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2027: Obasa flags off Agege APC campaign, targets bigger victory
..charges supporters to double previous election’s votes Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, on Wednesday, led a mega rally at Amoo Field, Orile Agege, to flag off the All Progressives Congress (APC) Agege chapter’s campaign for the general election. Obasa, the APC House of Representatives candidate for Agege Federal Constituency, urged the crowd to…
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Makinde appoints former Minister Hyat campaign DG for 2027 presidential election
By Adejayan Gbenga The presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has appointed former Minister of State for Aviation, Felix Hassan Hyat, as director-general of the National Campaign Management Committee of the Makinde/Daura Presidential Campaign Organisation ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The appointment was announced on Wednesday in a statement issued by…
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APC ticket denial forced my defection to ADC — Akinyelure
By Boye Oyeyemi Former Senator Ayo Akinyelure has said his decision to leave the All Progressives Congress for the African Democratic Congress was triggered by what he described as unfairness in the allocation of the APC’s 2027 senatorial ticket for Ondo Central. Akinyelure, the ADC candidate for Ondo Central Senatorial District, disclosed this during a media parley with members of…
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Atiku, Obi cannot defeat Tinubu even if they unite — Ondo APC elders
By Boye Oyeyemi The Chairman of the PBAT Mandate Elders Forum in Ondo State, Elder Demola Ijabiyi, has dismissed the possibility of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi defeating President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election, even if they form an alliance. Ijabiyi spoke on Wednesday in Akure during the September meeting of…
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APC cautions Accord against alleged false claims on Osun LG case
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned members of the Accord Party against allegedly spreading false information about proceedings at the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on the lingering local government administration matter in the state. The party said contrary to claims circulating on social media, no appeal was heard,…
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Pantami secures PDP ticket after repeat governorship primary in Gombe
Former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe State for the 2027 election. Pantami won the party’s repeat governorship primary conducted across the 114 wards in the state’s 11 local government areas on Tuesday. He polled 2,024 votes to defeat his two…
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APC’s Farouk Arisekola flags off Ibadan North campaign Oct 1
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ibadan North Federal Constituency in the 2027 general election, Umar Farouk Arisekola, will on Thursday, October 1, 2026, flag off his campaign in the constituency. The campaign flag-off is scheduled to hold at the Yemetu Police Barracks in Ibadan, Oyo State, with party leaders, members, supporters and other stakeholders expected to attend. The…
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‘I’m healthy and sound’ — Tinubu dismisses health rumours
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday returned to Nigeria after about four weeks abroad, declaring that he was “healthy and sound” and ready to resume work. Tinubu made the declaration shortly after arriving at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, where he was received by senior government officials and political leaders. The President was responding to questions…
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2027: Ekiti PDP, APC back Tinubu, target 900,000 votes
By Boye Oyeyemi Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji and the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the June 20 election, Dr. Oluwole Oluyede, have rallied support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Oyebanji spoke in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday at a mobilisation rally organised by the Oluyede Progressive Alliance for Renewed Hope Alliance to…
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Nigeria at 66: Adebayo to lead SDP’s Independence Day drive
…woos Nigerians across 774 LGAs The Social Democratic Party (SDP) is set to take its Independence Day mobilisation to the grassroots, with rallies planned across Nigeria’s 774 local government areas as the party intensifies preparations for the 2027 general elections. The mobilisation, tagged “Join the Party This Independence Day,” is expected to bring together SDP presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo,…
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