Politics

Abuja: African Democratic Congress (ADC) has welcomed the Federal High Court judgment striking out a suit challenging its leadership for lack of jurisdiction. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, described the judgment as another affirmation of its constitutionally recognised leadership. It said the judgment reaffirmed its position that leadership disputes remained internal party …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 80 per cent of the non-sensitive materials required for the Aug. 15 Osun governorship election have been received and deployed. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Osun, Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola, disclosed this at a press conference in Osogbo on the commission’s level of preparedness. Babalola said 3,763 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines …

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) says it has successfully uploaded the particulars of its presidential and vice-presidential candidates to INEC’s nomination portal. The party said the uploaded candidates were former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, its presidential candidate, and former Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi, vice-presidential candidate, respectively. The National Publicity Secretary, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, announced the development on his ‘X’ handle on …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says nine registered political parties have collected access codes to upload their candidates’ particulars for the Presidential and National Assembly elections ahead of the 2027 general elections. The INEC National Commissioner in charge of Voter Education and Publicity, Malam Mohammed Haruna, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in …

The Nigeria Democratic Congress has uploaded the particulars of its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) portal. The National Leader of the (NDC), Sen. Seriake Dickson,made this known on his ‘X’ handle. In the post , Dickson said: “the name of the vice-presidential candidate would be uploaded after the completion of the required documentation, …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governors, under the aegis of Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) has resolved to work towards solving the problems and challenges facing the country’s democratic space. Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo and Chairman of the forum said the resolution was reached at the forum’s meeting which ended at the early hours of Tuesday in Abuja. The News …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the All Democratic Alliance (ADA) as a political party. The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Peter Lifu, equally ordered the electoral body to release its access code to the Akin Ricketts-led leadership of the association within 72 hours. It will be …

Senator Joseph Ikpea, representing Edo Central Senatorial District, has urged candidates in the July 11 Edo State local government election to use council autonomy to deliver development at the grassroots. He warned them against mismanaging public funds, saying elected council chairmen could be investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), while still in office. Senator Ikpea gave the …

‘Emperor’ Tenebe as a chairman of the Edo wing of the so-called biggest ruling party in Africa, that also prides itself as “progressive” and a “congress” has utterly derailed. A man who once allegedly accused his kin of stealing his personal wristwatch worth over a whooping US$250,000 (over N360 million), deserves to be rejected because of impropriety and worldliness, and …

Dr Yakubu Kingsley, the presidential aspirant of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), on Sunday disagreed with the party’s National Chairman, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, over his call for President Bola Tinubu’s resignation. Baba-Ahmed had, in a statement on June 4, asked President Tinubu to resign from office. Reacting in a statement signed by Kingsley in Abuja, he said he does not support …