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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State on Saturday conducted affirmation exercises for aspirants in 10 of the 11 House of Representatives constituencies. Speaking to journalists in Sokoto, State APC Chairman, Alhaji Haruna Adiya said only Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency would hold a competitive election between two aspirants. Adiya said the remaining constituencies adopted the ...
Mr.Alfred Attajiri, an aspirant for the House of Representatives under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the results announced for the primary election in Balanga/Billiri Federal Constituency. In a statement on Saturday in Gombe, Attajiri, who described the announcement of the results as “a direct assault on democracy, insisted that no election ...
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were absent from the Surulere Constituency 11 House of Representatives primary election held on Saturday. A former Coker-Aguda Local Government Chairman, Quodir Onikeku, who is also a former House of Representatives aspirant, disclosed this in an interview in Lagos. He expressed disappointment over the All Progressives Congress ...
Some apex leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Somolu have backed the party’s decision on a consensus candidate for the House of Representatives seat. The leaders stated this in separate interviews with news reporters at Ward A and Ward B polling units in Somolu on Saturday. The interviews were conducted during the APC ...
Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, has urged party members to maintain peace during the party’s primary elections. Ojelabi made the call in a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos ahead of the APC primaries for the 2027 general elections. He appealed to party faithful to ...
A former frontline PDP governorship aspirant, Mr Laja Adeoye, has joined the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and secured the party’s governorship nomination form ahead of the 2027 Lagos State election. Adeoye became the first aspirant to formally obtain the APM governorship nomination form in Lagos as the party commenced the sale of forms for governorship, ...
A socio-political support group, Seyi Makinde Disciples (SMD), says it will mobilise no fewer than 50 million votes nationwide for Gov. Seyi Makinde’s presidential ambition. The group said the Oyo State governor’s presidential ambition under the platform of the Allied People’s Movement (APM) in the 2027 was not a joke. The SMD said this in ...
Jamila Abd-Mani, the only female aspirant in Katsina State, has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for the Bindawa/Mani Federal Constituency. Chairman of the electoral committee for the constituency, Shaif’u Audu-Duwan, announced the result after the election on Saturday in Mani Local Government Area. According to him, after collating results ...
Some apex leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Somolu, Lagos, were allegedly attacked, injured and humiliated by suspected hoodlums during the party’s primary election on Saturday. The hoodlums reportedly invaded Ward A and Ward B polling centres in Somolu and attacked some apex leaders sighted at the venues during the exercise. The affected ...
There was a heavy security presence in all the 13 wards in Ado-Ekiti Local Government Area of Ekiti on Saturday during the All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Representatives primary. Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Amotekun Corps, Department of State Security and other security agencies were seen moving ...
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has advocated development-driven politics aimed at strengthening grassroots presence and promoting national growth across Nigeria. Senator Akpabio also reaffirmed the support of the people of Akwa Ibom State for President Bola Tinubu, whom he said has ensured equitable distribution of resources across the country. The Senate ...
Nigeria's Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima has charged the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to remain apolitical and maintain strict independence in order to function with integrity, transparency, and accountability. He also urged the Bureau to sustain its digitization process to create a system that allows public officers to declare assets and liabilities electronically from ...
Chief David Kente, the governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 governorship election has declared that Taraba required decisive leadership to reposition it for development. Kente made the declaration on Friday in Jalingo during a visit to the state APC chairman, other party officials and stakeholders in Jalingo He noted that ...
An Aspirant for the Afikpo/ Edda Federal Constituency seat of Ebonyi, Chief Eni Uduma, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC) . The report states that Uduma was among aspirants not favoured in the consensus arrangement adopted by the APC in Ebonyi for positions in the 2027 general elections. Eni made the request on ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) governorship candidate for Ekiti State, Pastor Ayodele Olaniyi Praise, has unveiled a comprehensive policy roadmap aimed at tackling corruption, unemployment, inflation, and insecurity ahead of the 2026 governorship election. Speaking on Friday during a webinar hosted by NewsDirect TV titled "Ekiti 2026: Looking Beyond Promises," the candidate ...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to immediately release Nasir El-Rufai, the former Governor of Kaduna State. In a statement released on Friday through his spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku described El-Rufai's continued detention as cruel, unjustifiable, and deeply ...
The lawmaker representing the Sokoto South Senatorial District and former Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal, has withdrawn from the 2027 senatorial race. In his stead, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has endorsed Faruk Yabo, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, as its consensus candidate. This move marks a significant shift for Tambuwal, who ...
The Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, has felicitated with one of the All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants for the Yagba Federal Constituency, Pastor Babagbemi Adejola, on the occasion of his birthday. In a goodwill message, Fanwo described Pastor Babagbemi as a courageous and people-oriented leader whose commitment to the welfare ...
A don, Dr Lawrence Odeh, says the by-elections scheduled for June 20 by INEC to fill the five vacant National Assembly seats is a necessary and constitutional step toward upholding democratic representation. Odeh, of Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Benson Idahosa University, Benin, Edo, stated this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja ...
Labour Party has constituted an eight-man committee for the screening of aspirants for various elective positions in the 2027 general elections. This is contained in a special public announcement jointly signed by the party’s National Chairman, Sen. Nenadi Usman and the National Secretary, Iheanacho Obioma and made available to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. The ...
An APC Chieftain, Mr Adebola Ogunleye says the conduct of by-elections by INEC to fill vacant National Assembly seats is necessary, irrespective of the timing and the cost of conducting them. Ogunleye said this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Friday, while responding to INEC’s plan to conduct by-elections in Kebbi, Kano, Ondo, ...
Niger South Senatorial aspirant and former Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Muhammad Nami, has assured his teeming constituents that if elected as Senator representing Zone A in the forthcoming general elections he will not abandon them. He gave this assurance during a meeting with party stalwarts in Agaie and Katcha Local Government ...
The Osun State chapter of the Accord Party has raised alarm over an alleged clandestine plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to compromise the integrity of the upcoming August 15 election. In a statement released by State Chairman Pastor Victor Akande, the party claimed to have uncovered details of a secret meeting held Wednesday ...
