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The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kwara State Governorship Primary Election Committee, Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro, has assured party members and stakeholders of a free, fair and transparent governorship primary election rescheduled for Friday across the state. Obanikoro gave the assurance in a statement issued on Friday ahead of the conduct of the APC ...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared renowned businessman, Chief Eric Opah, as the winner of its governorship primary for the 2027 General Election. The Returning Officer and Chairman of the APC Governorship Primary Election Committee, Bartho Nyelong, announced the result at the APC Secretariat in Umuahia, on Thursday night. According to the result, Opah ...
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, for emerging as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC ahead of the 2027 governorship election in the State. Governor Sanwo-Olu issued the congratulatory message in a statement released on Friday morning following the declaration of Dr. Obafemi Hamzat ...
Solomon Adeola, representing Ogun West Senatorial District, has emerged APC Ogun governorship candidate with 304,055 votes, defeating Abayomi Hunye who scored zero. Mr Wale Ohu, Chairman, Governorship Primary Election Committee for Ogun, announced the result at APC secretariat in Abeokuta on Thursday. Newsmen reports that returning officers from 20 local government areas had earlier announced ...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has declared Jamilu Gwamna as its gubernatorial flagbearer in the 2027 election. Mr Abubakar Danladi, the Returning Officer for the governorship primaries, made the declaration on Thursday in Gombe. He said that Gwana garnered 247,161 to defeat, Prof. Ali Pantami, who scored 12,120 votes and Sen. Saidu Alkali with 11,602 ...
The Lagos State Deputy Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, on Thursday unveiled a development agenda tagged “My Lagos Dream” ahead of the 2027 election. Hamzat said his vision was centred on job creation, improved infrastructure, education, healthcare and security for residents of the state. He spoke at the APC ...
By Ismail Azeez Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State on Thursday stormed the party’s state secretariat to demand the release of the authentic results of the State House of Assembly primaries. The protesters, who staged a peaceful demonstration at the APC secretariat in Osogbo along ...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election conducted across the 20 local government areas of Ogun State ended with the emergence of Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, as the party’s flag bearer for the 2027 governorship election. The exercise, which attracted unprecedented participation and support from party members across the state, ...
Early results emerging from the ongoing All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Oyo State indicate that the former Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has taken a commanding lead across several of the state's 351 wards, positioning himself as the early frontrunner in the highly anticipated contest. Party agents and coordinators monitoring the ...
By Idowu Adebomi The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented the official voters' register for the June 20, 2026, governorship election in Ekiti State to participating political parties, announcing that a total of 1,059,360 eligible voters have been registered for the exercise. Speaking during the presentation ceremony at the INEC headquarters in Ado-Ekiti on ...
•I will consolidate on Zulum’s gains – Gubio Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima following the emergence of Mustapha Gubio as the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections. Speaking shortly after the affirmation ceremony in Maiduguri ...
Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda has been affirmed as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for Katsina State in the 2027 general elections. The affirmation took place today at the People's Square, Government House, Katsina, through a consensus process that brought together party delegates from across the state. A total of 2,872 ...
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 Afusat Agunbiade-Oladipo A cross section of All Progressives Congress (APC) faithful in Ilorin on Thursday expressed confidence in their preferred governorship aspirants securing the party’s ticket for the 2027 general election. The loyalists were interviewed by the Newsmen in some wards across Ilorin during the ongoing governorship primary election of the party. Mr Saka ...
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 ...
