2019 election

October 17, 2017

Buhari is the only credible candidate for 2019 election – Ortom

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom has said there is no credible candidate for the 2019 Presidential election except President Muhammadu Buhari. Ortom said this in an interview with State House correspondents shortly after he met with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. What he said: Ortom said he came to appreciate the President and encourage... Read More

2019 election, candidate, credible, President Muhammadu Buhari, Samuel Ortom

PDP

October 16, 2017

Falsehood will not help you win the 2019 election, APC tells PDP

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Sunday, urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rethink its strategies of returning to power in 2019. The ruling party said deliberate falsehood will not help the PDP attain its mission. Highlights: According to APC, Nigerians are not gullible and can differentiate between a party that brought the country to... Read More

2019 election, APC, party politics, PDP

September 15, 2017

Alhassan apologises to APC over 2019 election comment

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday grilled the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan over her comment that she would support former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar in 2019. She arrived the party headquarters at 1:59pm, and was questioned for more than two hours. National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Bolaji Abdullahi while briefing... Read More

2019 election, Aisha Alhassan, APC, grill

September 14, 2017

Shugaban vs Jagaban: Can Fayose stand against Tinubu?

by Alexander O. Onukwue After fighting for so long to be in power, former Lagos State Governor and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has not exactly had it all his way in the two years of Buhari’s administration. Tinubu was instrumental in the victory of Buhari at the... Read More

Story of the day

2019 election, Ayodele Fayose, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, jagaban, Presidency, Shugaban

September 12, 2017

2019: Soyinka has not changed his mind about Buhari’s candidature

by Alexander O. Onukwue At the height of the conversations about President Muhammadu Buhari’s health, fitness to continue leading the country beyond 2019, Prof Wole Soyinka made the candid observation that “Buhari needs to take a rest. I hope he doesn’t put himself up for the Presidency in 2019”. It was a remark that was taken... Read More

Story of the day

2019 election, candidature, Politics, President Muhammadu Buhari, Wole Soyinka

September 12, 2017

“I am a threat to the economy?” | Atiku replies Twitter user

A former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, in response to a Twitter user, who wrote “You and your likes are the biggest threat to our economy,” asked how he has only been a threat to the economy, considering he has created over 50,000 jobs for Nigerians. Atiku had cited a report that the economy was in... Read More

2019 election, atiku abubakar, Former Vice President

September 10, 2017

Yoruba elders, Northern governors, others rally support for Buhari in 2019

Having seen Lauretta Onochie’s tweet, “We’re working on Buhari’s return to power in 2019,” Northern APC governors and the governor of Ogun have added their voices to endorse President Buhari’s return in 2019. This came after the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, displayed her unalloyed support for godfather, a former vice president, Atiku Abubakar,... Read More

2019 election, Arewa, Governor Amosun, MURIC, Northern Governors, President Muhammadu Buhari, YCE, Yoruba Council of Elders

September 7, 2017

My loyalty to Buhari is “unshakable” – Alhassan

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Alhassan Wednesday, downplayed criticism that she was disloyal to President Buhari by visiting Atiku Abubakar. Mrs Alhassan, in a telephone interview with NAN, said that her Sallah homage to Abubakar did not amount to disloyalty to Buhari. Highlights: Abubakar remained her political mentor over the... Read More

2019 election, atiku abubakar, Muhammadu Buhari, Senator Aisha ALhassan

August 20, 2017

We have concluded plans to defeat Buhari in 2019 – Makarfi

The Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmed Makarfi in an interview with Punch Sunday, refuted claims that Raymond Dokpesi and his cohorts were used by the party to break-up the newly registered party, Advanced People’s Democratic Alliance (APDA). He said, “I don’t even know who the chairman of APDA... Read More

2019 election, Ahmed Makarfi, APC, APDA, Muhammadu Buhari, party politics, PDP

August 12, 2017

The YNaija Cover this evening – the 12th of August

Follow the stories and analyses on YNaija: BREAKING: Buhari receives presidential media team, Lai Mohammed in London Are the agitating Niger Delta groups a subset of IPOB? I am already in Aso Rock, Fayose tells PDP members

2019 election, Abike Dabiri, Ayodele Fayose, biafra, Femi Adesina, Garba Shehu, IPOB, lai mohammed, Lauretta Onochie, media aides, Militants, President Muhammadu Buhari, YNaija Cover

APC Chair gives reasons Ortom “will certainly” win in 2019

The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Benue State, Emmanuel Abba Yaro, has said that no opposition is strong enough to defeat Governor Samuel Ortom from winning a second term in 2019. Yaro said this yesterday while fielding questions from journalists at the APC national secretariat, in Abuja. He said those calling for his (Yaro’s)... Read More

2019 election, Abba Yaro, APC, benue, Samuel Ortom

INEC

15 parties form alliance to field joint presidential candidate

Fifteen registered political parties on Monday launched an alliance to field a candidate for the presidential election in 2019. The coalition tagged Coalition for a New Nigeria (CNN) was launched on Monday in Abuja. The parties are Labour Party (LP), Alliance for Democracy (AD), Democratic Peoples Congress (DPC), Action Alliance (AA), Progressives Peoples Alliance (PPA),... Read More

15 parties, 2019 election, alliace, presidentiL rlection

YNaija Analysis: Because all other politicians are cowards, Fayose will end up as president

When Governor Ayodele Fayose made known his intention to run for the highest political office in Nigeria, lots of people thought it is one of the usual idiosyncrasies that we know him for. Even up till this moment, many still feel that Fayose’s dream can only be captured with Ola Rotimi’s seminar work, ‘our Husband... Read More

Thinking Through

2019 election, Ayodele Fayose, president, ynaija analysis

[YNaija 2019] Matters arising from the Senate amendments to the Electoral Act, 2010 as amended

by Samson Itodo The Nigerian Senate has received encomiums for providing national leadership in the timely and progressive conclusion of its amendments to the Electoral Act, 2010. It took the Senate one year to conclude its amendment process and submit a 27 clauses amendment to the electoral act.

2019 election, elections, Electoral Act, INEC, Samson Itodo, senate, YNaija 2019

How I will become President in 2019 – Fayose

The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has said that he would become Nigeria’s president in 2019 through divine intervention. Fayose, who spoke while delivering the 13th convocation lecture of the Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, said he supported the PDP’s decision to zone power to the North in the next general elections, Daily Post reports.... Read More

2019 election, Ayo Fayose, Benson Idahosa University, Ekiti Governor, Presidency 2019

“God showed me a vision in 1992 and I became governor” – Ortom

Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has said that he would not seek for a re-election in 2019, until he sees another vision from God. Governor Ortom said that God would determine his ambition in 2019, adding that, it was God who asked him to contest in the first place. He said God had shown him... Read More

2019 election, benue state, God and visions, Nigerian governor, Samuel Ortom

2019 election: Nnamdi Kanu may contest – Kwankwaso

A former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said that IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, may contest in the 2019 election. In an interview with Vanguard, Kwankwaso (APC, Kano Central), urged South-East leaders to dissociate themselves from Biafra agitation to prove they are truly for Nigeria’s unity. ”My understanding of the situation is that... Read More

2019 election, Nigerian senator, Nnamdi Kanu, Rabiu Kwankaso

Olusegun Adeniyi YNaija

Olusegun Adeniyi: Buhari and the 2019 debate

Thanks to Speaker Yakubu Dogara, I was on the floor of the House of Representatives last Friday as guest speaker at a special session to mark the mid-term of the 18th National Assembly. I was invited to speak on “Image Perception of the Legislature: Causes and Possible Solutions” . While, as I explained, individual lawmakers... Read More

2019 election, Buhari, Hon Yusuf Lasun, nigeria, Olusegun Adeniyi, opinion, Politics, Presidency's cabal, Speaker Yakubu Dogara

Will independent candidacy reduce number of political parties?

by Alexander O. Onukwue In his speech during the launch of the APDA, Dan Iwuanyanwu asked the question many Nigerians continue to ask, why do we need new political parties? With forty-five and counting, there will be many to choose from, but the quality of the content in the lottery pot is not likely going... Read More

Story of the day, Thinking Through

2019 election, Independent candidate, political parties, Story of the day

Will the APDA seek to give the APC a taste of its medicine?

by Alexander O. Onukwue At the last count, there are 45 parties registered with INEC, and 88 more awaiting approval. Of this lot, 2019 will largely be contested between the predominant parties of the last general elections, the PDP and APC. Any third strong opposition, as Japheth Omojuwa has observed, will be a product of... Read More

Story of the day, Thinking Through

2019 election, APC, APDA, C, PDP, Politics, Story of the day

President Buhari

‘How PDP, others can defeat Buhari in 2019’

by Azeez Adeniyi Segun Adeniyi, former media aide to late President Umaru Yar’Adua has said opposition parties must form a coalition in order to defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general elections. Adeniyi said this in his recently launched book, “Against the Run of Play.” According to him, the All Progressives Congress was able... Read More

2019 election, coalition, PDP, President Muhammadu Buhari, segun adeniyi

Buhari will win 2019 presidential election – Kachikwu

by Azeez Adeniyi Minister of Petroleum Resources, lbe Kachikwu has said President Muhammadu Buhari will win the 2019 Presidential election. Kachickwu said this while responding to a question from CNN anchor, Richard Quest, who is visiting Nigeria. While speaking on the economy, the minister said the diversification of the economy will produce results in five... Read More

2019 election, Ibe Kachikwu, minister of petroleum, President Muhammadu Buhari, win

2019: INEC to begin voter registration in April

by Azeez Adeniyi The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu has said Continuous Voter Registration will begin across the country in April. Yakubu said this at the commission’s first quarterly consultative meeting with the media in Abuja on Monday. He said the commission will clean up the voter register, including removing deceased Nigerians.... Read More

2019 election, INEC, PVCs, voter register, voter registration

INEC has consulted APC to rig 2019 election – Wike

by Azeez Adeniyi Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of making plans with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rig the 2019 general elections. The governor stated this when he visited Etche Local Government Area of the state, where the PDP recently won the supplementary election. Wike said... Read More

2019 election, APC, INEC, Nyesom Wike, rig election, Rivers State

malabu

December 23, 2016

Jonathan says he has no plans to contest 2019 presidency

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described as a mere “fabrication” news in the media (not YNaija) that he was under pressure to contest for the presidency in 2019. A statement issued by Jonathan’s media aide, Mr. Ikechukwu Eze, said the former President never made such statement. The statement said further, “Our attention has just been drawn to... Read More

2019 election, Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Ikechukwu Eze

December 9, 2016

2019 election: Buhari gave no directive on National ID cards – Presidency

The Presidency has dismissed as misleading reports that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered that national identity cards be used in the 2019 elections. A statement by Mr Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, said that for avoidance of any doubt, the President has made no such order. He... Read More

2019 election, INEC, National Identity cards, Presidency, President Muhammadu Buhari

Okonjo

December 6, 2016

2019 election: I’m not contesting presidency with Atiku or anyone else – Okonjo-Iweala

Two-time minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has denounced news making the rounds that she is gearing to contest elective position come 2019. A campaign poster surfaced recently titled, “New Dawn”, put her as the running mate to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. But in a statement issued on Tuesday night by her Media aide,... Read More

“Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, 2019 election, atiku abubakar, Campaign Poster, Paul Nwabuikwu, Politics

November 22, 2016

It’s shameless for Buhari’s govt. to be talking about 2019 – Junaid Mohammed

A lawmaker in Nigeria’s Second Republic, Junaid Mohammed has described as shameless the statement by a spokesperson to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Garba Shehu, The Vanguard reports. Shehu had in a statement on Monday said the masses are behind the president ahead of the 2019 election In his reaction Mohammed said it was rather “unfortunate... Read More

2019 election, APC, Garba Shehu, Junaid Mohammed, Politics, President Muhammadu Buhari

October 25, 2016

‘There will be no APC in 2019 if…’ – Timi Frank

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Timi Frank on Tuesday said the party will cease to exist if the grievances within it were not addressed, The Punch reports. Frank said this while speaking with journalists in Abuja. Frank said the resignation of the party chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun was long overdue. He... Read More

2019 election, APC, Governance, John Odigie-Oyegun, Politics, Timi Fank

October 14, 2016

Count me out of campaigning for Buhari in 2019 if… – Aisha Buhari

In a move set to shock many, Nigeria’s first lady, Aisha Buhari has said she would not support her husband’s re-election bid come 2019 if things continue the way they are. Mrs. Buhari made the declaration in her interview with BBC’s Naziru Mikailu in Abuja. She demanded an overhaul of President Buhari’s administration, saying he “does not... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

2019 election, Aisha buhari, APC, Governance, Politics, President Muhammadu Buhari

NEWER POSTS 1 2

15 49.0138 8.38624 arrow 0 arrow 0 4000 1 0 horizontal https://ynaija.com 300 0 1