Tag: 2027 presidential election

2027: Tinubu’s retention of Shettima as running mate gives APC full control of North” – Senator 

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Senator on Tinubu Shettima

Senator Sani Musa has praised President Bola Tinubu for retaining Vice-President Kashim Shettima as his running mate for the 2027 presidential election. Musa, who is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, who made his position known in an issued statement yesterday, described the decision as a significant political boost that had strengthened the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s grip on northern Nigeria. The lawmaker said President Tinubu’s decision had renewed confidence across the region, and positioned the APC strongly ahead of the 2027 general election. According to Musa, Shettima’s…

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2027: Tinubu retains Shettima as running mate, submits APC nomination forms

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Tinubu retains Shettima

President Bola Tinubu has officially retained Vice-President Kashim Shettima as his running mate for the 2027 presidential election after submitting the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential nomination forms, bringing an end to months of speculation over the vice-presidential slot.  The development was announced yesterday by the President’s Special Adviser on Political Affairs, Ibrahim Masari, who submitted the completed nomination forms on behalf of President Tinubu during a ceremony in Abuja.  The submission formally confirms that the APC will contest the 2027 presidential election with the same Tinubu-Shettima ticket that secured…

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Senate debunks viral Akpabio ‘North must back Tinubu’ threat claim 

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Senate debunks viral Akpabio

The Office of the President of the Senate has dismissed claims that Senate President Godswill Akpabio threatened northerners over the 2027 presidential election. The reaction followed the circulation of a viral video alleging that Akpabio warned that the North must support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the next election or risk being expelled from the country. The Senate President’s office described the allegation as false and dangerous. It said the claim was deliberately fabricated to create tension and mislead Nigerians ahead of the political activities leading to 2027. In a…

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“Even a corpse will defeat Tinubu in 2027” – Buba Galadima declares, at ADC convention

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Buba Galadima declares

An African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain, Buba Galadima, has declared that President Bola Tinubu would lose the 2027 presidential election regardless of the candidate fielded against him. Galadima made the comment at the ADC national convention on Tuesday in Abuja, which was held at Rainbow Event Centre. “Even if there is no living human being in Nigeria and we bring a corpse in a coffin and put it against President Tinubu, I assure you that that corpse will win the election in 2027”, he said. He commended the ADC for…

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