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The incumbent Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, on Thursday emerged unopposed in Agege council area as the APC  candidate for Lagos governorship race in 2027. Hamzat won in all the 11 wards  in Agege during the APC governorship primary

Former Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Mr Aondona Dajo, on Wednesday joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) race for Gboko West (Gbemacha) State Constituency. Dajoh picked the PDP nomination and expression of interest forms at the party’s secretariat in

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Nentawe Yilwatda, has declared that the party’s ongoing nationwide primaries ahead of the 2027 general elections are the most competitive political contests ever witnessed in Nigeria’s democratic history. Yilwatda made the assertion on Wednesday

Dr Faisal Shuaibu, former chief of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has clinched the ticket of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for Nasarawa West senatorial district. Malam Musa Shuaibu-Mohammed, Chairman of the APC Senatorial Primary Election Committee in Nasarawa

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State says he withdrew from the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primaries, because of the need to preserve peace, stability and unity in the state amid the prolonged political crisis that has unsettled Rivers politics for months.

A former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says he will scrap the federal character principle if elected president in 2027, insisting that all Nigerians should enjoy equal citizenship rights. Amaechi, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC),

Sen. Shehu Buba (APC – Bauchi South), has announced his withdrawal from the upcoming All Progressive  Congress (APC) governorship primary election in the state. This is contained in a statement by the aspirant’s media aide, Sabo Mohammed, on Wednesday in Bauchi. Buba,

The Peoples Democratic Party interim factional National Working Committee led by Tanimu Turaki on Tuesday screened 12 governorship aspirants ahead of the 2027 general elections and reportedly granted automatic clearance to former President Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s sole presidential aspirant. The

The Obidient Movement has called on eligible Nigeria citizens who are yet to obtain their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to take advantage of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise being conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission ahead of the 2027

PETER Obi, 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, was on Tuesday night cleared as the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC. His candidacy was unanimously cleared after more than two hours of grilling by the committee. Committee Chairman Senator Sam Egwu,