Politics

Edo South chapter of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) has reaffirmed Sunny Aguebor as its senatorial candidate for the 2027 election, even as the party commenced mobilisation across the district on Wednesday. At a strategic meeting to kick-start its campaign activities held yesterday in Benin, the party vowed to take its message to every nook and cranny of the seven …

  Although the latest killing may not be directly linked to the just concluded election, it mirrors the proliferation of arms, ammunition, and thuggery that characterised the electoral cycle for months. The Police Command in Osun State has confirmed the killing of a 60-year-old man, Tajudeen Yusuf, by suspected hoodlums on Wednesday in Osogbo. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has projected that Nigeria’s registered voting population will surpass 100 million ahead of the 2027 general elections. Mallam Mohammed Haruna, INEC’s National Commissioner, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja. Haruna, also the Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), spoke at INEC’s “Joint Implementation Meeting of the Departments of Voter Education and Publicity (VEP) …

The All Progressives Congress has fixed Saturday, August 22, 2026, for its primary elections to select candidates for four restored State House of Assembly constituencies in Delta and Kogi states and legislative bye-elections in Gombe, Bauchi, Delta and Kano states. The party announced this in its timetable and schedule of activities signed by its National Organising Secretary, Sulaiman Argungu, and …

Presidential candidates and leadership of political parties contesting the 2027 general elections had on Tuesday in Abuja signed a Peace Accord . They all committed to peaceful, issue-based campaigns and the non-involvement in electoral violence before, during and after the 2027 polls. Some of the presidential candidates that signed were President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, represented by …

President Bola Tinubu has pledged his commitment and that of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to peaceful, transparent and issue-based campaigns. Tinubu also warned political stakeholders against violence, hate speech, misinformation and artificial intelligence-generated content during the 2027 electioneering. The President spoke on Tuesday in Abuja while signing the National Peace Accord alongside political parties and candidates ahead of the …

Edo lawmakers, on Tuesday, constituted a five-member ad-hoc committee to investigate allegations of corruption and financial impropriety against the immediate past Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku. The decision to probe the troubled ex- speaker which was announced by the new Speaker of the House, Yekini Idaiye, during plenary in Benin is coming after the dissolution of …

*To deploy 1.4m ad-hoc staff across 176,000 polling units ABUJA: As political activities heighten across the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has declared that it is scaling up its operational capacity to deploy approximately 1.4 million ad-hoc personnel across over 176,000 polling units nationwide for the 2027 General Elections. The Commission also disclosed that it is utilizing the …

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, has assured political parties and Nigerians that the commission will not favour any candidate in the 2027 general elections. Prof. Joash Amupitan gave the assurance on Tuesday at the formal signing of the First National Peace Accord to commit candidates and political parties to issue-based campaigns for the …

  Mr Adeleke, who contested on the platform of the Accord Party, secured 511,067 votes to defeat Mr Oyebamiji, who polled 444,815 votes, according to results declared by INEC. Mr Adeleke, who contested on the platform of the Accord Party, polled 511,067 votes to defeat Mr Oyebamiji, who polled 444,815 votes, according to results declared by the Independent National Electoral …