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Elections Won Via Performance, Not Street Drama — Wike

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:00:47 +0000

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said elections are won based on performance rather than what he described as “street drama.” Wike made the remark during a visit to Edo State, where he spoke in Benin City at the handover of 54 construction equipment to the 18 local government areas [...]

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FCT Polls: Nigerians Have Spoken — Keyamo

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:00:24 +0000

The Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, has said Nigerians have expressed their views through the just concluded Federal Capital Territory (FCT) area council elections and by-elections held in Rivers and Kano states. Keyamo made the remark in a post shared on his verified X handle on Sunday. InfoStride News reports that the Independent National Electoral [...]

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APC Wins Five of Six Chairmanship Seats in FCT Area Council Elections

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:00:35 +0000

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has secured five of the six chairmanship positions contested in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) area council elections. In Bwari Area Council, APC candidate Joshua Ishaku emerged winner of the chairmanship seat with 18,466 votes. APC’s Chris Garki also clinched victory in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) chairmanship election. [...]

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FCT Polls: INEC Begins Upload of Results on IReV Portal

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:00:50 +0000

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the upload of election results for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) council polls on its results viewing portal, IReV. As of 9:04 p.m., InfoStride News gathered that results from polling units across the six area councils in the FCT had started trickling in, a few hours after [...]

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FCT Polls: ADC Takes Early Lead in Kubwa II Polling Units

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 09:00:02 +0000

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has taken an early lead in results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from four polling units at LEA Primary School, Kubwa II, in Bwari Area Council. The contest is largely between the ADC and the All Progressives Congress (APC) after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairmanship candidate [...]

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Peter Obi Campaigns for ADC Candidates in FCT Ahead of Council Poll

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:00:06 +0000

Former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Monday visited Kado-Kuchi in Abuja to campaign for candidates of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the forthcoming Federal Capital Territory council election. The election for chairmen and councillors across the FCT area councils is scheduled to hold on Saturday, February 21, 2026. In a video seen by [...]

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INEC explains withholding of access codes from Labour Party ahead of FCT polls

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:00:12 +0000

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has clarified its decision to withhold access codes from the Labour Party for uploading the names of candidates for the February 21, 2026, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections. In a statement issued on Wednesday by its Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mrs Victoria Ewa-Messi, the Commission [...]

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FCT Council Poll: APC Chieftain Tasks Party On Strategy Ahead Of 2023 Elections

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 19:30:22 +0000

A chieftain and former Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress in Imo State, Mazi Jones Onwusoanya, has lamented the outcome of the concluded FCT council election in Abuja Municipal Area Council on Saturday. InfoStride News recalls that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Saturday’s FCT Council polls in Abuja Municipal Area [...]

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FCT Council Poll Victory Signals Our Triumph In 2023 – PDP Spokesman

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 20:00:42 +0000

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its victory in Abuja Municipal, Bwari and Kuje Area Councils in the last Saturday, Federal Capital Territory Council elections was a clear demonstration of the determination by Nigerians to return its party to power in 2023. PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Tuesday [...]

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FCT Council Polls, Serious Warning To APC – Ortom

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 10:00:34 +0000

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has congratulated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairmen and councillors- elect in the just concluded Federal Capital Territory(FCT) council polls held on Saturday, February 12th, 2022. “I want to congratulate all the candidates of our great party, the PDP in the Saturday council polls for their show of strength and [...]

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FCT Council Polls: AMAC Chairman-elect, Zakka Son Victory

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 11:00:41 +0000

The Chairman-elect, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Christopher Zakka, has pledged to work with all the critical stakeholders for the development of the council. Zakka, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was declared winner of Saturday’s AMAC chairmanship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He polled 19,302 votes to defeat Murtala Usman of [...]

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FCT Council Polls: Shehu Sani Decries Voter Apathy, Says Nothing Has Changed

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 19:00:02 +0000

Kaduna-born politician Shehu Sani has said the just-concluded FCT council election shows that voter apathy still exists. Shehu Sani on his Twitter page alleged that politicians bribed people to vote for them in most parts of Abuja. He said some voters justified their reasons for collecting money to vote. He wrote, ”The Abuja Local council [...]

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