The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the “scanty attendance” at President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign mega rally in Abuja on Wednesday as a parody and a further indication to Mr. President and his All Progressives Congress (APC) that Nigerians have rejected them ahead of Saturday’s Presidential election.

Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP National Publicity Secretary, in a statement on Wednesday, said the development has further revealed that the APC only fabricated figures in their claims that 14.8 members of the APC voted for him at the flawed convention.

He said: “Nigerians can now further see that the figures were concocted by APC leaders to give an impression that President Buhari has massive support across the country, as well as use it as basis to allocate fictitious figures for him in the Presidential election.

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The Social Democratic Party, SDP, governorship candidate in Ogun State, Mr. Rotimi Paseda, has cried out to Prof. Mahmood Yakub, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to direct the return of his Permanent Voter Card without further delay.

Speaking with newsmen at the party’s secretariat in Abeokuta on Wednesday, Paseda expressed frustrations over the non-issuance of his PVC by INEC.

He lamented that though he had applied for replacement of his PVC since August 2018, the electoral body had failed to reproduce the card barely three days to the 2019 elections in which he is a candidate.

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its decision to use card readers only for the general election.

In a suit filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja, the party asked the court to restrict INEC from postponing elections in any polling unit as a result of a malfunctioning card reader.

INEC had declared that voting, in the case where a smart card reader malfunctions, will be suspended till a new card reader arrives, or postponed till the next day if a replacement is not available by 2pm.

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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, has lauded the party’s supporters in Rivers State for their “fighting spirit” amid their political travails.

Oshiomhole, who spoke at the APC presidential campaign rally in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, stated that President Muhammadu Buhari was hurt that there were a lot of efforts to allegedly award elective positions to the Peoples Democratic Party.

He said, “The President was hurt that there is so much effort to award positions without attestations to the PDP.

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United States Ambassador to Nigeria Stuart Symington got yesterday a piece of advice — watch your tongue.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council accused Mr. W. Stuart Symington of creating an impression that President Muhammadu Buhari cannot win a free and fair election.

His comments are implicit attacks against the government of Nigeria, the Council said.

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The Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet T.B. Joshua, has given both a message of hope and warning to Nigerians regarding the upcoming presidential election. Pastor Joshua spoke on the election in his Sunday sermon.

“I want to tell you that no matter the situation, be calm; God is in control,” Joshua counselled congregants on Sunday.

“Those who will cause trouble will see trouble and those who will cause peace will see peace,” he continued, detailing that the aftermath of the election would “look very fearful”.

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday charged Ogun State residents to vote for the candidates of their choice.

He gave the advice during the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential campaign rally at the M.K.O Abiola Stadium in Ogun State.

But proceedings at the rally were interrupted severally by the fans who were divided over who the next Ogun State Governor should be.

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Former United States of America’s (USA) President Bill Clinton will not be in Abuja on Wednesday for the second National Peace Accord signing ahead of the general elections.

Clinton, according to the Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar led Peace Accord committee was expected to deliver a keynote address at the event slated for the International Conference Centre (ICC) Abuja.

Clinton, the committee said, was expected to hold meetings with President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar aimed at nipping threats of unrest in the bud.

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Suspected hoodlums this afternoon attacked the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole with stones at the Moshood Abiola International Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta, Ogun State venue of the presidential campaign rally.

Violence broke out during the rally when Oshiomhole was called to the podium to speak to the crowd. Stones started flying onto the podium with some hitting President Muhammadu Buhari who was quickly shielded by his security personnel.

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Nigeria’s main political opposition on Saturday said it had been forced to cancel a key presidential campaign rally in the capital Abuja, and blamed President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling party.

Atiku Abubakar and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had been due to hold the event in the Garki area of the city, with just a week to go until polling day.

But the PDP said it had been denied access to the Old Parade Ground venue, despite making payments and having obtained official approval.

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President Muhammadu Buhari promising to prosecute looters declared Friday that only God would punish the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for looting Nigeria dry during its 16 years in power.

The Nation reported that Buhari said this at a meeting with local and international support groups at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He said ill-gotten properties of the guilty would be confiscated and sold and the money realised would be put into the treasury for public use.

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The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Stuart Symington, has tasked the government and people of Nigeria to ensure a peaceful and credible general elections because “the world is interested and watching”.

Symington stated this on Friday in Lafia, after meeting with Mr Labaran Maku, the Nasarawa State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

Noting that the responsibility of ensuring a peaceful, free, fair and credible polls rested with the government and all citizens, he said that Nigeria gained much credibility after the success of the 2015 general elections.

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened to pull out of the peace accord signed by the party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar ahead of the general elections.

The party based its reasons on what it described as comments, threats and incendiary actions by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the presidency which, they said, are directly inimical to a peaceful, free and fair election.

The party, in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, was reacting to comments made by Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai where he threatened foreigners who might interfere in Nigeria’s forthcoming general elections.

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A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Alani Akinrinade (retd.), has asked Nigerians to ignore former President Olusegun Obasanjo, adding that Obasanjo belongs in the dustbin of history.

Akinrinade said this in an advertorial that was published on national dailies on Thursday.

The ex-general also urged the media to stop giving Obasanjo publicity as he lacks credibility.

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked allegations by the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), a group linked with the Peoples Democratic Party, that the police high command had compromised posting of commissioners to provide election security in APC’s favour.

Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, the APC National Publicity Secretary, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, described the allegation as laughable.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)reports that the CUPP had alleged that they were in possession of credible information that police posting for the purpose of providing election security had been compromised.

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For referring to the year he assumed office as 2005 instead of 2015, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has described another gaffe by President Muhammadu Buhari’s as a national disgrace and embarrassment.

The party said those still rooting for Buhari’s reelection in spite of his clear demonstration of lack of intellectual capacity, were enemies of Nigeria and its citizens.Director of Media and Publicity, Atiku/Obi PDP Presidential Campaign Council in Ekiti State, Lere Olayinka, said in a statement yesterday that Nigerians should ask leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) how a man who could no longer remember when he assumed office should continue to preside over a country of over 200 million people.The President had said in Ado-Ekiti yesterday that, “I assure you that we are conscious of the promises we made when we came into office in 2005.”

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Mr Olujonwo Obasanjo, son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has taken his campaign for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari to the United States.

Obasanjo, who is the President of Buhari Youth Organisation (BYO), said he was in the United States to solicit support for Buhari’s re-election among Nigerian diasporas and other members of the international community.

He explained that his support for the re-election of the president was borne out of Buhari’s focus on youth empowerment and securing the future of the country for the Nigerian youth.

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The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (Shiites) on Monday declared that President Muhammadu Buhari was on his way out of office.

“Buhari can feel the inevitable defeat coming his way, so the desperate attempt by the administration to cause chaos so that the elections will not hold, at the same time becloud its brutal and inhuman Saudi-sponsored Zaria genocide that resulted in the brutal death of 1000+ innocent children, women and men in Zaria in December 2015”, IMN spokesman, Ibrahim Musa, said in a statement sent to newsmen on Monday.

IMN also alerted that it had obtained a secret circular written by the Department of State Service (DSS) which was dispatched to all Service Chiefs, Inspector General of Police and heads of other security agencies.

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Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), at the weekend accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of plotting to rig the forthcoming general elections by importing foreigners from Niger and Chad Republic into the country to vote in the February 16 elections.

Atiku who made the accusations in Benin City, the Edo State capital, however, urged Edo people to shine their eyes on Election Day to resist any attempt by the APC to rig the election, just as he promised to make job creation and youth development his major focus if elected president on February 16.

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The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia, Chief Donatus Nwankpa, freed by kidnappers after four days has made a sensational revelation about his ordeal: the indifference by Nigerian policemen who witnessed his kidnap.

Nwankpa who has returned home said the hoodlums, who kidnapped him, accosted his car about 30 metres away from a police checkpoint at the Arungwa Junction on Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway.

“The police were watching and did not intervene, while we were attacked by the hoodlums,” he said.

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Senator Kabiru Marafa (APC-Zamfara Central) has warned that he, and his supporters will not be part of the All Progressives Party (APC)’s Presidential Campaign in Zamfara on Sunday, Feb. 3, if the party went ahead with the rally.

Marafa, who spoke with State House correspondents on Friday at the presidential villa, said he had advised that it would be better to resolve the lingering crisis in the state chapter of the APC before such a rally.

He, however, said that he and his supporters would continue to campaign for President Muhammadu Buhari, whom he described as very popular among Zamfara people.

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Alhaji Bala Bello Tinka, the Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign organisation in Gombe State has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Tinka (alias Tinka Point) met with President Muhammadu Buhari at State House, Abuja, on Thursday night, where he pledged allegiance to the APC, and also vowed to bring his political weight to bear on the election of the President for a second term in office.

Coming exactly a fortnight to the presidential election, the defection of Alhaji Tinka deals a massive blow to the PDP in Gombe. PDP currently governs the state, and has done so since 2003.

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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said the Federal Government, through the Office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, had directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to work with internet service providers to shutdown internet access during the elections.

Wike said shutting down internet access by NSA and INEC was aimed at facilitating rigging.

He spoke, yesterday, during a courtesy visit by Savannah Centre Council on Peaceful and Violence Free in Nigeria at the Government House, Port Harcourt.

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Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has stated that the two leading political parties – the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – do not deserve to return to power.

Soyinka said this yesterday at an interactive session at Freedom Park in Lagos titled, ‘Citizen Forum 2019’.

The playwright had last month supported the presidential candidate of APC, President Muhammadu Buhari when he faulted ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s support for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the PDP.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Thursday released the final list of gubernatorial candidates and House of Assembly candidates for the March 2 election with the All Progressives Congress (APC) in both Rivers and Zamfara States conspicuously missing.

But Senator Buruji Kashamu again floored the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), making the final list of the commission as the Ogun State gubernatorial candidate of the party.

The electoral body had in a statement on Wednesday revealed that having reviewed the two court judgments delivered last week by a Federal High Court in Abuja and Zamfara State High Court in Gusau, the ruling APC did not conduct party primaries in the state.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of governorship and House of Assembly candidates in Rivers State, with candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) missing.

INEC had on Thursday, January 17, released a list signed by the commission’s secretary, Rose Orianran-Anthony and while candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), and Labour Party among others made the list, those of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were excluded.

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Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has condemned the killing of Shiites by the Nigerian Army.

Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) have suffered hundreds of deaths by Nigerian soldiers since 2015 when their worship centres were invaded by soldiers in Zaria, leading to a massacre.

Mr Abubakar reacted publicly, perhaps for the first time, to the killing when he appeared on ‘The Candidates’, a televised town hall hosted by journalist Kadaria Ahmed on NTA Wednesday night.

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The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, said Wednesday that it has rejected President Muhammadu Buhari/Yemi Osinbajo’s presidential aspiration, and the political activities of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, ahead of the general election.

Reacting to a purported endorsement of President Buhari’s re-election bid in Ibadan, Oyo State, by a group led by Ayo Fasanmi, under the guise of Afenifere, the National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, said the highest Yoruba umbrella body is not supporting the APC candidate due to his actions against the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo.

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The National Security Adviser (NSA) Mohammed Monguno has warned politicians against arming bandits and terrorists to scuttle the 2019 elections.

Monguno gave this warning before going into a closed door meeting with the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and the acting Inspector General of Police, holding now in Abuja.

He said security reports available to him indicated that certain politicians were arming bandits and terrorists with plans to plunge the country into crisis over failed election ambition.

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday departed Abuja for Abia and Imo to deliver the All Progressives Congress (APC) Next Level message to the people of the states.

Buhari and members of the Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had on January 24 visited Anambra and Enugu states in continuation of the nationwide re-election campaign.

The presidential jet conveying the president and members of his entourage took off for Owerri airport, Imo state, from the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 9.20a.m.

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Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has pledged to site a refinery in Akwa Ibom State once elected president.

Atiku said the move is part of his plan to resuscitate the nation’s economy, which is currently gasping for breath due to economic mishandling by the present APC-led Federal Government.

Addressing the presidential campaign rally of the Peoples Democratic Party at the Akwa Ibom International Stadium, Uyo, on Monday, Atiku regretted that the current APC-led Federal Government haD driven Nigeria to a point where the nation has been declared the headquarters of poverty in the world by the United Nations.

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The leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday evening asked all the members of group within the Aba metropolis to observe a mini sit-at-home ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the city.

A release by the spokesman of the group, Emma Powerful, asked IPOB members to be indoors from 6am till 4pm.

Powerful, while warning its members to stay away from any political activity on Tuesday, said their desire was to ensure a total boycott of Buhari’s campaign with the hope he (Buhari) would meet an empty stadium.

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