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By Grant Onyeke/Mubarak Gana Labour Party has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and the Department of State Services (DSS) over alleged illegal distribution of nomination forms by a former national chairman of the party, Julius Abure. The party’s National Chairman, Sen. Nenadi Usman, made the allegation while speaking with newsmen on the sidelines of ...
By Emmanuel Oloniruha The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended its ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in Ekiti and Osun ahead of the forthcoming governorship elections in both states. According to official data released on Thursday in Abuja by the commission for Week One of Phase III of the nationwide exercise, the ...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has declared the party’s ongoing primary elections the most competitive internal selection process in the political history of Nigeria. Speaking with journalists in Lagos following a high-level briefing with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Yilwatda asserted that the intense contest serves as a definitive ...
Mrs Lami Ogenyi, Deputy Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for Ado State Constituency ahead of the 2027 general elections. The Returning Officer, Mr Abraham Akaater, while submitting the result on Thursday to the Governorship/State Assembly Primary Election Committee in Makurdi, said Ogenyi scored the ...
Dr Faisal Shuaibu, former chief of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has clinched the ticket of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for Nasarawa West senatorial district. Malam Musa Shuaibu-Mohammed, Chairman of the APC Senatorial Primary Election Committee in Nasarawa State, announced the result on Wednesday in Keffi Local Government Area. He said ...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State has unveiled its senatorial candidates for the 2027 general elections, with a pledge to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The state Chairman of the party, Nura Amadi-Kurfi, made the declaration on Wednesday in Katsina during the affirmation of Alhaji Hamisu Gambo-Danlawan as ...
Supporters of Mr Gbenga Abiola, popularly known as Agbelebu, an aspirant in the All Progressives Congress (APC) Lagos State House of Assembly primary for Agege Constituency I, have rejected purported results of Wednesday’s exercise circulating online. The supporters, under the aegis of Agbelebu Solidarity Forum, described the results as fake and forged, insisting that no ...
Mrs Mojisola Meranda, Deputy Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, has won the APC Lagos State House of Assembly Apapa Constituency I primary with 2,926 votes. This according to the results by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) results. There was an unprecedented turnout of All Progressives Congress faithful during the primaries held at Ijora, ...
Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the party has activated internal mechanisms to reduce post-primary tensions ahead of the 2027 elections. He stated this on Wednesday after meeting President Bola Tinubu in Lagos, briefing him on ongoing nationwide primaries. He said leadership intensified reconciliation efforts to manage grievances and ...
Prince Laja Adeoye, the Lagos State governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), says Lagos residents deserves a better leadership and new ideas ahead of 2027 elections. Adeoye stated this on Wednesday while formally declaring his governorship ambition at Ward F5, Ejigbo, in Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area of Lagos State. The former PDP governorship ...
Leaders and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Kogi East Senatorial District have hailed the conduct of the recently concluded primary election in the district. The exercise saw the incumbent senator representing Kogi East and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Customs, Jibrin Isah Echocho, lose his re-election bid. After assessing the ...
In a shocking development, Rivers State Governor Sir Siminalayi Fubara has announced his sudden withdrawal from the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primaries. The announcement, delivered via an official statement on Wednesday comes at the eleventh hour of a highly volatile campaign season, throwing the party's leadership race into immediate flux just as delegates prepared ...
By Ismail Azeez The Imole Campaign Council has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security agencies, political actors, and other stakeholders to ensure the conduct of free, fair, and credible elections in Osun State. The call was made by the Chairman of the Civil Society Matters Committee of the Imole Campaign Council, Hon. ...
The screening committee of the National Democratic Coalition (NDC) has cleared former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, to participate in the party's upcoming presidential primary election. The committee, led by Aminu Tambuwal, confirmed Obi's clearance on Wednesday after a rigorous verification exercise of his documentation, party standing, and eligibility criteria at the party’s national headquarters ...
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed June 5, 2026, to deliver judgment in a lawsuit seeking the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Accord Party, and several other political entities over alleged constitutional infractions. Justice Peter Lifu scheduled the date after dismissing multiple applications for a stay of proceedings and joinder ...
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has attributed the peaceful primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to the adherence to rules by the party’s faithful. Speaking in his hometown, Sampou, in Kolokuma/Opokuma local government area on Wednesday during the State House of Assembly primary election, Governor Diri lauded party members ...
…says consensus emergence reflects unity Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday, supervised the process leading to the emergence of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Mafa State Constituency ahead of the 2027 general elections. The exercise, held in Mafa Local Government Area, was conducted by the party’s Primary Election Committee chaired ...
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has confirmed that none of its gubernatorial aspirants in Oyo State have been disqualified from participating in the state primary election. The official clarification follows widespread rumors suggesting that a former Minister of Power and prominent contender in the race, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, had been barred ...
Ogun state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has hailed the All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Assembly primaries as peaceful, transparent and a true reflection of internal democracy within the party, Speaking with newsmen shortly after participating in the House of Assembly primary election at Ward 3, Iperu, in Ikenne Local Government Area, Governor Dapo Abiodun ...
By Imisioluwa AfunmisoAhead of the 2027 general elections, political activities within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have continued to gain momentum across Lagos State and other parts of the country as party stakeholders intensify grassroots mobilisation and internal consultations.The development was evident during the party’s Ward C primary election, where Adewale Temitope Adedeji recorded ...
By Imisioluwa AfunmisoThe Lawmaker representing Surulere Constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Desmond Elliot, on Wednesday withdrew from the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election, alleging intimidation and the denial of access to his supporters during the exercise.Elliot announced his withdrawal at the APC primary venue, located at the Paddington Mini Stadium ...
The Director General, Media and Publicity, Government House Kano, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, has said that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf had approached President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over political defection into the All Progressives Congress (APC) with Kwankwaso's consent. He further alleged that the move had the full consent and backing of former Governor Rabiu Musa ...
