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Prioritize Integrity, Electoral Reforms, HEDA Tells New INEC Boss

26.10.2025

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has urged the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan (SAN), to prioritise restoring public confidence in Nigeria’s electoral process by ensuring transparency, integrity, and fairness in elections. In a statement issued on Sunday by HEDA’s Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, the civil...

APC Growing Stronger Ahead Of 2027 Elections

26.10.2025

The All Progressives Congress League of Professionals (ALP) has dismissed insinuations that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is on the verge of collapse ahead of the 2027 general elections, describing such claims as false, unfounded, and mischievous. In a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Marlin Daniel, a pioneer Secretary of the Bayelsa State...

Jang Hails Mutfwang’s Leadership As Plateau PDP Holds Peaceful Congress

26.10.2025

Former Governor of Plateau State and founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Jonah David Jang, has commended Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang for his exemplary leadership and commitment to transparency, fairness, and inclusion, which defined the peaceful conduct of the PDP state congress. It would be recalled that the Plateau State chapter of...

It’s Time For Youth To Lead, Sokoto Rep Rejects Re-Election Bid

26.10.2025

A member of the House of Representatives representing Kebbe/Tambuwal federal constituency in Sokoto State, Abdussamad Dasuki, has said he will not contest for re-election in 2027. Dasuki, who spoke in a press statement on Sunday, October 26, said his decision was a personal sacrifice aimed at creating space for younger Nigerians to participate in governance. According...

Zamfara APC Reps Member, Jaji, Receives Over 10,000 PDP Defectors

26.10.2025

A member of the House of Representatives representing Birnin Magaji/Kaura Namoda Federal Constituency, Aminu Sani Jaji, on Sunday received over 2,000 representatives of more than 10,000 defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) across the 14 local government areas of Zamfara State. Speaking while addressing the defectors at his Gusau residence, Jaji expressed satisfaction with...

Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District ’ll Return Umo Eno To Hilltop – Akpabio

26.10.2025

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has reaffirmed the commitment of the people of Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District (Ikot Ekpene District) to ensure the re-election of Governor Umo Eno in 2027. This was contained in a statement released on Sunday in Abuja by Jackson Udom, Special Assistant on Media to the Senate President....

Petition On Early Campaign Against Wadada Baseless – Aide

26.10.2025

The senator representing NasarawNasarawa West Senatorial District, Ahmed Aliyu Wadada, has dismissed a petition accusing him of violating the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 by allegedly engaging in premature campaigns ahead of the 2027 general elections, describing it as baseless, false, malicious, and politically motivated. It will be recalled that a pro-democracy activist, Abdullahi...

APC Elders Demand Probe Of Owo Council Boss

26.10.2025

The crisis rocking Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State has deepened following the suspension of the council chairman, Tope Omolayo, as elders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have called for his probe by relevant anti-graft agencies. The Coordinator of the APC Elders’ Movement for Tinubu 2027 in Ondo State, Otunba Agboola Kelly, in...

Do Not Succumb To Intimidation, Harassment, APC Chieftain Tells Amupitan

26.10.2025

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has advised the newly appointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, not to succumb to intimidation and harassment while discharging his duties. Oyintiloye, a member of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), made this statement...

Appeal Panel Says It Received No Petition Against APC Delegate Election

26.10.2025

The five-man Appeal Panel Committee set up to receive complaints or petitions from aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the conduct of the delegate congress election in Ekiti State has said it did not receive any petition regarding the exercise. The APC had on Saturday conducted delegate elections across the 177 wards...