Tag: 2027 Election

2027: APC clears path for other contenders after endorsing Tinubu 

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APC clears path

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will not print a single ticket for the 2027 presidential election despite endorsing President Bola Tinubu as its sole candidate. APC’s National Organising Secretary, Sulaiman Mohammad Argungu, who disclosed this yesterday during a press parley at the APC national secretariat, said members of the party are free to purchase the presidential form to contest in the primary election. His words: “It will be the wish of the party, and we, the NWC of the party, have already endorsed President Tinubu as the…

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PDP’s crisis deepens, as party courts Jonathan, Obi ahead of 2027

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PDP crisis deepens

…Regrets Atiku candidacy The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, (LASIEC), has denied reports that it owed ad-hoc staff who conducted the Saturday, 12th July 2025 council election in the state. In recent days, reports are circulating in the media that LASIEC is yet to pay the ad-hoc staff allowances one month after the election was held. One of the ad-hoc staff who worked as Presiding Officer in Kosofe area, Segun Komolafe, told newsmen that LASIEC had not paid him one month after the poll. Komolafe said that LASIEC kept telling…

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2027: PDP zones presidency to South, sparks Northern backlash, legal threats

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2027 election logo

…Saraki, Bala out, as Jonathan, Makinde, Obi touted The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has formally zoned its 2027 presidential ticket to the South, a move that has ended the ambitions of former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Bauchi State governor Bala Mohammed — but opened the field for southern contenders such as Oyo State governor Seyi Makinde, former President Goodluck Jonathan, and ex-Anambra State governor Peter Obi. The decision, ratified by party’s the National Executive Committee (NEC) in Abuja, after reviewing reports from its Convention and Zoning Committees, was hailed…

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2027: “I’m running for President to rescue Nigeria from ICU” – Atiku

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Atiku on 2027

Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has said he will contest the 2027 presidential election, dismissing speculations that he may withdraw from the race. He also used the opportunity to defend the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition, stressing that although it could not influence the outcome of recent by-elections, it remains a formidable force capable of reshaping Nigeria’s political landscape. Atiku’s position was made public through his long-time associate and spokesperson during the 2023 elections, Tunde Olusunle, who disclosed the remarks at the weekend. Olusunle explained that Atiku was determined to rescue…

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2027: PDP zones presidency to South, confirms Damagum as National Chair

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PDP Govs. ADC

…As Govs mock ADC defectors as ‘one-chance passengers’ The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday took sweeping decisions at its 102nd National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja, zoning its 2027 presidential ticket to the South and confirming Ambassador Iliya Damagum as substantive National Chairman. The NEC, after receiving the report of the Zoning Committee chaired by Bayelsa Governor, Douye Diri, resolved that the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) positions remain as currently structured, with the North retaining the chairmanship while the South takes the presidential ticket. The move is seen…

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2027: “I’ll back anyone that emerges ADC presidential candidate” – Atiku

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Atiku on ADC 2027

Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has declared that he would back anyone that emerges winner of the African Democratic Congress, (ADC) primaries in 2026. Atiku, one of the top leaders of the coalition movement, who addressed members of the party during the welcome ceremony of the new defectors to the coalition party in Lagos at the weekend, said it would not matter whether he wins the party’s ticket or not. The ADC received top members of the ADC and LP into its fold. The defectors were welcomed into the ADC folds…

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2027: “No Igboman’ll contest presidency against Tinubu” – – Ohanaeze 

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo

…Says Igbos to wait till 2035 Igbo apex group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said that no Igbo person will contest president in 2027 against the incumbent President, Bola Tinubu, saying that the possibility of the South-East producing the president of Nigeria can only be achieved in 2035, not 2027. In a statement in Abakaliki at the weekend, signed by Deputy President General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo faction, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and the National Spokesman, Chief Thompson Ohia, they stated that the decision was taken after a crucial meeting with South-East political leaders,…

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2027: PDP Govs. dare Wike, insist on Nov. 15 Convention

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PDP Govs. dare Wike

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum had warned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike and others against derailing the national convention of the party scheduled to hold in Ibadan, Oyo State, on November 15, 2025. In a communiqué issued yesterday at the end of its 7th meeting in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, the governors reaffirmed their full support for the resolutions of the 101st National Executive Committee (NEC) held in July 2025 regarding the November 15, 2025 national convention of the party. The governors urged…

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2027: Jonathan in spotlight, as PDP, Southern leaders split over zoning

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PDP Crisis

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), is once again on the edge of a crisis, as zoning battles and renewed pressure on former President Goodluck Jonathan converge ahead of the 2027 presidential election. From Lagos to Abuja, southern PDP leaders are pushing to retain the party’s presidential ticket in the South, with chairmanship staying in the North. Governors Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Douye Diri (Bayelsa), along with party heavyweights like Bode George and Adolphus Wabara, insist that the South must produce the flagbearer. However, the Lagos meeting that produced this resolution…

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“Surge in killings across Nigeria due to 2027 polls” – CDS Musa

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CDS Musa

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has linked the recent surge in killings across the country to political activities ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking during a television programme on Thursday, Musa noted that the renewed wave of insecurity, particularly in the North-East and North-West, cannot be divorced from heightened political activities. “Last year we recorded the lowest number of deaths. How come this year, suddenly, everything has spiked?” he asked. “Politics is coming, the election is coming. You cannot rule out the fact that some…

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