President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted his nomination and expression of interest forms for the 2019 presidential election at the All Progressives Congress National secretariat.

The president who was accompanied by some APC governors, ministers and party faithful, said he is taking the huge step with all humility, sense of responsibility and an unquestionable desire to serve and protect the interest of all Nigerians.

He gave the assurance that he would continue with the best of his ability if nominated and re-elected.

President Buhari further appeals to party members not to be complacent but prepare, strategize and win the 2019 election.

The senate president, Bukola Saraki and PDP presidential aspirant says Nigeria at this moment needs a digital president that is abreast with the new world social order which is private sector inclusive to enhance development in all sectors of the economy.

He was speaking at the Government House, Calabar the Cross River state capital on a courtesy call on Governor Ben Ayade.

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has played down speculations of a rift with the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, saying reports to such effect were untrue.

Both the social and traditional media have been flooded with news of a major rift between Tinubu and Ambode over an alleged disagreement on the second term bid of the governor.

Addressing party faithful in Epe during the election of delegates for the presidential primary election and national convention of the party on Wednesday, Governor Ambode said the reports indicating a fight between him and Tinubu were out of place and that there was no fight anywhere, noting that the relationship between the him and his godfather is smooth.

Ambode specifically commended all the leaders and party faithful who contributed to the success of the delegates’ election in Epe, saying APC remained the party to beat in Lagos and Nigeria.

The Governor has however submitted his nomination form for re-election at the APC national secretariat in Abuja.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, YAKUBU DOGARA, may have finally defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party.

It was gathered last night that the embattled speaker had picked the PDP nomination and expression of interest forms to return to the House in 2019.

A member of the National Working Committee of the party, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the speaker had picked the forms.

DOGARA had two days ago expressed his desire to return to the National Assembly in 2019 when members of his constituents visited him in Abuja but refused to state the political party that he would use to facilitate his ambition.

The Speaker had been having running battles with the leadership of the APC in both his state, Bauchi and at the national level.