Tag: 2027

Election results: CNG warns against moves to weaken e-transmission of results ahead of 2027

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CNG on e transmission

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has cautioned against any attempt to undermine the electronic transmission of election results ahead of the 2027 general elections, describing it as critical to credible polls. In a statement issued yesterday, the group’s National Coordinator, Comrade Jamilu Aliyu Charanchi, said Nigeria’s electoral challenges largely arise at the collation stage, where results are often allegedly manipulated. According to him, electronic transmission helps prevent tampering once results leave polling units and strengthens public trust in the process. CNG expressed concern over what it described as signals…

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“I don’t know who will succeed me in 2027” – Zulum

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Zulum on 2027

Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum has declared that he does not know who will succeed him after his 8-year tenure in office expires in May 2027. The Governor reiterated that his administration continues to focus on strengthening security and delivering the necessary development projects and programmes to the people across the state. Zulum stated on Sunday, during a crucial All Progressives Congress (APC) Stakeholders’ meeting held at the Multi-Purpose Hall of the Government House, Maiduguri. Addressing party leaders, elected officials and members of the APC, Zulum reiterated his support for…

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2027: PDP shrugs-off defections, reshuffles convention team 

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PDP shrugs off

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has downplayed recent defections from its ranks, insisting that the party remains united and focused ahead of its national convention and the 2027 general elections. This comes as the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) announced a minor reshuffle in the National Convention Organising Committee (NCOC), appointing Senator Ben Obi as the new Secretary, following the defection of Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Obi, a former presidential adviser, replaces Mbah, who joined the APC on Tuesday. The convention, scheduled…

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2027: INEC shake- up looms amid rising concerns

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Nigeria may face challenges in the lead-up to the 2027 general elections as almost half of the top officials at the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), are set to retire between December 2025 and next year. Experts warn that if these leadership positions are filled in a politically biased way, it could harm the country’s democracy. At a roundtable in Abuja hosted by YIAGA Africa, the group’s Executive Director, Samson Itodo, stressed the importance of choosing new leaders for INEC based on skill, experience, and integrity. “We should all be…

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“Governors afraid to join ADC over fear of intimidation” – Bolaji Abdullahi

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Bolaji Abdullahi

Interim National Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, (ADC), Bolaji Abdullahi, has said serving governors are reluctant to join the party due to fear of intimidation. Abdullahi, who made the comment at the weekend during the third expanded meeting of the national political consultative group (North) in Abuja, said the “fear” among governors was part of a wider “conspiracy against the Nigerian people”. Recall that on July 1, opposition leaders, including Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president; Peter Obi, Labour Party (LP)’s 2023 presidential candidate; Rotimi Amaechi, a former minister of…

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2027: “APC must go! Nigerians don’t have a choice” — Datti Baba-Ahmed 

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Datti Baba Ahmed

The 2023 vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP),  Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has declared that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) must be removed from power, insisting that the worsening state of the country leaves Nigerians with no alternative. In a recent interview, Baba-Ahmed said that every segment of Nigerian society — from victims of insecurity to traders, industrialists, farmers, transporters, and the youth — is united by a shared frustration that can only be resolved by ending the APC’s grip on power. “Nigerians don’t have a choice, APC…

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‘Peter Obi single-term proposal unbelievable’ –IPAC

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IPAC on Obi

The Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC), Yabagi Sani, yesterday said that it would be difficult for northerners to believe the proposal of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi to run for president in 2027 and stay in office for a single term of four years. Sani, who made the remark yesterday in an interview during a television programme,  said none of those planning to run for president in 2027 including Obi is a saint. According to him, the dynamics of power become different when politicians get into…

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2027: No vacancy in Aso Rock until 2031 – SGF

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Aso Presidential Villa

Less than two years into President Bola Tinubus first-term in office, Secretary to Government of the Federation, (SGF), Senator George Akume has declared that those nursing presidential ambition, particularly from the North, should shelve such aspiration, saying there is no vacancy in Aso Rock until 2031. Senator Akume, who stated this during a television programme, said a fresh mandate for the incumbent President Tinubu was a done deal. He advised former Vice-President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the last general elections, Atiku Abubakar not to seek the…

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You cant be Lagos gov. in 2027 – Lagos youthsto Seyi Tinubu

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Lagos youths 2 Seyi

Youths, under the aegis of Coalition of Lagos Indigenous Youths, have rejected the recent endorsement of the son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Seyi, for Lagos State Governorship contest in 2027 by a group known as Coalition of Nigerian Youth Leaders (CONYL), saying there is no vacancy for non-indigene to occupy Alausa Government House. The Coalition, which made this declaration yesterday, in an issued statement, signed by its President, AbdulKareem Whyte, added that those promoting the ambition of a non-indigene ahead of the scheduled time should perish the thought  based…

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“?Obi unfit to lead Nigeria” – Soyinka

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Wole Soyinka

…Says “Obidients cant stop me from telling truth“ Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said that the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is unfit to lead the country. This, he said, had become evident with the conduct of his supporters, popularly known as Obidients, during electioneering of the 2023 general elections. He said that Obis failure to reign on his supporters attacking others with opposing views online was a pointer that he is unfit to lead a country like Nigeria. The literary icon also accused Obi, who…

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