National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Senator David Mark, and the party’s National Secretary, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Thursday led the party’s top hierarchy to Ado-Ekiti for the grand finale of campaigns ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State. The ADC leaders called on the people...
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has welcomed the decision of the Court of Appeal to stay the execution of a Federal High Court judgment that sought the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties. Reacting to the development in a post on X on...
The Court of Appeal has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to suspend the implementation of a Federal High Court judgment that directed the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Accord, and three other political parties. The appellate court’s decision, delivered on Tuesday by a unanimous three-member...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has strongly condemned a Federal High Court judgment reportedly ordering its deregistration, describing the decision as a dangerous assault on democracy and a calculated attempt to weaken opposition politics ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued on Monday by its National Publicity...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister five political parties for failing to satisfy constitutional requirements governing political party participation in Nigeria. Delivering judgment, Justice Peter Lifu held that the affected parties failed to meet the minimum electoral performance...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has announced former Rivers State Governor and ex-Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, as the party’s vice-presidential candidate for the 2027 presidential election. The announcement was made in a statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, following consultations involving party...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s Democracy Day address, accusing the administration of offering fresh promises instead of accounting for its performance after three years in office and more than a decade of All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership at the federal level. In a statement issued...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised the National Assembly for proceeding on recess on Democracy Day, describing the decision as disappointing and contrary to the spirit of June 12, a date widely regarded as a symbol of Nigeria’s democratic struggle. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary,...
The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has decried the worsening state of insecurity in Nigeria, expressing concern that the terrorists and bandits attacks are now targeted at not only wasting precious human lives, but crippling the country’s education....
African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kaduna State has intensified efforts to foster unity and reconciliation among party members following concerns that emerged from its recently concluded primary elections ahead of the 2027 general elections. The interim leadership of the party said the reconciliation process, which involved consultations with gubernatorial...
The media office of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has strongly rejected allegations made by former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, describing them as false, misleading and driven by personal animosity. In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, the Atiku Media Office said...
National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has approved the outcomes of the party’s recently concluded primary elections for various elective positions ahead of the 2027 general elections, while also extending the tenure of its National Working Committee (NWC) by one year. The resolutions were contained...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said a new nationwide opinion survey showing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu with a 30 percent approval rating reflects growing public dissatisfaction with his administration’s handling of the economy, security and living conditions across the country. Reacting to the findings of a survey conducted by...
The Northern Ethnic Youth Group Assembly (NEYGA), has chided Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, presidential candidates of All Democratic Congress (ADC) and National Democratic Congress (NDC), for what they described as their “politicization” of Nigeria’s security challenges. The group tasked both presidential candidates to learn from politicians in the...
Presidential media aide Daniel Bwala has defended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu against criticisms from opposition politicians, arguing that the President has demonstrated stronger democratic credentials than several leading opposition figures. In a post shared on his X handle on Thursday, Bwala took aim at prominent opposition leaders including Omoyele...
Former Vice President and newly declared presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday visited former Rivers State Governor and ex-Minister of Transportation, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, at his Abuja residence, where both leaders discussed the state of the nation and the urgent need to address...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) has produced Hon. Babagana Mamman Buhari as its governorship candidate for the 2027 general election in Borno State following the conclusion of the party’s primary elections held across the state. Hon. Buhari emerged victorious after defeating fellow aspirants, Rear Admiral Sanusi Kashim Ibrahim (Rtd.) and...
PROTOCOLS: 1.Distinguished leaders and stakeholders of the African Democratic Congress, members of the National Working Committee, members of the National Executive Committee, coalition leaders, elected officials, youth groups, civil society organisations, members of the diplomatic corps, INEC officials, the media, our esteemed aspirants, party faithful gathered here at the...
Former Vice President and presidential hopeful, Atiku Abubakar, has accepted his emergence as the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), describing the victory as both humbling and a call to rescue Nigeria from what he termed “the destructive grip” of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In...
· I wish to express my profound appreciation for the privilege, which you have bestowed on me, of leading our great party, the African Democratic Congress, into the next elections as its Presidential Candidate. I am truly humbled and excited by this singular honour. We demonstrated that while democracy...