•The protesters at the ADC national secretariat in Abuja Some protesters today staged a protest at the national secretariat of the African Democratic Congress in Abuja. The protesters, who are members of the Advocate for Women in Governance, demanded clarification over allegations that the party disbursed ₦100 million in connection with the r...
•Monday Ubani and Nyesom Wike A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Monday Ubani, has criticised the extended restriction of movement imposed ahead of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections. Ubani spoke today during an interview on Channels Television, describing the directive as excessive. Reacting to the restriction spanning from...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that over 1.5 million voters have collected their Permanent Voter Cards across the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory ahead of the tomorrow, Saturday, February 21, 2026, elections. The announcement comes as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, declare...
•PDP chairmanship candidate Zadna Dantani The Peoples Democratic Party Chairmanship candidate for the Abuja Municipal Area Council, Zadna Dantani, today withdrew from the race and declared support for the All Progressives Congress candidate, Christopher Maikalangu, in a dramatic turn of events ahead of the Federal Capital Territory Area Counci...
Mixed reactions have trailed the decision of the PDP chairmanship candidate in the Saturday FCT area council election, Mr Julius Adamu, to step down for his APC opponent, Mr Joshua Ishaku. Some residents, who expressed their views in separate interviews with our correspondent today in Bwari, said they were worried about true democracy, while o...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has upheld the exclusion of Labour Party (LP) candidates from the Area Council elections scheduled to take place on February 21 in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Delivering judgment on Wednesday in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2110/2025, Justice Peter Lifu declined to order the Independent National Electoral...
•Peter Obi Ahead of the February 2026 Area Council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and the Obidient Movement have resolved to run issue-based campaigns in support of the ADC chairmanship candidate for Abuja Municipal Area Council (AM...
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