The opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called for an independent investigation into allegations that funds from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) were allegedly diverted to finance political activities linked to the ruling All Progressives Congress ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a strongly worded statement issued...
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The Riyom APC Youth Council has endorsed the member representing Barkin Ladi/Riyom Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Dalyop Chollom, for a second term in office ahead of the 2027 general elections. The group said the endorsement was based on what it described as Chollom’s performance, accessibility,...
I have fallen victim to two sets of phone calls in recent weeks about political developments in Nigeria. Between foreign friends and associates on one hand and my local elite readers and friends on the other. The foreigners have uniformly expressed consternation at recent political developments in Nigeria. They...
All Progressives Congress (APC) consensus governorship candidate for Borno State, Mustapha Gubio, has successfully completed the party’s screening exercise ahead of the forthcoming governorship election. The screening exercise was conducted by the All Progressives Congress Screening Committee at the Kaduna State Liaison Office in Abuja and chaired by the...
Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has been cleared to participate in the forthcoming governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after successfully passing the party’s screening exercise. The screening marks Kefas’ first official vetting by the APC since his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the...
Zulum’s succession battle: How Kaka Shehu lost Borno’s 2027 governorship consensus to Mustapha Gubio
Zulum’s succession battle: How Kaka Shehu lost Borno’s 2027 governorship consensus to Mustapha Gubio
The political landscape in Borno State has taken a dramatic turn as intense political maneuvering continues over who will succeed Governor Babagana Umara Zulum in 2027. What began as quiet succession talks within the ruling APC has gradually evolved into one of the most emotionally charged political contests in...
President of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Bello Bodejo, has formally joined the race for the Taraba Central Senatorial seat under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bodejo obtained both the expression of interest and nomination forms ahead of the party’s primary election...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima on Thursday, formally submitted President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s nomination and expression of interest forms to the national officers of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), signaling his intent to clinch the party’s ticket to contest the 2027 presidential election for a second term...
A political pressure group under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Capacity Movement, has rejected the purported endorsement of former lawmaker, Shehu Sani, as a consensus candidate for the Kaduna Central Senatorial District ahead of the forthcoming general elections. The group described the endorsement as undemocratic, misleading...
Ahead of the 2027 governorship election, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has begun his re-election bid with the submission of his nomination form for the primaries of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) with a call on party faithful to support his aspiration. Speaking at the Victor Attah...
Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna Central Senatorial District, including all seven local government chairmen in the zone, have endorsed former Senator Shehu Sani as their preferred candidate for the 2027 Senate election. The endorsement was announced at a stakeholders’ meeting in Kaduna, where the State...
Alhaji Attom Magira who had contested consecutively as Governor on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019, and also in 2023 on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has declared his intention to contest for the Borno State Governorship election again under the platform...
National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), at its 188th Meeting, on Wednesday, resolved to waive, and has waived, screening requirements for His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, and deemed him as duly screened in accordance with the Constitution of the Party for the purpose...
Coalition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Borno South Youth Groups has formally endorsed Alhaji, Engr. Mustapha Gubio for Governor of Borno State and Distinguished Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume for Borno South Senatorial District. The endorsement followed extensive grassroots consultations across the nine local government areas of Biu, Hawul,...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has clarified that he has not endorsed any aspirant for the 2027 governorship election in Rivers State. Speaking during his monthly media briefing in Abuja, Wike stated that no endorsement would be made until a joint coalition of political actors...
An aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Lere West Constituency seat in the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Tom Garba, has declared his intention to contest, decrying what he described as years of ineffective representation in the area. Garba, a native of Lere...
A Bauchi-based public affairs analyst, Hamisu Shalele, has described Governor Bala Mohammed as one of the finest state leaders Nigeria has produced since the return to democratic rule in 1999. Speaking during an interview with NATIONAL ACCORD correspondent in Bauchi, Shalele reflected on his long-standing engagement with Nigerian politics,...
In a significant political show of support ahead of the 2027 general elections, the 244 councillors across Sokoto State have jointly purchased a N50 million nomination form for Governor Ahmed Aliyu. The councillors, operating under the umbrella of the National Council of Councillors Forum of Nigeria, made the move...
National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has reaffirmed that the deliberate and strategic investments of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration in Northern Nigeria are designed to transform the region into a formidable economic bloc and a model of development for neighbouring countries across...