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By Muyideen Aliyu Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Elders Caucus has disowned the emergence of governorship primaries that produced Speaker Salihu Yakubu Danladi as the party’s flagbearer for the 2027 governorship election. This was made known by the chairman of the caucus, Sir (Dr.) Chief James Bamisaiye Ayenioye, JP, maintained that ...
An APC chieftain in Abia, Mr Mezie Esiaga, has expressed dissatisfaction with the outcome of the party’s governorship primary, saying it portends the end of the road for the party ahead of 2027. Esiaga said this during an interactive session with newsmen in Umuahia on Monday, where he described as “a sham”, the primary election ...
The National Leader of Action Peoples Party (APP), Mr Ikenga Ugochinyere, (APP-Imo) has rejected the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja, ordering the deregistration of five political parties. Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Monday, Ugochinyere described the decision as an “invitation to anarchy” and a threat to Nigeria’s democratic order. Justice Peter Lifu ...
Members of the APC Diaspora Italy Chapter have formally protested the proposed APC Diaspora Global Women Summit 2026 scheduled to hold in Rome from June 20 to 28. The stakeholders also urged the party’s national leadership to urgently review arrangements for the summit and ensure broader stakeholder involvement before the event commences. In a protest ...
Mr Peter Obi, 2027 Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has advised that the judgment, ordering deregistration of some political parties in Nigeria should be reversed. The NDC presidential candidate decried the growing damage to the nation’s sacred institutions on the altar of politics, reiterating the need for Nigeria to restore the dignity, ...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the 21 chairmanship seats in the Adamawa Local Government Elections conducted on Saturday. Mr Mohammed Umar, Chairman of the Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC), announced the results on Monday in Yola. Umar also declared that the PDP secured all the 226 councillorship seats across the state’s ...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has described the Federal High Court judgment deregistering five political parties as an abuse of court process and a direct violation of a subsisting orderof the Court of Appeal. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, the Governor explained that the appellate court had previously ordered a stay ...
...insists Chairmen, Councillors will remain in office, challenge judgement The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted the judgement of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo sacking the APC local government Chairmen. In a statement on Monday by the APC Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi, the party described ...
By Ismail Azeez The leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osogbo, Osun State capital, on Sunday demanded probe into the alleged assassination attempt on the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Oyetunji. The party leaders noted that the Ataoja's assassination claim has further exposed Governor Ademola Adeleke's gross incompetence, ineptitude and total loss of ...
By Taiwo Scholarstica The Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has alleged that Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, is biased against him and suspicious of his actions within the Senate. Oshiomhole made the remarks during an appearance on MIC ON PODCAST, amid recent controversies surrounding his comments on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. The former ...
By Precious Mark The African Action Congress (AAC) has raised alarm over what it described as an attack on its presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, during the June 12 Democracy Day protest in Abuja organised by the Take It Back Movement and other civil society groups. In a press statement issued on Monday, signed by Rex ...
By Barth Ndubuwah A chieftain of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) in Rivers State, Mr. Tammy Joshua, has expressed confidence that his party will win the 2027 general elections across the states of the federation, describing the duo of Mr. Peter Obi and Engr. Rabiu Kwankwaso as a highly competent team that will attract voters' ...
… Throws weight behind Obi-Kwankwaso ticket By Barth Ndubuwah A Chieftain of the Nigerian Democratic Party (NDC) in Rivers State, Mr Tammy Joshua has expressed confidence that his party will win the 2027 general elections across the states of the Federation, describing the duo of Mr Peter Obi and Engr Rabiu Kwankwaso as highly competent ...
By Taiwo Scholarstica Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has declared support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ekiti State, Oluwole Oluyede, ahead of the June 20 election. Akpoti-Uduaghan made the endorsement during the PDP campaign grand finale held in Ado-Ekiti, where party supporters and stakeholders gathered ahead of the poll. According ...
By Taiwo Scholarstica Former Imo State Governor, Achike Udenwa, has demanded N5 billion in damages and a public apology from ADC chieftain Kenneth Okonkwo over alleged defamatory remarks made against him during a television interview. The demand was contained in a letter dated June 11, 2026, and signed by Udenwa’s lawyer, Chief Soronnadi Njoku (SAN). ...
By Ismail Azeez The All Progressives Congress (APC), Osun 2026 Governorship Campaign Council has dismissed reports claiming that the party’s chairman in Ife South Local Government Area has resigned, describing the publication as false. This was contained in a statement signed by the Chairman of the Media and Publicity Committee, Ife Federal Constituency, Campaign Council, ...
President Bola Tinubu has described former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar as one of the founding fathers of Nigeria’s modern democracy, praising his role in restoring civilian rule in 1999. Tinubu stated this on Saturday during the 84th birthday celebration and public presentation of three books in honour of General Abubakar at the Banquet ...
By Precious Mark The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of failing to adequately prepare for the rainy season, saying the negligence has worsened flooding across the state. The allegation was contained in the June 13, 2026 edition of PDP’s “The Umbrella Newsletter”. In ...
By Ismail Azeez Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson to Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, has clarified that the governor never described Iwo as a village, saying the comment was taken out of context by opposition elements. Rasheed, in a statement on Saturday, said Governor Adeleke has deep respect for the people of Iwo and would not ...
By Precious Mark Some elders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by Senator Adolphus Wabara, the Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT), have dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before a Federal High Court in Abuja over what they described as the commission’s refusal to obey court judgments concerning the party’s ...
By Ismail Azeez The Osun State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Oyebamiji, has urged Nigerians to continue to hold leaders accountable while providing the necessary support needed for them to succeed. Oyebamiji made the call in a Democracy Day message delivered on his behalf by Kayode Adereti during June 12 celebration ...
Alhaji Mannir Dan’Iya, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate in Sokoto State, has called for renewed commitment to democratic ideals, including accountability, security, and people-centred development. Dan’Iya made the call in a statement issued to journalists in Sokoto on Friday to commemorate Nigeria’s 27 years of uninterrupted democratic rule. According to him, June 12 ...
The African Electoral Integrity Initiative (AE2I) has urged the Executive, Legislature, Judiciary and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to take deliberate steps to strengthen public trust in Nigeria’s democracy ahead of the 2027 general elections. The Executive Director of AE2I, Dr Daniel Omofoman, made the call at a news conference themed “Sustaining Democratic Trust” on Friday ...
