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APC governors: We’re not part of Wike-led rainbow coalition
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have distanced themselves from the political arrangement being championed by Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, ahead of the 2027 elections. The governors, under the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), said they would not support any alliance capable of weakening the APC or affecting the chances of candidates…
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Osun APC faults Adeleke’s plan to introduce Park Management System
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted Governor Ademola Adeleke’s plan to introduce a state-run Park Management System in motor parks across the state, describing the proposal as illegal and unconstitutional. In a statement signed by its director of media and information, Mogaji Kola Olabisi, the party said Adeleke’s directive…
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Ekiti: NDC candidate protests omission from INEC final list
By Boye Oyeyemi The Nigeria Democratic Congress in Ekiti State has been thrown into confusion after its purportedly affirmed candidate for the Ekiti South Senatorial District, Dr. Ayodele Ayokunle Olusegun, was omitted from the Independent National Electoral Commission’s final list for the 2027 elections. Olusegun has petitioned the party’s National Secretariat, demanding an explanation for the omission and an immediate…
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Desmond Elliot apologises to Gbajabiamila, seeks return to APC
Lagos State House of Assembly member Desmond Elliot has apologised to Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff to President Bola Tinubu, over his actions during the last All Progressives Congress primary election in Lagos. Elliot was seen in a video circulating on social media kneeling before Gbajabiamila and pleading for forgiveness while seeking to be readmitted into the ruling party in…
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SDP’s Adebayo mourns Tukur, hails his legacy of service
The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo, has expressed sadness over the death of former Gongola State Governor and former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Mohammed Tukur. In a condolence message on Saturday, Adebayo described Tukur’s death as the loss of a major figure in Nigeria’s political and public life, noting his…
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2027: NURTW Chieftain Istijabah canvasses support for Tinubu, Hamzat
…hails Tinubu’s CNG policy A chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Lagos State, Alhaji Azeez Abiola Istijabah, has urged residents and transport operators to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and APC governorship candidate Dr Obafemi Hamzat in the 2027 elections. He made the call at an empowerment programme for tricycle operators in Alimosho, where he…
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2027: INEC tells court to dismiss Atiku’s suit against Tinubu
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the Federal High Court to dismiss a suit filed by the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, seeking the disqualification of President Bola Tinubu from the 2027 presidential election. INEC, in its objection and counter-affidavit filed by its counsel, Dr Alex Izinyon, SAN, described the suit as hypothetical,…
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INEC, Microsoft deepen AI, Cybersecurity talks ahead of 2027 polls
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, has stepped up engagement with global technology and electoral organisations to advance the use of emerging technologies, artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 polls. Amupitan held strategic partnership meetings with senior officials of Microsoft and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) on the…
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2027: Ibadan traditional leaders disown alleged endorsement of Makinde, Adekanmbi
By Adejayan Gbenga Traditional leaders and community representatives in Ibadanland have disowned a viral video purportedly showing some Mogajis endorsing the Allied Peoples Movement’s presidential candidate, Seyi Makinde, and its governorship candidate in Oyo State, Bimbo Adekanmbi, ahead the 2027 elections. The leaders said the purported endorsement was unauthorised and did not represent the position of Ibadanland or its recognised…
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2027: Renewed Hope Ambassadors open new secretariat in Oshodi/Isolo LG
… strengthen grassroots structure, inaugurate executive committee The Oshodi-Isolo Chapter of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors has commissioned a new secretariat donated by Alhaji Comrade Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, as part of efforts to strengthen the organisation’s grassroots structure and administrative activities in the constituency. The commissioning ceremony also featured the inauguration of the newly constituted Chapter…
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