The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of 16 governorship candidates cleared to contest the 2027 election in Oyo State. The list, published on Saturday, features candidates from 16 political parties seeking to occupy the Agodi Government House in Ibadan. The All Progressives Congress (APC) will be represented by Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli, while Taofeek Adegboyega Adegoke is the candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate is Hazeem Ola Gbolarumi, while Abdulrahman Oriyomi Hamzat will contest on the platform of the Accord Party. Other candidates on the list include Abimbola Adekanmbi…
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The Kano State chapter of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged its members and supporters to remain calm following the omission of its governorship candidate, Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, and his running mate, Mustapha Rabi’u Kwankwaso, from the final list of candidates released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The party attributed the development to a technical error, assuring its supporters that efforts were underway to correct the omission ahead of the 2027 governorship election. The NDC’s Public Relations Officer in Kano State, Yusif Fasaha, made this known in a statement, saying the party had contacted INEC over the…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced that its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and running mate, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, will nominate key officials of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council ahead of the 2027 general elections. The party’s National Chairman, Senator Moses Cleopas Zuwoghe, disclosed this on Saturday during a press conference at the NDC national secretariat in Abuja. Zuwoghe said the party had completed the structure and timetable for the campaign council since late August but was awaiting nominations from Obi and Kwankwaso before inaugurating the body. According to him, the two candidates will nominate officials for strategic positions, including…
Kenneth Okonkwo, spokesperson for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has described the former vice president as the leading figure in national political discourse ahead of the 2027 general elections. Okonkwo made the assertion in a post on his X account on Friday, praising Atiku’s experience in government and his record in economic management. He recalled that Atiku served as vice president under former President Olusegun Obasanjo from 1999 to 2007 and said the former vice president headed the country’s economic team during the period. “Atiku is now the clear leader whom other candidates are following in…
Former presidential aide and Arise Television Morning Show anchor, Dr Reuben Abati, has criticised the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, for allegedly acting as though he has the authority to determine who occupies political offices ahead of the 2027 general elections. Abati made the remarks on Friday during the programme’s “What’s Trending” segment, while reacting to a viral video reportedly showing Wike identifying political candidates at a rally in Rivers State. According to Abati, the minister appeared to be allocating positions ranging from the presidency and governorship to seats in the National Assembly and the Rivers State…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has received 11 politicians described as former candidates of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) into its fold ahead of the 2027 general elections. The defectors were received by the APC National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Friday. The group comprised politicians from Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Plateau and Sokoto states. They were led by Dr Princess Aslam Aliyu, while Professor Murtala Yusuf represented the ADC contingent and Mohammed Rabiu led the NDC group from Kaduna State. The APC National Secretary, Senator Surajudeen Ajibola…
The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of promoting fears of electoral manipulation to discourage Nigerians from participating in the 2027 general elections. The council urged eligible voters to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and reject claims that the outcome of the forthcoming election had already been determined in favour of the ruling party. The ADC-PCC Director of Media and Publicity, Kola Ologbondiyan, made the position known in a statement, describing narratives suggesting that votes would not count as misleading and designed to encourage voter apathy. Ologbondiyan alleged that the APC…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has challenged Peter Obi, the 2027 NDC presidential candidate, to honour his earlier pledge to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race if it is established that his administration left financial liabilities in Anambra State. The council’s spokesman, Dele Alake, made the demand in a statement while reacting to comments by Obi during a recent interview with the BBC, in which the former Anambra State governor maintained that he won the 2023 presidential election despite acknowledging that he had no evidence to support the claim. Alake described Obi’s position on the election outcome…
Isaac Fayose, younger brother of former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, has called on Nigerians to unite and vote President Bola Tinubu out of office in the 2027 general elections. Fayose made the call in a video shared on his Facebook page, where he criticised the economic situation under the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government. He warned that more Nigerians could slip into poverty if the current economic challenges persisted, arguing that the country’s wealth was not benefiting enough people. According to him, a functional economy should allow wealth to circulate across different sectors and improve the living conditions of…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kebbi State has announced plans to conduct fresh primaries for the Kebbi/Kalgo/Bunza Federal Constituency following a Federal High Court ruling on the party’s nomination process. The party’s State Publicity Secretary, Haruna Haruna Maijega, said the state chapter had forwarded the court’s judgment to the national leadership and commenced preparations to comply with the directive. Maijega explained that the court ordered a fresh primary election within 14 days, prompting the party to schedule the exercise for Wednesday, October 14, 2026. According to him, the direct primaries will take place across the 35 wards in the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) plan to deploy artificial intelligence, AI, in the electoral process ahead of the 2027 general elections has generated mixed reactions among political stakeholders and civil society groups. The debate followed an announcement by INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, that the commission had established a dedicated AI division within its Information and Communications Technology Department to strengthen result verification and combat digital misinformation. Amupitan said the commission had integrated automated AI auditing tools into its results verification process to identify discrepancies and administrative errors. He added that the technology would operate under human supervision and…
The vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rotimi Amaechi, has said the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will introduce a production-based fuel subsidy if elected in 2027, insisting that the policy will not be designed to enrich a few wealthy Nigerians. Amaechi made the disclosure on Thursday during a town hall meeting in Edo State, where he explained the party’s proposed approach to reducing fuel prices through support for domestic refining. He said the proposed policy would differ from the former subsidy arrangement, which involved imported petroleum products, adding that the ADC intended to restrict the intervention to…
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said he promised President Bola Tinubu a minimum of two million votes from the state in the 2027 presidential election. Abiodun made the disclosure on Thursday in Abeokuta while addressing supporters at an event where the Ogun State Transport Unions Alliance endorsed Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, for the state’s governorship election. The governor described his pledge as a commitment to mobilise voters across Ogun State to support Tinubu’s re-election bid. “I have threatened Mr President. How did I threaten him? I said, Mr President, on behalf of all the sons…
The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has suspended all campaigns and party activities for three days in honour of military personnel who died in the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, aircraft crash in Ondo State. The party announced the decision in a statement issued in Owerri on Thursday by its State Publicity Secretary, Lancelot Obiaku. According to the statement, the suspension takes immediate effect and applies to the party’s organs, ward, local government and senatorial district chapters, as well as its candidates. The PDP said the decision was taken as a mark of respect for the deceased…
The Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo, Taraba State, has reserved ruling in a suit seeking to nullify the All Progressives Congress, APC, state chairmanship primary election. The suit was instituted by Abdulhadi Haruna Lau, an aspirant who is challenging his exclusion from the contest. Justice Mashkur Salisu reserved ruling on Wednesday after hearing arguments from lawyers representing the parties. Lau is asking the court to invalidate the primary, arguing that he fulfilled the requirements to contest but was denied the opportunity to participate. His counsel, Musa Attah, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, told the court that his client paid…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has warned that political parties that fail to comply with statutory requirements governing membership registers may be barred from fielding candidates in the 2027 general elections. The commission said it would not allow parties to substitute candidates whose nominations are affected by non-compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2026. INEC National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Mohammed Haruna, disclosed the position while speaking on Trust TV’s Daily Politics programme. Haruna explained that the commission was reviewing the implications of the Supreme Court judgment delivered on September 24, 2026, which upheld the…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has warned judges who may be appointed to serve on election petition tribunals ahead of the 2027 general elections to maintain strict impartiality, cautioning that their conduct will be closely scrutinised. Kekere-Ekun gave the warning on Wednesday during the flag-off ceremony for the 2026/2027 legal year of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, NICN, in Abuja. She noted that some judges of the court could be called upon to serve on election petition tribunals, where they would be required to determine politically sensitive disputes that attract considerable public attention. The CJN said…
A member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Yusuf Abdullahi Itas, has withdrawn from the race for re-election in the 2027 general elections. Itas represents Itas/Gadau State Constituency and was seeking another term in the assembly on the platform of the Allied Peoples’ Movement, APM. The lawmaker communicated his decision in a letter dated October 5, 2026, addressed to the APM state chairman. In the letter, titled “Withdrawal of Candidature for the Itas/Gadau State Constituency Seat in the Bauchi State House of Assembly,” he formally notified the party that he would no longer contest the seat in the forthcoming…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Rivers State, Kingsley Chinda, have met with Governor Siminalayi Fubara and members of his political camp in Port Harcourt. The closed-door meeting, which lasted about four hours, brought together supporters and key political figures from the two camps as efforts to consolidate the emerging reconciliation in Rivers State continue. Wike and Chinda arrived at the governor’s residence at about 4pm on Tuesday with their supporters and joined Fubara and members of his camp for the discussions. The meeting ended around 8pm, but…
The Sokoto State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has questioned the circumstances surrounding the withdrawal of its Sokoto North senatorial candidate, Ahmed Maccido, from the 2027 election. Maccido, a former senator representing Sokoto North, notified the party of his decision in a letter dated September 30, 2026, addressed to the state PDP chairman, Hayattu Tafida. In the letter, the former lawmaker described his decision as voluntary and said it was taken without external pressure. He, however, did not disclose the reason for his withdrawal or indicate his next political move. Reacting to the development, Tafida questioned the timing…