…Olamilekan Adeola, popularly known as YAYI, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship flag-bearer for the 2027 election. The student bodies also warned Hon. Abayomi Semako Hunye against parading himself as the APC governorship candidate for the 2027 election. In a joint statement issued at a press conference…

…Mary after her family failed to pay the ransom demanded. Security analyst and former governorship aide, Reuben Buhari, disclosed this in a Facebook post over the weekend. According to him, the widow was abducted thirteen days after she spoke about the plight of refugees in her community, Kateri. The abductors demanded…

…state to secure more federal interventions.Aiyedatiwa reacts as court bars him from 2028 governorship raceEarlier, Legit.ng reported that Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo state has reacted to the judgment of the Federal High Court in Akure, the state capital, on Thursday, March 12, barring him from contesting for a se…

…a chieftain of the party in Ogun State, Abayomi Hunye, over his claim to the party’s governorship ticket in the state. National Secretary of the party, Senator Ajibola Bashiru, issued the disclaimer in a statement released to journalists in Abuja. Checks revealed that the Senator representing Ogun West, Solomon Olamile…

…deeds and grant him Al-Jannah Firdaus. Adeola, who is also the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Ogun State, signed the tribute alongside his wife. PUNCH Online recalls that Ogogo’s daughters, Kaira and Lima Taiwo, had acknowledged Adeola’s support for their father during his illness. In an earlier ap…

…says Atiku will do better The 2027 governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Benue State, Herman Hembe, has kicked against the exclusion of the Tiv ethnic group from the presidential campaign council of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The All Progressives Congress had, at the weekend, rel…

…Abdullateef, accused supporters of former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and the PDP governorship candidate, Bolakale Kawu, of attempting to reintroduce political thuggery into the state. Abdullateef said Agaka had committed no offence by organising an empowerment programme and mobilising support for President Bola T…

…of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The immediate dispute was over the PDP governorship ticket in Osun. The bigger political significance lies in what the judgment says about the party process through which that candidate emerged. Setting aside the Federal High Court judgment, the Court of Appeal held that t…

The 36 state governors are facing growing pressure to account for how they have spent public funds disbursed as revenue by the Federation Account Allocation Committee in the last three years, The PUNCH reports. This scrutiny follows the revelation that the Federation Account disbursed about N47tn to the three tiers of…

Governor Ademola Adeleke won the August 15, 2026 Osun governorship election after defecting from the PDP to the Accord PartyA public affairs analyst identified incumbency, voter trust in infrastructure delivery, and the Davido factor as key drivers of the outcomeThe result is seen as a blow to the APC in the Southwest…

…reports that the Presidency announced on Saturday the former Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) as DG of Tinubu’s campaign for the next general elections, while Imo State Governor and Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, Senator Hope Uzodinma, emerged as Secretary of the Council.

The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate for Ogun State and Senator representing Ogun West, Solomon Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, has expressed sadness over the death of veteran actor Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, who died after battling cancer. In a condolence message to the family of the late…

…Kalu and Nkwonta in support of Governor Alex Otti of the Labour Party ahead of the 2027 governorship election. The State Working Committee of the party, at a meeting held on Monday, August 10, 2026, described the alleged statements and actions of the two APC leaders as “unstatesmanlike, irresponsible, embarrassing and…

…liberal democracy. Okechukwu, who was reacting to the outcome of the Osun State governorship election, said the political consequences of banditry were tragically manifested in the loss of innocent lives in the build-up to the election. In a statement he signed, Okechukwu said some of the issues that demonstrate bandit…

The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the June 20 Ekiti State Governorship Election, Wole Oluyede, has urged Nigerians to make the 2027 presidential election a referendum on continuity, performance and national development rather than sentiment. The PDP chieftain, who is the Convener of the Oluyede Pro…

…Progressives Congress in Osun State have been charged to turn the party’s loss in the governorship election into victory in the 2027 general elections. This was contained in a statement signed and made available in Osogbo on Sunday by a chieftain of the party, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye. The ex-Osun State House of Assembly…

…they are jittery, it shows they are afraid. It shows that Tinubu knows that even the governors in his kitty cannot be trusted. He knows that his ministers cannot be trusted. He knows that there will be an internal implosion within the APC,” he said. Melaye also criticised the size and structure of the campaign council,…

The August 15 governorship election in Osun State has been won and lost, but stakeholders have continued to draw lessons for the 2027 elections from the contest that pitched Governor Ademola Adeleke of Accord against Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In this report, PHILIP IBITOYE examines the poss…

…in this interview with PHILIP IBITOYE, speaks on CISLAC’s takeaways from the August 15 governorship election in Osun State and the lessons Nigerians can learn from it against the 2027 general election. WITHh the Osun election in the rearview, what are the things […] The post INEC must know that voters are fully attenti…

…presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for January 16, 2027. Also, the governorship and state House of Assembly campaigns would commence on September 9, 2026, and end on February 5, 2027, ahead of the elections scheduled for February 6, 2027. Last week, some presidential candidates signed the National P…

…the efforts of G-100, a group convened by former Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum, Salihu Lukman, which has been advocating a united opposition front as the most realistic strategy for defeating the ruling All Progressives Congress. However, the positions emerging from the camps of Atiku and Obi sugg…

…which should have been highly industrialized, Delta State is one. Military and civilian governors have ruled the state for various lengths of time without making any impression on the state’s barren industrial landscape. Delta State has organized Economic Summits before. DELTA WITHOUT OIL was the theme of former Govern…

Governors of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory have become the biggest winners of President Bola Tinubu’s petrol subsidy removal, with unprecedented federation account allocations swelling state coffers and ushering in an era of multi-billion-naira monthly revenues. Allocation reached a record N3.007tn in…

…Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, has described the Commission’s conduct of the Osun State governorship election as a benchmark in electoral administration. He also announced that a nationwide mock accreditation exercise would be conducted in November 2026 to assess the Commission’s preparedness for the 2027 General Election.…

…Hope Uzodimma of Imo is the Secretary. Sanwo-Olu, who is also Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum, will coordinate the party’s campaign activities across Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti states. The governor is expected to work with APC leaders at the national, zonal and state levels to mobilise support f…