Obafemi Hamzat, the Lagos State Deputy Governor and 2027 All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial aspirant on Thursday emerged winner of the governorship primary in Lagos State. Rtd Gen. Jonathan Temlong, the Returning Officer, while announcing the results at the Collation Centre situated at the APC Secretariat, Ikeja, said that Hamzat polled 657, 917 votes to defeat his rival, Olanrewaju Jim-Kamal, who scored a vote. He said the total number of accredited voters for the primary was 657,974....

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Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has withdrawn from the governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), just hours before the exercise scheduled for Thursday.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Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has withdrawn from the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries in Gombe State, citing alleged violations of the Electoral Act 2026 and a lack of transparency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...

…Says Tinubu Cannot Govern By Hiding Corpses Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the abduction of schoolchildren and educators in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, and the brutal killing of innocent Nigerians in Katsina State, including a pregnant woman, saying that Nigeria is bleeding under a government that has reduced leadership to post-tragedy press statements. The African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential hopeful, said that the continued bloodshed across the country is a frightening collapse of leadership,...

Following the conduct of senatorial primaries by the All Progressives Congress, Adamawa State Governor of Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has emerged as the flagbearer of the party for the Adamawa North Senatorial District. His emergence was unopposed following the non-clearance of Abdul-Rahman Kwaccham by the party’s National screening committee. The incumbent senator for the zone, Sen. Amos Yohanna, did not purchase the nomination to seek re-election for a second term, which pave way for Fintiri to...

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...