In this interview first published by THISDAY newspaper, leading presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, said he will do only one term if elected among others issues he addressed. Excerpts:
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The Progressives People Alliance says inadequate development and insecurity in the country are among reasons it joined the Coalition of United People Party ahead of 2019 elections.
Leading gubernatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Chief Bayo Adelabu, has said 2019 is a defining year for the people of the state as any would-be governor would be scrutinised and adequately interrogated by the electorate to ensure the best man with outstanding pedigree emerges as the occupant of Agodi Government House.
The old saying that what an elderly man sees while sitting down will not be seen by a young man standing up has been playing out in Nigeria’s contemporary politics.
I wrote the article before the Jos massacres, before the Catholic Bishops statement, before the break up of All Progressives Congress, before Governor Samuel Ortom’s defection and before the siege on the Senate leadership. In the said article, I was drawing attention to the possibility that President Muhammadu Buhari could win the 2019 elections
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has said that the decision of Dr Bukola Saraki, President of the Senate, to leave the All Progressives Congress will not in anyway affect the party electoral victory in 2019 general elections.
Dr Ramalan Yero, former Governor of Kaduna State, says he is most qualified to hold the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship ticket in the state for the 2019 election.
The Nasarawa State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has zoned elective and appointive positions across the three senatorial zones in the state ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Dr Matthew Achigbe, Chairman, All Progressives Congress in Cross River, has said that the defection of APC Senators and House of Representatives members will not affect the party’s chances of emerging victorious in 2019.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) to drop its antics of seeking a new coalition and the desperate shopping for members ahead the 2019 elections.
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has advised women to mobilise girls and the youth to register as voters and obtain voter card to enable them vote in 2019 elections.
No fewer than eight governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State have agreed to come out with a consensus candidate for the 2019 election.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he declared his intention to contest the 2019 Presidential Election early in order to douse rising speculations in the country.
Georges Benjamin Clemenceau came to power in France in 1917. That was when the First World War was full blown. But how did the world war start? Very simple! Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was murdered and that was all.
A member of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Husain Kangiwa, says the All Progressives Congress victory in Saturday’s Ekiti governorship election is a testimony of the party’s popularity in the country.
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has underscored the need for Nigerians to elect leaders with capacity to tackle the nation’s economic and security challenges in 2019.
The closed door meeting, which lasted over an hour at the Conference hall of the Governor’s office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, had in attendance Senator Akin Odunsi, Senator Gbenga Kaka, Senator Gbenga Obadara, Hon. Adekunle Adeyemi, Hon. Bukola Braimoh, Hon. Abiodun Abudu-Balogun and Chief Yemi Sanusi.
Makarfi said: “His (Buhari)’s declaration is no news; it would have only been news if he had decided otherwise.
CACOL’s Chairman, Debo Adeniran, commended the president’s decision in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Monday.
Its State Chairman, Moshood Salvador, disclosed this during a chat with newsmen in Lagos.