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By Taiwo Scholarstica Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has reaffirmed the importance of collaboration between the government and faith-based organizations, describing such partnerships as vital to building a united and prosperous nation. The governor made the remarks on Wednesday while officially declaring open the 50th/15th Biennial Conference of the Methodist Church Nigeria in Ibadan. Makinde ...
Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, has nominated eight new Commissioners in a bid to add value to his administration. Dr Danladi Jatau, the Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, announced this while reading Gov. Abdullahi Sule’s letter to House during the its proceedings in Lafia on Wednesday. The speaker listed the new ...
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has constituted a seven-member National Reconciliation Committee to address grievances that arose from the party’s recent primaries across the country. A statement issued on Wednesday by the party’s National Chairman, Sen. Moses Cleopas and National Secretary, Mr Ikenna Enekweizu, said the committee would engage aspirants nationwide with a view to ...
Sen. Mohammed Onawo, representing Nasarawa South Senatorial District, has defected from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to the Allied Peoples Movement (APM). Onawo, who disclosed this during a news conference on Wednesday in Lafia, also declared his intention to run for the governorship seat in Nasarawa state. Newsmen, report that the senator was elected on ...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Nasarawa State has expressed confidence that the party would win the governorship seat and other elective positions in the 2027 general elections with a landslide victory. Mr Abdullahi Ari, SDP Nasarawa South Zonal Chairman, stated this during a solidarity visit to Mohammed Adamu-Omadefu, member representing Keana Constituency at the ...
By Precious Mark The 2027 presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has cautioned President Bola Tinubu’s administration against intimidating religious bodies and faith leaders who speak out against economic hardship and insecurity in the country. Speaking on Wednesday, Obi criticized presidential aides for launching verbal attacks against the Catholic Bishops’ Conference ...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) women in the South-East say they will hold a mega rally in Enugu on Aug. 18 to mobilise support for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 elections. The APC South-East Women Leader, Dr Oby Ajir, announced this on Tuesday in Abuja at a news conference organised by the National ...
By Taiwo Scholastica Over 250,000 security personnel across the Nigerian Armed Forces are set to receive pay raises of up to 30 percent and higher under a newly approved salary structure announced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, taking effect from September 1, 2026. The adjustment, detailed in a statement shared on X by Bayo Onanuga, ...
By Ismail Azeez The Imole Campaign Council has clarified that Governor Ademola Adeleke merely made a clarion call to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ensure a free, fair, and credible governorship election in Osun State, dismissing allegations that the governor attacked the President. In a statement signed on Tuesday by the Director-General of the Imole ...
The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Ajibola Basiru, has said the August 15 Osun governorship election is critical to the future of the state, urging party members to brace up. Basiru stated this in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Osogbo. According to the ...
By Ismail Azeez The Osun state All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Asiwaju Bola Oyebamiji has claimed that members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ayedaade Local Government Area have crossed political lines to begin campaigning for his election under a hybrid banner. Speaking during a campaign visit to Gbongan ahead of the ...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday declared that President Bola Tinubu is the only presidential candidate who can win Rivers State in the 2027 general election, urging political observers to "cancel Rivers" from their electoral calculations if they are not counting votes for the President. Wike, who spoke during ...
By Ismail Azeez Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has openly alerted President Bola Tinubu to the alleged systematic repression, killings, and incarceration of Osun residents, warning that the people of Osun State will resist any attempt to rig or manipulate the upcoming August 15 polls. Speaking at a campaign rally in Osogbo, the governor informed ...
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has urged workers in the state to convert their overwhelming support for him to votes in Aug. 15 governorship election. Adeleke said this during a town hall interactive session with the state workers, organised by the Joint Labour Movement on Monday in Osogbo. “ Support alone is not enough. On ...
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned a series of violent attacks allegedly carried out by political thugs associated with the Accord Party against its members and chieftains across Ede. In a statement signed on Monday by the APC State Director of Media and Information, Mogaji Kola Olabisi, the ...
By Ismail AzeezWith less than two weeks to the August 15 Osun State governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted a statewide mock accreditation exercise using the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). The exercise was designed to stress-test the technological infrastructure under real-world field conditions, identify operational gaps, and reassure voters of the ...
By Precious Mark The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is actively preparing former President Goodluck Jonathan to serve as its 2027 presidential candidate, according to the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Fred Agbedi. Speaking during an interview on Arise News on Monday, August 3, 2026, Agbedi explained that a political party aiming to ...
Colleagues and associates of Mr Jerry Adams, nominated by Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna State as running mate in the 2027 election described his nomination as well deserved. They cited his humility, inclusive leadership and commitment to duty as some of the qualities that endear him to people. Newsmen report that Adams before his nomination ...
By Taiwo Scholastica Senator Rufai Hanga, representing Kano Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has resigned his membership from the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP). Hanga announced his resignation in a letter dated August 3, 2026, addressed to the Chairman of the NNPP in Dakata Ward, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State. The ...
The Allied People’s Movement (APM), Lagos State, says Oyo State Gov. Seyi Makinde, remains the most suitable presidential candidate that can be presented by opposition coalition for the 2027 general elections. Newsmen report that Makinde is the APM Presidential Candidate . In a statement on Monday in Lagos, APM State Publicity Secretary, Ayodele Kazeem, said ...
Mrs Adedayo Ekong, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) House of Representatives candidate for Eti-Osa Federal Constituency, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct the 2027 general elections with fairness, transparency and credibility. Ekong, who is also the National Vice-Chairman of the NDC, South-West, made the call in an interview with the newsmen ...
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Bola Oyebamiji, has pledged to restore dignity to the state’s public service, ensure prompt payment of salaries and improve workers’ welfare if elected. Oyebamiji made the pledge while unveiling key aspects of his campaign manifesto, tagged “Prosperity Agenda”, on Sunday in Osogbo. He described ...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Integrity Group, says the success of the party’s 2027 presidential campaign will depend on the emergence of a Director-General with broad national appeal. National Coordinator of the group, Alhaji Ibrahim Mamman, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Mamman also said that such individual must have proven capacity ...
