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By-Elections: Shocks, Shifts, Test For Democracy

ADEYINKA ADENIJI writes on the fallout of last weekend’s byelections for unoccupied seats across 12 states of the federation Nigeria’s democracy went through another defining moment last Saturday as voters trooped out for by-elections across multiple states. From the bustling streets of Ibadan to the remote wards of Munya, from the familiar political trenches of...
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2027: Obi-Atiku Coalition Could Weaken APC Victory

Ahead of the 2027 Presidential election, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dominic Alancha, has warned that a possible alliance between the 2023 candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Peter Obi, could weaken the ruling party’s winning chances. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today program...
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Ex-Sokoto PDP Financial Secretary Defects To APC

The political landscape of Sokoto State took a new twist on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, as Hon. Nasiru Yahaya Isa, popularly known as Wamban Isa, officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Hon. Isa, a retired Permanent Secretary and former State Financial Secretary of the PDP in Sokoto,...
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APC Militarising Zamfara Supplementary Election

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of a plot to subvert Thursday’s supplementary election in Kaura Namoda South state constituency of Zamfara State. The election was first held on August 16, was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which ordered a rerun in five polling units....
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Rivers APC Chairmanship Candidates Hail Tinubu, Yilwatda Over Bye-Election Victory

The chairmanship and councillorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming August 30 Local Government Area elections in Rivers State have congratulated President Bola Tinubu and the party’s National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, on the APC’s overwhelming victory in the last Saturday’s bye-elections held across 16 constituencies in 12 states of the...
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Osun LG Fund: Adeleke Commends Council Of Obas, NBA, Others

…Restates Commitment to Rule of Law for Resolution Governor Ademola Adeleke has commended the Osun State Council of Obas, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and other public-spirited individuals and groups for their intervention to prevail on the Federal Government to release Osun withheld local government allocations. Reacting to the NBA and the monarchs’ appeal to...
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Get Ready To Exit Power, PDP Aspirant Tells Oyebanji

The Ekiti State governorship aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Wole Oluyede, in the 2026 gubernatorial election, has urged the state governor, Biodun Oyebanji, to prepare to leave the office by next year. Oluyede declared that the PDP would defeat the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), with massive votes during the election. The...
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