President Bola Tinubu on Sunday accepted the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket for the 2027 elections, pledging to consolidate ongoing reforms and deepen national development. Tinubu spoke in Abuja while delivering his acceptance speech after emerging as the APC presidential flagbearer for the 2027 general elections. “Today, we celebrate another proud moment in our…
President Bola Tinubu has defeated Mr Stanley Osifo in the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primaries to clinch the party’s presidential ticket for the 2027 presidential general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu polled 10.99 million votes to defeat Osifo, his only rival, who scored 16,504 in the APC presidential primaries…
Siminalayi Fubara has announced his withdrawal from the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial primaries ahead of the 2027 Rivers State governorship election. Fubara made the announcement in a statement released to journalists in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, citing the need to prioritise peace, stability and unity in the state. The governor said the decision came…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Lagos State House of Assembly primaries in Ward J, Constituency 2, were overshadowed by heavy security deployment and delays in the voting process on Wednesday. Correspondents monitoring the exercise observed a strong presence of security personnel, including officers from the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State has announced that nine consensus candidates have so far emerged for the forthcoming state assembly primaries. Speaking in an interview on Tuesday, the party’s Publicity Secretary, Musa Sarkinkaji, said the development was the result of reconciliation efforts spearheaded by Governor Umaru Bago. He explained that the governor…
The Speaker of the Katsina State House of Assembly, Nasir Yahaya-Daura, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial primary for the Daura Zone in a decisive contest ahead of the 2027 National Assembly elections. The outcome was announced on Monday in Daura following collation of results by Dr Yakubu Maccido, who represented the party’s…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has produced surprise outcomes in Nasarawa State after two sitting members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly lost their party tickets for the 2027 elections. Those affected include Mohammed Abdulmumini-Ari, Jeremiah Umaru, and Dr Danladi Jatau, Speaker of the Nasarawa…
David Kente, an aspirant for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State, has dismissed reports suggesting he has withdrawn from the race in favour of Governor Agbu Kefas. Speaking at a press briefing in Jalingo on Sunday, Kente insisted that he remains fully committed to contesting the party’s primary election….
Six sitting members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria under the All Progressives Congress (APC) have lost their re-election bids in Benue State primaries. The primaries, held ahead of the next general elections, resulted in only four incumbent lawmakers retaining their tickets, according to results announced in Makurdi on Sunday. The APC National Assembly…
Serving lawmakers from Ebonyi State have secured the All Progressives Congress (APC) tickets for the six federal constituencies in the state following the party’s House of Representatives primaries. The exercise, conducted on Saturday, was part of the party’s preparations for the 2027 general elections. According to reports, the incumbents benefited from a consensus arrangement spearheaded…
