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Court Freezes PDP National Convention Plans

Barely a month to the National Convention of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has reaffirmed its earlier order directing all parties to maintain the status quo regarding the forthcoming Convention slated for November 15 and 16, 2025, in Ibadan, Oyo State. Presiding judge, Justice James Omotosho, on Thursday,...
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APC Chieftain Drum Up Support For Aiyedatiwa

…Donate Solar Energy to Palaces A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Matthew Oye Oyerimade, has canvassed the support of traditional rulers in Ondo South for the administration of the state’s Governor, Dr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Oyerinmade, who met with the traditional rulers under the auspices of Traditional Heritage, also donated solar energy to...
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Wike Knocks Obi Over Comment On FCT School

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) Nyesom Wike on Thursday berated 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, saying he would “Continue to contest as President on social media, but not as President of Nigeria.” Wike’s comment followed Obi’s recent criticism of the state of public schools in the nation’s capital. New...
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Kebbi Govt Partners Chinese Firm To Strengthen Fight Against Banditry

The Kebbi StateKebbi State Government has welcomed a global security consortium, G-Safety, to explore areas of collaboration aimed at strengthening security and supporting existing security agencies in tackling banditry across the state. Governor Nasiru Idris stated this while receiving a delegation of security experts from China at the Government House, Birnin Kebbi, where discussions focused...
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Don’t Move 2027 Polls To 2026, Ajadi Warns Nat’l Assembly

A South-West stalwart of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi, has urged the National Assembly not to move the 2027 general elections to 2026, warning that such a move would disrupt adequate preparations by political parties, candidates, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). It would be recalled that the National Assembly...
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Oyebanji Urges Supporters To Embrace All APC Member

Ahead of the anticipated June 20, 2026, Ekiti State governorship election, the Governor of the State, Biodun Oyebanji,  has called on all his supporters to tow the path of peace and embrace members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Governor, who spoke in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, October 16, at an event attended by...
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Festus Daumiebi Commends Diri For Dumping PDP

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Barrister Festus Daumiebi Sunday, has commended Governor Douye Diri for his decision to resign from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), describing it as a courageous and visionary move for the state’s political future. Speaking with journalists on Thursday in Yenagoa, Daumiebi, who was an...
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Senate Grills New INEC Chairman, Amupitan

The Senate has commenced the grilling of the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan, at the National Assembly complex. New Telegraph had earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu had formally written to the Senate, seeking the confirmation of Amupitan as the new INEC chairman. In the request read on the...
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Mbah’s Defection To APC: Nothing To Fear About

The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Mazi Ejimofor Opara, has dismissed speculations that Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State may defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) following the recent defection of Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, to the ruling party. Speaking with reporters in Awka on Thursday, Opara described such...
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Nnamdi Kanu: Wabara Backs Sowore’s Campaign

Human rights activist and 2023 African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has declared that the former Senate President, Senator Adolphus Wabara, on Wednesday, threw his weight behind the October 20 protest for the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. In a solidarity message personally signed...
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