•INEC Chairman Amupitan and logos of some political parties contesting in the 2027 presidential election Campaigning kicks off in Nigeria today, five months ahead of elections set to be dominated by crushing inflation and President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms. Africa’s most populous country is straining from years of economic turmoil and vi...
•INEC chairman, Joash Amupitan The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Joash Amupitan, has urged political parties and candidates to make the 2027 election campaign a “marketplace of ideas” rather than a “theatre of war”. Amupitan made the call yesterday in Abuja at the signing of the first National Peace Acc...
•Adebayo and Tinubu The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, has criticised President Bola Tinubu for failing to attend the signing of the National Peace Accord ahead of the 2027 general elections. Adebayo said the president’s absence from yesterday’s ceremony in Abuja sent the wrong signal to political...
•Governor Adeleke of Osun State Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has denied entering into any deal with the African Democratic Congress, ADC, to emerge victorious at the last Saturday governorship election in the State. The ADC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Bolaji Abdullahi, had claimed that his party worked with the Accord Party to st...
•Atiku, Tinubu and Peter Obi Former Head of State and Chairman of the National Peace Committee, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has warned political parties and candidates against character assassination, personal attacks, insults and inflammatory rhetoric ahead of the 2027 general elections. Abdulsalami gave the warning today at the signing of ...
•Goodluck Jonathan Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has faulted what he described as the “unwholesome” practice of serving governors, political officeholders, party leaders, and other influential figures converging on states where off-cycle elections are being conducted with large entourages of aides and security personnel. Jonathan, who led Nig...
•Tinubu and APC logo A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State, Hon. Jonathan Vatsa, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to change the style of his administration and urgently reconnect with Nigerians if he hopes to secure victory in the 2027 presidential election. Vatsa, a former Niger State Commissioner for Informat...
•Adeboye and Tinubu The Continental Overseer for Continent 3 (South West, Nigeria and Middle East) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Joseph Odesola, has urged Nigerians not to pressure the General Overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, to speak against President Bola Tinubu. J.F Odesola stated that Adeboye would speak on t...
The United Kingdom (UK) has commended the conduct of the Osun governorship election, describing it as “peaceful” and congratulating Governor Ademola Adeleke on his re-election. However, the UK expressed concern over instances of vote-buying and delays with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). In a statement late yesterday, the Britis...
•Senator Francis Fadahunsi ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) and The Abuja School of Social and Political Thought have called for a thorough investigation into allegations of inciting violence against Senator Francis Fadahunsi, following statements reportedly made during the build-up to Saturday’s Osun State governorship election. The civil society orga...
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