Author: Sir Bartholomew White Ebe

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has completed the submission and upload of its candidates for all elective positions in the 2027 general elections on the portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, disclosed that the exercise covered candidates contesting positions ranging from the state Houses of Assembly to the presidential election. According to Yilwatda, the party completed the process within INEC’s original deadline. He made this known in a statement issued over the weekend by his Special Adviser on Media and Information Strategy, Abimbola Tooki. The APC chairman said the successful exercise involved coordination between the party’s national secretariat, state chapters, candidates and election managemen...

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has criticised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s decision to contest the 2027 presidential election under the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Lawal also questioned the party’s handling of its governorship primary in Adamawa State, alleging that the candidate who emerged from the exercise was later replaced. The former SGF made the allegations in a Facebook post published on Sunday under the title, “Kachalla Series Three.” According to Lawal, Engr. Umar Suleiman emerged as the ADC’s governorship candidate after the party’s primary election but was subsequently replaced by Tukur Modibbo. He alleged that the decision was influenced by ethnic and religious considerations and further claimed that Atiku pla...

Former Osun State Governor and National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rauf Aregbesola, has dismissed reports suggesting that the party has withdrawn from the forthcoming Osun State governorship election. Aregbesola also rejected claims that the ADC’s governorship candidate, Najeem Folasayo Salaam, had stepped down from the race. He spoke on Saturday during a solidarity rally held in Ejigbo, Osun State, to mark Salaam’s 61st birthday and reaffirm the party’s support for his candidacy. The former governor described the reports of the ADC’s withdrawal as false and misleading, urging members of the public to disregard them. According to Aregbesola, the ADC remains fully committed to participating in the governorship election and has no plan to withdraw from th...