•ADC chieftains during a conference organised by the party in Abuja, recently The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed claims that it will not field candidates in the 2027 general elections, insisting that there is no legal barrier preventing its participation in the polls. It was earlier reported how the party was plunged into cris...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has arrested two candidates and a parent over the alleged forgery of 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results using Artificial Intelligence and other electronic tools. The board disclosed this while announcing the release of results for 632,788 candidates who sat the exa...
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), has warned political parties against fielding individuals with criminal records, questionable credentials, or those who have previously failed the Nigerian people in positions of trust. The pro-democracy organisation, in a statement today, jointly signed by its National President, Comrade ‘...
Indications have emerged that major opposition parties in Edo State, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), may not participate in the forthcoming local government elections scheduled for July 11, 2026. According to guidelines released by the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC), political ...
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it received with utter dismay the news of the withdrawal or stepping down of some chairmanship candidates of the party from the forthcoming Abuja Local Council elections. “This action is anti-democratic in every sense and is hereby totally condemned by the party,” PDP sa...
•Obi, Amaechi and Atiku An ex-presidential aspirant, Dele Momodu, has listed ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi and a two-term governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, as leading candidates for the presidential ticket of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 202...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has unveiled the key qualities it will demand from aspirants seeking to contest under its platform in 2027. Speaking at the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting in Abuja yesterday, ADC National Chairman, Senator David Mark said the party would field only candidates who meet its “four-pillar sta...
•The glitch on the customs recruitment pre-test portal Thousands of applicants shortlisted for the Nigeria Customs Service recruitment exercise were left stranded today as the agency’s pre-test portal suffered repeated crashes. The online exercise, which was designed to help candidates familiarise themselves with the system ahead of the actual...
•A ballot box The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of candidates for the area council election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Earlier, the Commission fixed Saturday, February 21, 2026 for the exercise in the nation’s capital, reports Channels TV. In a statement today, the electoral b...
•Nigeria Customs officials The Nigeria Customs Service has issued detailed guidelines to shortlisted candidates ahead of its computer-based test for the ongoing recruitment exercise. This was contained in a statement obtained by our correspondent today, reports The PUNCH. The service emphasised that the CBT would be strictly monitored and advi...

