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Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has denied that his alliance with President Bola Tinubu includes any plan to share legislative and local council seats with the All Progressives Congress. In a statement issued on Wednesday by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, the governor described the claim, which had spread on social media, as fabricated. He…
Presidential and governorship candidates who want their faces on billboards in Abakaliki will now pay N150 million for the privilege, after the Ebonyi State House of Assembly approved new levies on political billboards and posters in the state capital. The House fixed the fee at N20 million for National Assembly candidates and N5 million…
The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party backed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has faulted President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress for suggesting that the hardship in the country is caused by the opposition. The President had told the crowd at the flag-off of his re-election…
Opposition parties whose governorship candidates were left off the Independent National Electoral Commission’s final list for 2027 have taken different roads to get them back on the ballot. The Nigeria Democratic Congress says it is negotiating with the commission, while the Social Democratic Party says it has already served legal papers. The dispute comes less…
The African Democratic Congress will formally inaugurate its Presidential Campaign Council today, Friday, October 9, 2026, at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja, marking the transition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s third bid for the presidency from a coalition-building exercise into a fully activated national campaign operation. Senator David Mark, a retired…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress has cleared one of the biggest administrative hurdles facing a new party heading into an election, with the Independent National Electoral Commission uploading its approved logo on the commission’s portal after a Federal High Court ruling. Senator Seriake Dickson, the party’s national leader and former Bayelsa State governor, announced the…
The Senate has said there will be no fresh amendment to the Electoral Act 2026 before the 2027 general elections, insisting that the law as it stands will govern the coming polls despite questions raised by a recent Supreme Court judgment. The position was set out by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on…
The chairman of Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State, Blessing Albert Ebhodaghe, has warned commercial drivers that they risk being barred from a motor park if they wear caps or materials belonging to any party other than the ruling All Progressives Congress. The warning was captured in a video that spread on social…
The governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have drawn a firm line against cross party alliances ahead of the 2027 general elections, resolving to back only candidates fielded by their own party. The decision, taken at a closed door meeting in Abuja on Monday, 14 September 2026, marks the clearest…
Kenneth Okonkwo, spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign, has argued that a broad opposition coalition remains the only realistic path to defeating President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Speaking in an interview with Ibeju Upgrade Media on Thursday, Okonkwo dismissed the prospects of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria…