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Kwara APC To Adopt Consensus To Pick Candidates

02.04.2026

The Chairman of the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Sunday Fagbemi, has disclosed that the party may employ consensus arrangements to produce its candidates for the 2027 general elections. He made this remark during the visit of an aspirant for the House of Representatives seat for the Oke Ero/Isin/Ifelodun federal...

ADC Accuses INEC Of Bias In Ongoing Leadership Crisis

02.04.2026

Following its ongoing leadership crisis, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of acting outside its legal boundaries. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, made this allegation on Thursday, April 2, during an appearance on Arise Television’s Morning Show. New Telegraph reports that the dispute follows INEC’s decision to...

Offer Amnesty On Stolen Funds Returned From Abroad

02.04.2026

Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Gbenga Daniel, has called on the Federal Government to introduce a structured amnesty programme for Nigerians willing to return illicit funds held overseas. Sen. Daniel, a former Governor of Ogun State, spoke on Wednesday in Abuja during a book launch held at the Yar’Adua Centre to commemorate his 70th...

Abdullahi: Nigerians Have Suffered More Than Ever Before Under Tinubu

02.04.2026

‘There’s no way APC’ll defeat ADC in a free, fair election’ Bolaji Abdullahi is the National Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). In this interview, he speaks on the worsening security and economic situation in the country, as well as the ADC’s proposed solutions to these challenges, among other issues, EVINCE UHUREBOR reports...

PDP Has A Burden To Understand Need To Get Its Act Together –Sowunmi

02.04.2026

Segun Sowunmi is a stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In this interview, he speaks on the party’s redemption plan ahead of the 2027 elections, rebuilding trust with Nigerians and presenting a credible alternative, among other issues, ANAYO EZUGWU reports You have been very indefatigable at a time when most of your colleagues had...

INEC’s Voter Revalidation Exercise’ll Disenfranchise Many Nigerians

02.04.2026

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has warned that the planned nationwide voter revalidation exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), less than 10 months to the 2027 general elections, could lead to voter apathy and unfairly exclude those unable to travel for the exercise. The Secretary to INEC, Dr Rose Oriaran-Anthony, had, in a...

Abbas, Sani Assure Tinubu Of Total Support In Kaduna

02.04.2026

…Muslims, Christians United to vote Tinubu, Kaduna gov, says Sani The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, Sen. Sunday Marshall and Sen. Shehu Sani have assured President Bola Tinubu that Kaduna state would give total support for his reelection in 2027. Speaking with newsmen after a meeting with the President on Wednesday, the...

We’ll No Longer Monitor ADC Meeting, Congress, Convention

02.04.2026

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will no longer monitor any meeting, congress or convention of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), until the case before the Federal High Court, Abuja, is decided. The commission, in a statement issued by the National Commission, Mohammed Kudu Haruna, however, refused to accede to the request...

INEC Faces Legal Battle Over ADC Leadership Dispute

01.04.2026

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is currently under pressure over the leadership crisis within the African Democratic Congress (ADC), following conflicting legal demands from rival factions in the party. New Telegraph reports that the dispute follows a Court of Appeal judgment involving David Mark and Nafixwszu Bala Gombe, with both sides offering sharply different...

APC Chairman, Yusuf Meet Bala Mohammed Over Defection Move

01.04.2026

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, on Wednesday, met with the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, at the Government House in Bauchi, following the governor’s imminent defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). New Telegraph had earlier reported that the APC Chairman was accompanied to the Governor’s office by Kano...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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