NDC Chairman Dickson bags Pillar of Nigerian Democracy Award

NDC Chairman, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson Nigeria Democratic Congress Chairman and former Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, has bagged the Pillar of Nigerian Democracy Award. Dickson, who represented Bayelsa West Senatorial District, will be honoured with the award at the Diplomatic Digest 6th Anniversary Lecture, Award and Dinner on Thursday, 30th July, 2026, […]

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Atiku challenges FG over oil windfall, rising borrowing

Ex-Vice President and ADC Presidential Candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has challenged the Federal Government to explain what he described as an estimated ₦7.98tn oil revenue windfall, questioning why the administration continues to embark on massive domestic borrowing despite benefiting from crude oil prices far […]

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Five governors to adopt security outfits as state police

Five state governments have plans to adopt their existing security outfits as state police once the constitutional process establishing the new policing system is completed. Findings by Sunday Punch show that while Ondo, Kaduna, Anambra, Zamfara and Abia intend to build the proposed state police on existing security outfits, other states are awaiting the completion […]

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APC constitutes campaign council for Osun governorship election

APC National Chairman, Prof Nentawe Yilwatda. Photo: APC The All Progressives Congress has constituted its National Campaign Council and several sub-committees ahead of the August 15, 2026, governorship election in Osun State, appointing Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma as chairman of the campaign council. The party said the move is part of preparations to coordinate […]

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2027: Poroye Heads Ondo APC Reconciliation Committee as Party Targets Over One Million Votes for Tinubu

Ondo APC Chairman, Hon Kolawole Babatunde Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has appointed the Chairman of the state’s Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC), Prince Biyi Poroye, as chairman of its reconciliation committee. The party set up the committee following the disputes that trailed the substitution of the winners of its […]

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Police arrest Osun Accord Rep candidate, Adeleke campaign alleges persecution

By John Dike, Osogbo The arrest of the Accord Party candidate for Ijesa South Federal Constituency in the 2026 general election, Popoola Alaba, popularly known as Alabama, has triggered a fresh political controversy in Osun State, with the police and the Imole Campaign Council presenting sharply different accounts of the circumstances surrounding his detention. While […]

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Why Buhari didn’t openly support Tinubu in 2023 APC primary — Ex-SGF Babachir

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, says Buhari didn’t publicly back Tinubu in the 2023 All Progressives Congress primary due to religious and ethical concerns. In an interview with Symfoni TV released on Saturday, Lawal revealed that Buhari was initially […]

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Tinubu helped build APC, financed 2015 presidential campaign — Ex-SGF Babachir Lawal

President Bola Tinubu and late former president Muhammadu Buhari. Photo: State House Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu played a pivotal role in the formation of the All Progressives Congress and bankrolled key aspects of the 2015 presidential campaign that brought former President Muhammadu Buhari […]

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Osun 2026: Accord alleges plot to deploy 5,000 fake policemen for election, seeks IGP probe, international community’s attention

By John Dike, Osogbo Accord Media Centre has alleged a plot by some individuals within the All Progressives Congress (APC) to deploy thousands of political thugs dressed in police uniforms to manipulate the August 15 governorship election in Osun State. The group alleged that the APC governorship candidate, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, and Senator Francis […]

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