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An aspirant for Ikeja Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly has expressed confidence in securing victory at the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries. Speaking with the reporter on the sidelines of the APC Lagos West Senatorial primaries, Mr Wale Ajala, a legal practitioner, said he was motivated to contest after observing what ...
The National Youth Council of Nigeria, Kosofe chapter, has intensified support for Sen. Mukhail Abiru’s re-election campaign in Lagos East. The endorsement came after meetings involving youth leaders, student representatives, artisans and grassroots stakeholders across communities in Kosofe. Council officials said the decision reflected growing confidence in the senator’s leadership, accessibility and record of constituency ...
Some constituents of the Lagos West Senatorial District on Monday expressed mixed feelings over the performance of Sen. Idiat Adebule after three years in office. The constituents spoke on the sideline of the Lagos West Senatorial District primary election, held at Alimosho Local Government. A cleric from Agbado Oke Odo, Mr Ebenezer Shorinola, commended Adebule’s ...
Ahead of the senatorial primaries holding today, son of the former Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Olufemi Hafeez Oyetola, has officially withdrawn from the Osun Central Senatorial district race. The announcement was made public through an official letter dated May 18, 2026, addressed to the APC State Chairman in Osun State, as well as ...
By Victor Nwachukwu The All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants for the Imo North senatorial seat, including Mrs Gloria Akobundu, Chief Ike Odoeme and Chief Longers Anyanwu, have announced their withdrawal from the race, billed for Monday (today). In a statement jointly signed and issued in Owerri and made available to newsmen on Monday, the trio ...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has announced the winners of its House of Representatives primary elections conducted across the state on Saturday. Chairman of the Ogun State APC National Assembly Primary Elections Committee, Philip Shaibu, announced the results at the party secretariat in Abeokuta after receiving reports from collation officers across the ...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has appointed former Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, and former Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, to lead its presidential primary committees ahead of the party’s forthcoming presidential primaries. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, National Publicity Secretary of the ADC. ...
By Imisioluwa AfunmisoThe Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has extended the deadline for the collection of Expression of Interest Forms for aspirants seeking elective offices ahead of the 2026 elections.The party, in a statement signed by its National Secretary, Ikenna Morgan Enekweizu, said the deadline earlier fixed for 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 17, 2026, has ...
Mr Kashim Musa Tumsah, alias KMT, the Yobe All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant, has denied rumours that he has withdrawn from the contest. This is contained in a statement signed by Abubakar Ahmed, Spokesman, KMT Campaign Organisation in Damaturu on Sunday. He said that the rumour was “callous” and “mischievous”, peddled by those who ...
Mr Vandefan Gemade, son of Sen. Barnabas Gemade, has lost his bid to secure the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for the Vandeikya/Konshisha Federal Constituency. Gemade’s loss was made known during the declaration of results of the APC House of Representatives primaries by the National Assembly Primary Election Committee for Benue on Sunday in Makurdi. ...
Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yobe have reiterated their support for Baba Wali, the endorsed governorship aspirant of the party in the state. This is contained in a communique read by President of the Ninth Senate, Sen. Ahmad Lawan, at the end of the stakeholders meeting in Damaturu on Sunday. The report ...
Mr Marcus Onobun has protested APC primary outcome for Esan Central/Esan West/Igueben Federal Constituency, alleging he won direct primary in spite of official declaration. This is contained in a petition he filed on Sunday to the All Progressives Congress Primary Election Petitions Committee, alleging ward results across the constituency showed his victory. The committee reportedly ...
By Barth Ndubuwah The Federal House of Representatives primary elections of the All Progressives Congress (APC), held on Saturday in Port Harcourt, have produced 13 winners who will fly the party's flags in the 2027 general elections in Nigeria. The successful candidates include Precious Igwe of Port Harcourt Federal Constituency 1, Blessing Amadi of Port ...
By Ismail Azeez The Imole Campaign Council (TICC) has stated that Governor Ademola Adeleke is fixing what it described as 12 years of All Progressives Congress (APC) mess in Osun State, thereby restoring public confidence in a better future for the state through impactful governance and people-oriented policies. The Council, in a statement signed by ...
Seyi Tinubu, the son of the President, has offered words of comfort to popular socialite and businessman Pascal Okechukwu, widely known as Cubana Chief Priest, following his recent defeat in the All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Representatives primary elections. Cubana Chief Priest had contested the ticket to represent his federal constituency on the platform ...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is bracing for a day of intense internal reckoning tomorrow as delegates head to the polls for the senatorial primary elections. While several districts across the country have successfully consensus-built their tickets, eyes are locked on two major battlegrounds in the South-West namely Osun Central and Ogun East. The primaries ...
The former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (rtd), has announced his complete exit from active politics, stating that he is leaving the murky waters behind. Abubakar, who was the APC governorship candidate in Bauchi State during the 2023 elections, clarified that he no longer holds membership in any political party and has ...
The member representing Yagba Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Leke Abejide, has recorded a landslide victory in the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for the Yagba Federal Constituency seat, winning across all the 34 wards in the constituency. Results collated from the three Local Government Areas of Yagba East, Yagba West and ...
By Tunde Rahman The race to the presidency in 2027 is getting more exciting. Last Thursday, May 14, 2026, at the ancient Mapo Hall in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Governor Seyi Makinde formally threw his hat into the ring and organised a spectacle that could only have been funded by Oyo State taxpayers’ money. ...
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were absent at 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 with news reporters in Lagos. He expressed disappointment over the ...
An aspirant for the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Saleh, has alleged unfair exclusion from the party’s primary in Katsina State. Saleh, popularly known as Ahmed Saleh Junior, raised the allegation while reacting to the primary election outcome in Mani on Saturday. He said he was earlier endorsed by party stakeholders after the state chapter ...
Mr Adamu Abubakar, son of former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Representatives primary election for Chanchaga Federal Constituency in Niger. Returning Officer, AbdulMumin Attahiru, said Abubakar polled 30,650 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mr Nmaa Ahmed, who secured 1,271 votes. Islam added that ...
The Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has appreciated the Federal Government over the ongoing projects of the North West Development Commission (NWDC) in Kano and other States in the Northwest. He commended the President Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for the interventions in the northwestern states through the ...
