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The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disregard a Federal High Court judgment being relied upon by its expelled former National Chairman, Shehu Musa Gabam, insisting that the decision cannot supersede an existing Supreme Court ruling on the party’s leadership. The party stated …

The African Democratic Congress has announced the nomination of David Okumgba as its Rivers State deputy governorship candidate for the 2027 general elections. The state chairman of the party, Chukwudi Dimgba, in a statement on Tuesday, affirmed Okumgba’s nomination to run with the party’s governorship candidate and former Secretary to …

Lawmaker representing the Nasarawa South Senatorial District, Senator Mohammed Ogoshi Onawo, has officially resigned from the African Democratic Congress, ADC. His resignation was contained in a letter dated July 2, 2026, and addressed to the ADC Ward Chairman in Galadimawa Ward, Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The lawmaker …

The Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party has called for an independent and comprehensive investigation into recent allegations and counter-allegations involving senior officials in the Presidency, warning that the controversy underscores deeper concerns about transparency, accountability, and governance within the current administration. The Turaki-led Interim NWC, in a …

Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta on Friday approved the purchase of 50 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses and  acquisition of electric vehicles to ease the current economic stress associated with transportation in the state. The governor also approved the construction of an ultra-modern mega bus terminal in Asaba as part …

The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Adamawa, Mr Omar Omarana, has appealed to aggrieved party members to embrace reconciliation and unity. Omarana made the appeal during a stakeholders’ engagement meeting, on Thursday in Yola. He said the appeal became necessary following the party’s governorship primary election, …

The Independent National Electoral Commission says no fewer than 1,565,873 Nigerians have successfully completed their voter registration as of June 26. The figure was recorded at the end of the seventh week of Phase III of the commission’s continuous voter registration exercise. According to statistics released by INEC on Tuesday …

Rt Hon. Leke Joseph Abejide has emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Yagba Federal Constituency seat in the 2027 general election, following the successful upload of his nomination details to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) candidate nomination portal. The development officially confirms Abejide’s status as …

African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned the ruling of a Lokoja Federal High Court setting aside its earlier judgment recognising Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, described the court ruling against NDC as …

The Nigeria Democratic Congress on Friday said it would challenge the judgment of the Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, which set aside its earlier order directing the Independent National Electoral Commission to register the party. The party maintained that it had not been deregistered despite the latest court …