Parties press on with primaries despite court judgment on INEC timetable

•Unsure verdict will stand on appeal •Three aspirants claim Rivers ADC guber ticket, blast Amaechi •Duke, Ufere, Kingsley battle for PRP tickets •Saraki, PDP pick Kale Kawu as Kwara gov candidate •Atiku, Amaechi, Hayatu-Deen set for ADC primary The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition parties including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), African […]

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ADC must choose competent, experienced presidential candidate for 2027 — Atiku

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said the African Democratic Congress must present a competent and experienced candidate capable of addressing Nigeria’s economic challenges and institutional decline ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku […]

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2027: Tinubu receives APC flag, certificate of return

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday received the All Progressives Congress Certificate of Return and party flag as the party’s flagbearer for the 2027 election. The presentation took place at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja. APC National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, handed over the certificate to the President amid applause from party […]

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NCAA suspends services to Air Peace, Ibom Air, nine others over debts

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has directed its directorates to suspend services to 11 domestic airlines, placing them on its updated “No-Pay-No-Service” list over unpaid statutory charges owed to the regulator. The directive, contained in an internal memo dated May 22, 2026, and obtained by our correspondent on Sunday, ordered all NCAA departments to withhold […]

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Who is Stanley Osifo, businessman who challenged Tinubu for APC presidential ticket?

Osifo Stanley. Credit: F Ọ L Ú X As President Bola Tinubu on Sunday received the All Progressives Congress Certificate of Return and flag as the party’s presidential flagbearer for the 2027 election, attention has turned to the man who dared to challenge him for the ticket, Stanley Osifo. Osifo, a businessman-turned-politician, contested against Tinubu […]

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Full Text: Tinubu’s acceptance speech after receiving APC 2027 presidential nomination

President Bola Tinubu. Credit: State House ACCEPTANCE SPEECH BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, ON HIS NOMINATION AS APC PRESIDENTIAL FLAGBEARER FOR THE 2027 ELECTION DELIVERED ON SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2026, AT THE BOLA AHMED TINUBU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, ABUJA Protocol: Today, we celebrate another proud moment in our democratic journey—a history not defined by any […]

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Osifo accepts APC primary defeat, pledges support for Tinubu

Osifo Stanley. Credit: F Ọ L Ú | X Businessman and contender for the All Progressives Congress presidential ticket, Stanley Osifo, on Sunday said his defeat in the party’s primary will not deter him from working for its success in the 2027 elections, adding that “God knows better.” “I think God knows better, and God […]

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Tinubu wins APC presidential primary with 10.9m votes

President Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has emerged as the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate for the 2027 general election after securing nearly 11 million votes in the party’s nationwide primary election. The results, drawn from all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, showed President Tinubu in a commanding lead over fellow aspirant Stanley […]

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2007: Ondo APC targets one million votes for Tinubu – Aiyedatiwa

President Bola Tinubu Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has declared that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, targets at least one million votes to return President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. He declared that the state had become fully aligned with the APC, Governor Aiyedatiwa said the party is now targeting one million […]

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