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Supreme Court Verdict: What It Really Means for Kwara G15 and Their PDP Tickets

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Supreme Court Verdict: What It Really Means for Kwara G15 and Their PDP Tickets

By Oyez Olatunde Rex …The judgment has raised the legal stakes; it has not, by itself, written the final names on Kwara’s 2027 ballot paper. The Supreme Court’s judgment of September 24, 2026 has reopened an important legal conversation in Kwara politics: can politicians who left the APC after its 2027 primaries and subsequently obtained…

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Kwara 2027, Politics

2027: Adelabu’s Former Aide Leads Thousands of APC Supporters into APM in Oyo

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2027: Adelabu’s Former Aide Leads Thousands of APC Supporters into APM in Oyo

Thousands of supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo State have defected to the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, in a major political realignment ahead of the 2027 general elections. The defectors were led by Ajiboye Akande Sangogade, popularly known as Boye Nation, an Ibadan-based political organiser and former Personal Assistant to former Minister…

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Makinde Fires Back at Wike Over N50bn Ibadan Airport Claim

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Makinde Fires Back at Wike Over N50bn Ibadan Airport Claim

Oyo State Governor and Allied Peoples Movement presidential candidate, Seyi Makinde, has rejected a claim by Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, that President Bola Tinubu provided ₦50 billion to support the upgrade of the Ibadan airport. Makinde described the claim as false, insisting that the ongoing transformation of the Samuel Ladoke Akintola…

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Wike Declares Kingibe Won’t Return to Senate in 2027, Defends FCT Borrowing

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Wike Declares Kingibe Won’t Return to Senate in 2027, Defends FCT Borrowing

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has declared that Senator Ireti Kingibe will not return to the Senate after the 2027 general election, escalating the political disagreement between the FCT minister and the senator representing the nation’s capital. Wike made the statement on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, while speaking with journalists during an…

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Kwara APC Changes Running Mate, Picks Seun Oguniyi for 2027 Governorship Race

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Kwara APC Changes Running Mate, Picks Seun Oguniyi for 2027 Governorship Race

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has replaced its previously listed deputy governorship candidate for the 2027 election, with serving State House of Assembly member Oluwaseun David Oguniyi, popularly known as Adato, emerging as the new running mate to the party’s governorship candidate, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu. The development represents a change from the candidate…

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Atiku’s US Lobbyist: Court Record Reveals 2003 Assault Conviction

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Atiku’s US Lobbyist: Court Record Reveals 2003 Assault Conviction

A United States court record has revealed that Karl Von Batten, the Washington-based lobbyist hired by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, was convicted in 2003 after a physical assault involving his then-girlfriend. The conviction, handed down on December 10, 2003, is contained in the record of a case before the District of Columbia courts. In the…

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Anambra Still Servicing Eight Loans Linked to Peter Obi Administration, Commissioner Says

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Anambra Still Servicing Eight Loans Linked to Peter Obi Administration, Commissioner Says

The Anambra State Government says it is still servicing eight external loans associated with the administration of former Governor Peter Obi, with the state’s Commissioner for Information and Value Reorientation, Dr Law Mefor, saying deductions continue to be made from the state’s federal allocations to repay the facilities. Mefor made the disclosure amid a growing…

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The Six, the Sardauna and the Politics of the Presidential Favour Bank

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The Six, the Sardauna and the Politics of the Presidential Favour Bank

By Oyez Olatunde Rex There are political statements, and there are statements that invite people to read between the lines. Vice-President Kashim Shettima’s remarks in Ilorin on Wednesday belonged to the second category. At the palace of the Emir of Ilorin, while Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq was being turbaned as the Sardauna of Ilorin Emirate, Shettima…

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Kwara 2027, Politics

INEC Rejects Atiku’s Bid to Amend Tinubu NYSC Certificate Suit

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INEC Rejects Atiku’s Bid to Amend Tinubu NYSC Certificate Suit

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has opposed former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s attempt to amend his lawsuit seeking the disqualification of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from the 2027 presidential election over an alleged forged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate. The electoral commission, in a counter-affidavit filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja,…

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US Firm Escalates Drug Allegations Against Tinubu, Declares: ‘We’re Coming for You’

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US Firm Escalates Drug Allegations Against Tinubu, Declares: ‘We’re Coming for You’

A United States-based political advisory and lobbying firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has intensified its campaign over decades-old drug-related allegations involving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, warning the Nigerian leader that it intends to continue pursuing the matter in the United States. The firm, in a recent statement published on its verified X account, claimed that its founder,…

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