Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Tinubu Picks Kashim Shettima As Running Mate For 2027 election

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has formally endorsed Vice President Kashim Shettima as the running mate to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the 2027 presidential election, putting to rest weeks of speculation over the party’s vice-presidential ticket. The announcement was made on Friday during a high-level meeting of the party’s leadership, attended by members of…

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“Gowon and I will not be here when you reach 100” – Obasanjo says at Abdulsalami’s birthday celebration

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stirred light-hearted reactions after joking that he may not be alive to attend General Abdulsalami Abubakar’s 100th birthday celebration. Obasanjo made the remark in Abuja during a ceremony at the Presidential Villa marking Abdulsalami’s 84th birthday, alongside the public presentation of three books written in his honour, including his autobiography,…

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Tinubu brokers peace in Warri dispute as ethnic leaders embrace settlement

Months of tension, protests and uncertainty over the controversial ward and polling unit delineation in Delta State’s oil-rich Warri Federal Constituency may be drawing to a close after President Bola Tinubu personally intervened to secure a peace agreement among leaders of the Ijaw, Urhobo and Itsekiri ethnic nationalities. The breakthrough came on Thursday during a…

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NDC Candidates To Make Disclosure of Funds Raised- NEC Rules

Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced new internal rules strengthening party authority oversight of affiliated groups, and introducing stricter financial disclosure requirements, according to resolutions from its second National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. In a statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director, the NDC said it was reinforcing party supremacy, requiring all…

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Court Nullifies INEC’s 2027 Primary Deadline

A Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified key portions of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) revised timetable for the 2027 general elections, in a landmark ruling that could reopen political opportunities for aggrieved aspirants who lost during recent party primaries. The judgment, delivered on Wednesday by Justice Mohammed Umar, set aside the timelines…

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