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PHOTO NEWS: Adelabu meets Oyo APC leaders as 2027 governorship race heats up
By Adejayan Gbenga – Chief Adebayo Adekola Adelabu, popularly known as Penkelemesi, has intensified his political consultations ahead of the 2027 governorship election in Oyo State with a strategic meeting held on Friday, July 4, 2025, with All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders from the four local government areas of the Oyo Federal Constituency. The meeting, aimed at strengthening party unity…
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ADC woos Zamfara governor
The Zamfara State Chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has extended an open invitation to Governor Dauda Lawal and other credible politicians in the state to join the party ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking with journalists in Gusau on Friday, the State Chairman of ADC, Kabiru Garba, disclosed that the party had already received over 100 new…
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Makinde’s Deputy Chief of Staff clinches PDP ticket for Ibadan North bye-election
By Adejayan Gbenga – Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has thrown his weight behind his Deputy Chief of Staff, Hon. Folajimi Oyekunle, who has emerged as the consensus candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the forthcoming Ibadan North Federal Constituency bye-election. Oyekunle’s emergence followed extensive consultations and a unanimous agreement among key party stakeholders aimed at presenting…
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‘Wike was envious when I rolled with Amaechi, I ‘tooched’ him up later,’ says Dele Momodu
By Kunle Sanni – Media mogul and publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, has fired back at Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, accusing him of envy and ingratitude. In an interview on Politics Today, aired on Channels Television on Friday, Wike disparaged Momodu, alleging that he drooled while eating. Responding to Wike’s comments, Momodu described the…
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2027: Engage in issue-based campaign not insult- Aregbesola tells Lagos ADC
A former Interior Minister and interim national secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has advised supporters of the party against insulting and attacking supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying their campaign should be issue-based. Aregbesola gave the advice upon his return from Abuja to Lagos on Friday, following the launch of the ADC…
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How Amaechi’s wife got N48bn NDDC contract to train Niger Delta women — Wike
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has alleged that Judith Amaechi, wife of former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, received N48 billion in contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) under the pretext of training women in the Niger Delta. Speaking on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, Wike called on President Bola Tinubu to release…
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2027: Ex-Ondo senator resigns PDP membership, joins ADC
By Boye Oyeyemi – A former senator representing Ondo South, Nicholas Tofowomo, has officially left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the 2027 general elections. Tofowomo, who served in the Senate from 2019 to 2023, confirmed his resignation in a letter dated July 4, addressed to the PDP chairman in Ward 3,…
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Wike tackles Amaechi over alliance with opposition coalition
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has tackled former Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi over his alliance with the opposition coalition. Speaking at the commissioning of the rehabilitated Aguma Palace Road and the New Market Road in the Gwagwalada Area Council on Friday, Wike said ” Because you have left office, you are angry. You said Nigerians…
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SDP inaugurates committee to probe alleged financial misconduct of suspended officials
The National Working Committee of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has inaugurated a disciplinary committee to investigate the alleged financial misappropriation of the suspended National Chairman, Alhaji Shehu Gabam, the National Auditor, Mr. Clarkson and the National Youth Leader, Mr. Ogbonna Uchechukwu. The committee, inaugurated July 4, comprises Mr. Liman S Abubakar, National Chieftain of SDP, (Chairman); Wafari Theman, National…
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Presidency defends Shettima, blasts Datti Baba-Ahmed over ‘baseless’ attacks
By Kunle Sanni – The Presidency says Vice President Kashim Shettima is a “loyal and dependable ally” of President Bola Tinubu. The comment follows critical remarks made by Labour Party’s 2023 vice presidential candidate, Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, against Vice President Shettima. In a statement issued by Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications (Office of…
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