are protesting the nomination of former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi as running mate to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Atiku Abubakar. Umahi spoke yesterday after signing a Memorandum of …

Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has selected ex-Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi as his running mate. Insiders say Atiku made wide consultations before the decision. Obi had declared the emergence of Atiku as a good sign for the country ahead of the 2019 general election. Lamenting …

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal The Sokoto State Governor and former presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Aminu Tambuwal, on Monday congratulated former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, on his emergence as the flagbearer of the party in the 2019 presidential elect…

The President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organization has reacted to the emergence of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate. The President’s campaign team said Atiku was only able to win the primary because he bought delegates’ v…

A two-day National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will start today (Saturday) and end on Sunday. The main opposition party will be electing its presidential candidate to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2019 presidential electi…

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party, who were fortunate to be delegates at the party’s national convention which held in Port Harcourt on Saturday, have described the exercise as worthy. This is because, they were said to have received thousands of dollars as bribes from some presidential a…

President Muhammadu Buhari has declined assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2018, transmitted to him by the National Assembly. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. He said the Pres…

the total number of votes to be shared among the candidates is 667,028 as Professor Abdulganiy Olayinka Raji, the Ekiti state Resident Electoral Commission, has  revealed that only 667,028 individuals  are eligible to vote in the governorship election. Professor Abdulganiy Olayinka Raji, the Ekit…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has issued a notice of election for the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Prof. Abdul-Ganiyu Raji, at a press conference in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday said this was in accordance with Section…

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday declared his intention to run for president in 2019 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Abubakar announced his candidacy in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Tuesday, Channels tv reports. …

Atiku Abubakar Asaba –  Supporters of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, is intensifying pressure on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to offer its presidential ticket in the 2019 election to their principal. The supporters under the auspices of the Atiku Abubakar 2019 Media Vanguard mainta…

Afenifere insists on restructuring The debate on Nigeria’s future continued yesterday, with the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) declaring that this country cannot survive without the North. ACF is the North’s apex socio-cultural group. It is seen as its voice. ACF Chairman Ibrahim Coomassie st…