…a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja challenging the outcome of the NDC Delta State governorship primaryOdebala claims he scored 15,454 votes against the 1st respondent's 12,015 votes in the May 29, 2026 primary electionThe case is before Justice Obiora Egwuatu and is scheduled to continue on September 7, 2026PAY…
…is a key leader of the ADC.Omar Suleiman insists that the outcome of the ADC’s Adamawa governorship primary must be respected, warning against attempts to override the choice of party members.asks Atiku to withdraw reported moveThe Adamawa ADC candidate also directly appealed to Atiku to withdraw what he described as t…
…ADC in Adamawa State and could not be replaced in an undemocratic manner. “The party’s governorship primary was conducted under the supervision of INEC and was witnessed by party members and the general public. I emerged victorious, while Alhaji Modibbo came second. In consequence, my name was duly submitted to INEC as…
…State House of Assembly and Senate, as well as other stakeholders who contested the governorship primary. The initiative is aimed at ensuring that all groups are given an opportunity to participate, their views are heard, and available political structures are brought together to strengthen the APC ahead of the 2027 el…
…the Federal High Court judgment, the Court of Appeal held that the December 2, 2025, PDP governorship primary carried out by Turaki, which produced Adebayo Olugbenga Adedamola, was ‘valid and lawfully conducted.’ “The 2nd December 2025 PDP primary election was validly and lawfully conducted,” the Court of Appeal held.…
…the Kwara APC. He had reportedly been considering the move after losing the party’s governorship primary and facing uncertainty over the APC’s Kwara Central senatorial ticket. Earlier, there had also been speculation that the PDP was keeping its Kwara Central ticket for him. Kwara senator clinches PDP ticket hours afte…
…was convened as part of efforts to resolve lingering grievances arising from the party’s governorship primary and reposition the APC ahead of the 2027 elections. Speaking with journalists shortly after the meeting, Yilwatda described reconciliation within the party as a continuous process, while stressing that unity am…
…The former deputy governor maintained that he remains the candidate produced by the ADC governorship primary held in Zamfara State, where he secured 35,665 votes to defeat other aspirants. According to the campaign organisation, the primary election was conducted in the presence of INEC officials, security agencies, pa…
…Democratic Congress, ADC, while also faulting the party’s handling of its Adamawa State governorship primary. Lawal made the remarks in a Facebook post on Sunday titled “Kachalla Series Three,” in which he alleged that the ADC replaced Engr. Umar Suleiman, whom he said won the party’s Adamawa governorship primary, with…
…As part of the reconciliation, Fubara withdrew from the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary after initially being screened alongside Wike ally Kingsley Chinda. The governor later endorsed Chinda as his preferred successor, saying his decision was made in the interest of peace, unity and political stabi…
…against the disqualification of the former APC National Secretary from the party’s governorship primary. Similarly, a former Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, known for his grassroots mobilisation across the state, has joined Adeleke in the Accord Party alongside thousands of his followers. This…
…since leaving office in 2010. He noted that Aondoakaa had previously contested the PDP governorship primary in 2015 and the APC governorship primary in 2022 without any legal challenge questioning his eligibility, adding that there was “simply no legal basis” for the current claims. The statement further argued that an…
…an APC governorship aspirant, Abimbola Olawunmi, challenged the outcome of the party’s governorship primary that produced Governor Oyebanji as the APC candidate. The matter went through the High Court and the Court of Appeal, both of which upheld Oyebanji’s candidacy. The Supreme Court, in a unanimous judgment on Frida…
…your total support to that coalition."he saidChinda was declared the winner of the APC governorship primary after polling 268,497 during the exercise in May. Fubara was initially screened alongside Chinda for the APC governorship primary but later stepped down from the race, saying he made the decision out of convictio…
…formally handed over after stepping down to contest the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary and quietly resumed activities following his defeat in that election. One source also alleged that his continued presence at the agency enjoyed the backing of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister Nyesom…
Mr Akinlayo stated that he obtained copies of Mr Ibrahim's payslips for April and May 2026. He insists that these documents prove the former presidential aide remained on the federal government payroll after claiming to have resigned his appointment.
The party also commended INEC, security agencies and voters for the peaceful conduct of Saturday's governorship election.
…across the 16 local government areas of Kwara State have reaffirmed that the party's governorship primary was won by the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Engineer Yakubu Danladi-Salihu. The party chairmen insisted that the primary that produced Danladi-Salihu as the APC gubernatorial candidate was duly conducted…
…Assembly. The lawyers, who had dragged Suleiman to court for allegedly contesting the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State without resigning his appointment, wants the lawmakers to order his arrest for failing to honour the invitation of the House committee investigating the issue.…
…" Only the National Working Committee ( NWC) of a political party that can, through its Governorship Primary Election Panel & Appeal Panel, conduct Governorship primary in a State in Nigeria. " A State Working Committee of a party (or, State EXCO ) can not conduct Governorship primaries. Governorship primary must be co…
…of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who participated in the recent Kwara State governorship primary election, which produced Engr. Yakubu Danladi Salihu, Speaker of the State House of Assembly, as the party’s flag bearer for the 2027 general elections, have petitioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over what they descr…
…James Bamisaye Ayeni, who led the delegation to the meeting, said that there was no governorship primary election held in the state that produced the Speaker, adding that the party had at no time picked him as its consensus candidate. "To the best of our knowledge, the party has not published the endorsement of any can…