Politics

The Accord Party in Osun State has officially confirmed that Governor Ademola Adeleke has been successfully registered as its nominated candidate for the August 8, 2026, governorship election. In a statement on Thursday in Osogbo, party chairman Pastor Victor Akande said the confirmation came after all documentation and submission procedures with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were completed. INEC now officially lists Adeleke as the Accord Party’s candidate for the upcoming election. Akande described the milestone as a key step in the party’s election preparations. “We are pleased to formally inform the good people of Osun State that His Excellency, Governor Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, has been successfully uploaded into INEC’s records as the Accord Par...

The All Progressives Grand Alliance has unveiled its provisional timetable for the 2026 local government primary elections scheduled to hold across Anambra State’s 21 local government areas on Saturday, August 29, 2026. In a statement issued on Thursday, APGA’s National Publicity Secretary, Ejimofor Opara, said the timetable was approved in line with the party’s constitution and the schedule of the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission. According to the timetable, the sale and submission of Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms will take place at APGA’s Awka Regional Secretariat from January 27 to February 6. Opara said the screening of chairmanship and councillorship aspirants would be conducted from February 7 to 11, across the state’s 21 local government areas an...

The Accord Party in Osun State has officially confirmed that Governor Ademola Adeleke has been successfully registered as its nominated candidate for the August 8, 2026, governorship election. In a statement on Thursday in Osogbo, party chairman Pastor Victor Akande said the confirmation came after all documentation and submission procedures with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were completed. INEC now officially lists Adeleke as the Accord Party’s candidate for the upcoming election. Akande described the milestone as a key step in the party’s election preparations. “We are pleased to formally inform the good people of Osun State that His Excellency, Governor Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, has been successfully uploaded into INEC’s records as the Accord Par...

The lawmaker representing Borno South in the National Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume, has criticized President Bola Tinubu’s inner circle. Ndume has claimed that Tinubu is surrounded by advisers who lack political understanding and grassroots connection. He stated this while speaking on Wednesday during an interview on ARISE Television’s Prime Time. Ndume said growing dissatisfaction in the North could have electoral consequences if urgent steps are not taken to address prevailing concerns. “Anybody that tells you that the North is not grumbling now is not telling the truth,” Ndume said. “It will be loud in their votes if nothing is done about it. The good thing about it is that the President can turn things around.” The lawmaker said northern leaders had made efforts to eng...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) will begin electing party officials from the ward to national level starting next Monday as part of early preparations for the 2027 general elections. The exercise will cover ward, local government, state, and zonal congresses, concluding with a national convention at the end of March. This follows the completion of the party’s nationwide digital membership e-registration, which ends tomorrow, January 30, 2026. Naija News reports that the e-registration, launched in December 2025 under the National Working Committee (NWC), integrates National Identity Number (NIN) verification and digital data capture to enhance membership records, demographic insights, and grassroots mobilisation. The commencement of the congresses was confirmed late Wednesday ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that 10 political parties will participate in the upcoming Kano State House of Assembly by-elections scheduled for February 21. Naija News reports that Kano State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Ambassador Abdu Zango, made the announcement on Wednesday during a stakeholders’ meeting in Kano. Zango stated that the commission has received nominations from 10 registered parties contesting the polls in Kano Municipal and Ungogo Local Government Areas. The parties cleared to participate include: All Progressives Congress (APC), Action Democratic Party (ADP), African Action Congress (AAC), People’s Redemption Party (PRP), Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Good Party, Action Allianc...

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected claims by former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola that defections of governors to the party would not influence the outcome of the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued by the party’s spokesperson, Oladejo Seye, the APC described Aregbesola’s remarks as misleading and aimed at amplifying what it termed the opposition’s “academic victory” in Lagos during the 2023 presidential election. The party said it was necessary to set the record straight and address what it called sweeping conclusions and omissions in Aregbesola’s comments. According to the APC, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not emerge as president by chance but through the formation of a broad national coalition, securing the required const...

The leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has claimed the governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, will regret their decision leaving the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). Kwankwaso stated this during an interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Wednesday. He described the governor’s defection as shocking and difficult to comprehend. According to the former Kano State governor, the circumstances surrounding Yusuf’s exit from the NNPP appeared unreal and confusing, even to him. “Many people have come to me saying they believe what happened was part of an arrangement—either between me and him or between me and those around him. Even I, on several occasions, find it hard to believe that events have unfolded the way they did,” Kwankwaso said. He expre...

Former Anambra State Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate, George Moghalu, has resigned his membership of the party. Moghalu disclosed this in a letter he posted on his verified X handle on Tuesday. The letter, dated January 26, 2026 and  addressed to the Chairman of Ward 1, Labour Party, Uruagu, Nnewi. In the letter, Moghalu said his decision took immediate effect. “I bring you the good wishes of my family and to formally inform you of my resignation from the Labour Party, effective today, the 26th of January, 2026,” the letter read. He expressed gratitude to the party and its members for giving him the platform to run for governorship in the 2025 Anambra State governorship election.

As the August 8, 2026 Osun governorship election inches closer, there is open political dynamics, drama, intrigues, betrayals as Senator Ademola Adeleke, Bola Oyebamiji, Najeem Salaam, others test their popularity at the polls, writes FRANCIS EZEDIUNO, our Osun reporter. Political actors are once again repositioning, reopening old rivalries while forging new alliances ahead of the decisive contest. The forthcoming poll is unfolding against the backdrop of two previous elections, 2018 and 2022 governorship elections, that reshaped the state’s political trajectory and entrenched deep divisions among the major political parties and contenders. In 2018, Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, narrowly lost to then All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Adegbo...