News Nigeria Breaking News Today Monday, September 3 2018

This is a roundup of some of the breaking news in Nigeria for Monday, September 3 2018.

Timi Frank: There’s A Fresh Plot To Arraign Saraki Over 2019 Presidency

Former Deputy National Publicity of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, says that the presidency has ordered the police and a foremost anti-graft agency to arraign Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, in court this week over false charges.
Mr Frank, said the planned arraignment of Saraki on cooked-up charges is part of a renewed onslaught by the presidency and the leadership of the APC against Saraki who recently declared his intention to contest for President in the 2019 General Elections.

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2019 general elections: PDP already conceding defeat, says APC

The All Progressives Congress(APC) says the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is already conceding defeat ahead of the 2019 elections by taking undue interest in the mode of primaries the APC adopts to elect its candidates for the elections.
The party stated this in a statement issued by Mr Yekini Nabena, its National Publicity Secretary, on Sunday in Abuja.
“The APC is amused by the interest the PDP has in the mode of primary election we adopted to elect our party candidates for the 2019 elections.
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2019: My Govt. Will Conduct Free, Fair Elections – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared in China on Sunday that he is not scared of free and fair elections in 2019.
He vowed that his administration would conduct a free and fair elections, since a free and fair election brought him into power in the first place.
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2019 Election: Why Afenifere May Back Atiku – Adebanjo

Afenifere, a Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, has revealed that the group may back the presidential bid of former vice president of Nigeria and People Democratic Party (PDP) Heavyweight, Atiku Abubakar, come 2019.

The leader of the group, Ayo Adebanjo made this known on Sunday when he received the frontline presidential aspirant in Lagos.
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Dele Momodu Describes Buhari Supporters As ‘Bitter’

Former Presidential candidate and publisher of Ovation magazine, Chief Dele Momodu, has berated online supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari for being ‘bitter‘.
He had been a victim of attacks after publishing an article about the 2019 Presidential ambition of the Senate president, Bukola Saraki.
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Saraki, Tambuwal, Ortom Get New PDP Assignment

The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, as well as the governors of Sokoto and Benue states, Aminu Tambuwal and Samuel Ortom respectively have been appointed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, into National Campaign Council for the governorship election in Osun State.
Saraki was appointed by the PDP to chair its National Campaign Council, while Tambuwal and Ortom are members of the council.