Barrister Barakat Odunuga-Bakare on Wednesday secured a landslide victory over incumbent lawmaker Desmond Elliot in the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries for Surulere Constituency I of the Lagos State House of Assembly. Odunuga-Bakare polled 11,385 votes to defeat Elliot, who scored 270 votes across the wards in the constituency, in an exercise that recorded a high turnout of party members. Results from the various wards showed overwhelming support for Odunuga-Bakare, who is backed by Femi...

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has withdrawn from the governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), just hours before the exercise scheduled for Thursday. The Governor announced his withdrawal in a personally signed statement issued late Wednesday. In the statement titled ‘My decision to withdraw from the Rivers State Gubernatorial Primaries’, Fubara said his decision followed “deep reflection and extensive consultations”, adding that he would back the eventual candidate of the party. He...

Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has withdrawn from the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries in Gombe State, citing alleged violations of the Electoral Act 2026 and a lack of transparency in the process. In a statement issued on 19 May 2026 by Barrister Ibrahim M. Attahir on behalf of the Pantamiyya Movement, the former minister said his decision followed what he described as the party’s failure to provide “a channel of communication and information essential...

The national screening committee of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has cleared Peter Obi as the party’s sole presidential aspirant ahead of its forthcoming primaries for the 2027 general election. Obi arrived at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja at about 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, accompanied by Victor Umeh, senator representing Anambra Central. He was subsequently screened by the committee headed by Sam Egwu. Speaking after the exercise, Egwu said the panel was satisfied with...

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday granted bail to former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in the sum of ₦100 million with one surety in like amount. Delivering the ruling, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik imposed strict conditions, directing that the surety must reside in either Maitama or Asokoro districts of Abuja and deposit the original Certificate of Occupancy of a landed property with the court. The court further held that the surety must...

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed May 26 to deliver judgment in a suit seeking to disqualify former President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the 2027 presidential election. Justice Peter Lifu adjourned the matter for judgment on Monday after taking arguments from counsel to the plaintiff and the defendants. The suit, filed by Jideobi, seeks to restrain Jonathan from presenting himself to any political party as a presidential aspirant in the 2027 presidential...

President Bola Tinubu has called on Nigerians to see tax payment as a civic obligation essential for national development. Tinubu made the appeal on Friday at the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, Rwanda, where he called on citizens to support government efforts to fund infrastructure and social services. He said many Nigerians demand better roads, hospitals and other public amenities but are often unwilling to make corresponding contributions through taxation. “Nobody wants to pay taxes....