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• Adebayo emerges Osun PDP candidate

  02-12-2025 15:24 via vanguardngr.com
  By Shina Abubakar, OsogboFollowing the successful conduct of the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State, Adebayo Adedamola, popularly called Fryo, has emerged as the party’s guber candidate.The primary, which was held at Adolak Hall, Osogbo, on Tuesday, saw Adedamola score 919 of the votes, as his opponent, Governor Ademola Adeleke, did not partake in the exercise, having made public his resignation from the party barely 24 hours before the primary.The PD
  
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• Rivers Speaker, Deputy, 14 others defect from PDP to APC

  05-12-2025 11:34 via vanguardngr.com
  By Davies Iheamnachor, PORT HARCOURTSixteen members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, have left the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC.Read Also: Wike, Fayose, 9 others get PDP expulsion certificatesAmaewhule disclosed the lawmakers’ decision during Friday’s plenary, attributing their defection to what he called a “clear division” within the PDP.“Distinguished colleagues, very happily, let me
  
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• NWC wades into Cross River APC crsis, summons Eba

  05-12-2025 11:22 via vanguardngr.com
  By Dapo Akinrefon The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State has escalated as the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, overturned what it described as an unconstitutional move by the State Executive Committee, SEC, to remove the state chairman, Alphonsus Ogar Eba.Read Also: Cross River: Eba rejects impeachment, calls it a “Joke Taken Too Far”The APC National Legal Adviser, Murtala Aliyu Kankia, in a letter dated December 4, 2025, summo
  
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• 2027: ADC knocks Tinubu over alleged early campaign amid security emergency

  04-12-2025 18:45 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeThe African Democratic Congress (ADC) has sharply criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, accusing him of diverting attention from Nigeria’s worsening security crisis by allegedly kick-starting his 2027 re-election bid under the guise of political mobilisation.The party said the move is not only ill-timed but undermines the integrity of the security emergency that the President himself declared.In a statement signed by the ADC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mal
  
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• 2027: ADC coalition struggling due to unresolved zoning issues — Obi

  04-12-2025 16:29 via vanguardngr.com
  Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, says the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition is experiencing internal strain due to unresolved disagreements over zoning and the rotation of key political offices ahead of the 2027 polls.Obi, who spoke during an interview on the YouTube programme Advocacy for Good Governance on Wednesday, said the coalition must clarify its foundational agreements if it intends to function effectively.“Today, I&
  
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• Osun 2026: ADC denies endorsing any governorship candidate

  03-12-2025 12:42 via vanguardngr.com
  The African Democratic Congress (ADC) says it has not picked any candidate for the 2026 Osun governorship election.The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, disowned some viral videos and social media posts claiming that ADC had endorsed a candidate for the governorship election.Abdullahi, who said that the videos and social media posts were false and should be disregarded, added that a timetable had been released and widely p
  
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• Fubara succumbs to Assembly pressure, recalls 1,000 teachers recruited in 2023

  03-12-2025 05:49 via vanguardngr.com
  By Davies IheamnachorPORT HARCOURT: Rivers State Governor Siminialayi Fubara has succumbed to pressure by the State House of Assembly led by Martins Amaewhule over the condition of public schools in the state.The State Assembly had, during its plenary, penultimate Thursday, expressed displeasure over the condition of secondary and primary schools in the state.But on Monday, Fubara countered the lawmakers, noting that the decay in public schools did not start with his administration.However, the
  
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• 2027: Opposition not ready, Atiku only contender  —  Dele Momodu

  02-12-2025 19:28 via vanguardngr.com
  Media entrepreneur and chieftain of the , Dele Momodu, has said the Nigerian opposition is ill-prepared to challenge President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.He maintained that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar remains the only contender with the structure and seriousness required for the race.In a statement posted on his verified X account, Momodu questioned how opposition presidential hopefuls plan to defeat Tinubu when they have yet to agree on a unified strategy
  
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• Senator Goje accuses Akpabio of unparliamentary conduct during plenary

  02-12-2025 16:12 via vanguardngr.com
  By Henry UmoruABUJA- THERE was a rowdy session in the Senate on Tuesday during plenary when Senator Danjuma Goje, APC, Gombe Central took a swipe at the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio.Goje challenged the President of the Senate for what he described as “unparliamentary act”.For over thirty minutes on Tuesday, plenary was summarily held in suspense following the quagmire.The Senate was already in session when Akpabio walked into the hallowed Chamber and took over t
  
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• Adeleke will join new political party before Dec 13  —  Osun Commissioner

  02-12-2025 15:24 via vanguardngr.com
  Following his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke will announce his new political party before December 13, according to the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi.Speaking during a political programme on Rave FM in Osogbo on Tuesday, Alimi confirmed that the governor quietly submitted his resignation letter to party executives in Sagba Abogunde, Ward 2, Ede North Local Government, on November 4. He att
  
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• Boko Haram conflict not religious crisis – Zulum 

  02-12-2025 04:11 via vanguardngr.com
  Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno on Monday said the Boko Haram conflict was not a religious crisis as portrayed by some group.The governor stated this while addressing the leadership of the Muslim and Christian faith in the state, where he called for reconciliation and harmony among the diverse people of the state.“The Boko Haram conflict is not a religious crisis. It is an assault on our civilisation, humanity, and all that we hold dear, irrespective of creed.“It is absolutely crucial
  
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• Insecurity: Northern governors okay state police, suspend mining

  02-12-2025 00:44 via vanguardngr.com
  By Soni Daniel, Editor, Northern Region, KADUNANorthern governors yesterday warned that the region stood on the brink of losing its future to escalating insecurity and deepening poverty, unless leaders took urgent, decisive action.They also called for state police as a way out of the high level insecurity in the north, and asked for a 6-month ban on mining in the region.This is even as Kaduna State governor, Senator Uba Sani, urged his colleagues and traditional rulers to close ranks and confro
  
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• Amaechi rules out VP slot, insists he’s running for president in 2027

  01-12-2025 09:35 via vanguardngr.com
  By Ayobami OkerindeFormer Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has firmly dismissed claims linking him to a possible vice-presidential ticket with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2027 elections.He said he is solely pursuing his own presidential ambition and will not serve as a running mate to anyone.Amaechi’s clarification follows comments by Atiku’s ally, Dele Momodu, who suggested that Atiku might consider the former Rivers State governor as a potential ru
  
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• Tinubu shouldn’t seek re-election, he can’t run this government — Hakeem Baba-Ahmed

  01-12-2025 05:55 via vanguardngr.com
  Former spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, says President Bola Tinubu should drop any plan to seek re-election in 2027 and instead support a younger and more capable candidate from within his party.Baba-Ahmed, who resigned as special adviser on political affairs to the vice-president in April, made the remarks during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.He said the president has not shown the drive required to fix the country, despite his l
  
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• 2027: IBB gives Turaki tough mandate to rebuild PDP

  30-11-2025 20:51 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeFormer military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd), has handed a tough mandate to the newly elected National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabiru Turaki, SAN, urging him to rebuild the party, correct its past mistakes and position it as a stabilising force in Nigeria ahead of the 2027 general elections.The charge came during a courtesy visit to Babangida’s Hilltop residence in Minna by Turaki and selected members of the PDP National
  
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• Jonathan briefs Tinubu on Guinea-Bissau election

  29-11-2025 21:27 via vanguardngr.com
  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, ABUJAFormer President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday briefed President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa, Abuja, on what transpired in the Guinea Bissau elections.Read Also: Guinea-Bissau incident not coup, but more painful than losing to Buhari – JonathanDr. Jonathan also said that what was described as a coup in the country after the election, was not in actual sense a coup but rather what he described as a “ceremonial coup” carried out by the head
  
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• PDP faces legal extinction by Dec 8, if… – Showunmi

  29-11-2025 18:30 via vanguardngr.com
  *Raises alarm over an imminent leadership ‘vacuum’*Says INEC may cease to recognise the party’s leadership structure after deadline*Describes situation as a ‘self-inflicted legal paralysis’*Gives party 72 hours to take urgent corrective actionBy Luminous JannamikeABUJA – A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Otunba Segun Showunmi, has warned that the party is on the brink of ‘legal extinction’ if it fails to activate urgent procedural
  
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• ‘I’m not known for violence’ – Ganduje dismisses Kano govt’s call for arrest

  29-11-2025 15:54 via vanguardngr.com
  Former All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman Abdullahi Ganduje has described the Kano State Government’s demand for his arrest as “baseless” and “reckless” insisting the allegation is nothing more than a diversionary tactic.After the state executive council meeting on Friday, Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs Ibrahim Wayya told reporters that the council deliberated on Ganduje’s alleged inciting comments regarding the state’s
  
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• 2027: ADC only viable alternative for Nigerians – Atiku

  29-11-2025 12:30 via vanguardngr.com
  By Femi Bolaji, JalingoAmidst the escalating turmoil within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President of Nigeria and PDP’s 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has asserted that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) remains the only option to rescue Nigerians from the hardship they currently face under the incumbent administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC).Speaking in Jalingo during the official opening of the ADC state secretariat, Atiku noted that wh
  
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• Guinea-Bissau incident not coup, but more painful than losing to Buhari – Jonathan

  29-11-2025 07:35 via vanguardngr.com
  Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said the military takeover in Guinea-Bissau was not a coup, insisting that the election results be announced.
  Also, Jonathan described the incident as more painful for him than when he had to call late Muhammadu Buhari, when he lost the presidential election.Recall that Jonathan was in Guinea-Bissau as the head of the West African Elders Forum Election Observation Mission when the said coup happened.With anxiety for his safety mounting, he returned to Nige
  
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• Abure-led Labour Party NEC reaffirms 2024 convention, ratifies nationwide congresses

  29-11-2025 05:05 via vanguardngr.com
  The National Executive Council (NEC) of Labour Party has reaffirmed the leadership elected at its 2024 National Convention in Nnewi, Anambra, and approved key organisational decisions.This was made known in a resolution jointly signed by the party’s National Chairman and National Secretary, Mr Julius Abure and Alhaji Umar Ibrahim, respectively, and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Friday.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the resolution was the outcome of the NEC meeting h
  
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• Labour Party NEC reaffirms 2024 convention, ratifies nationwide congresses

  28-11-2025 17:05 via vanguardngr.com
  The National Executive Council (NEC) of Labour Party has reaffirmed the leadership elected at its 2024 National Convention in Nnewi, Anambra, and approved key organisational decisions.This was made known in a resolution jointly signed by the party’s National Chairman and National Secretary, Mr Julius Abure and Alhaji Umar Ibrahim, respectively, and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Friday.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the resolution was the outcome of the NEC meeting h
  
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• 2027: I’ll resign as governor if Tinubu doesn’t win Edo – Okpebholo declares

  28-11-2025 16:55 via vanguardngr.com
  By Ayobami OkerindeEdo State Governor Monday Okpebholo says he is willing to resign from office if President Bola Tinubu fails to secure victory in the state during the 2027 presidential election.Speaking during an interview on AIT, the governor declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) now dominates Edo’s political landscape and faces “no real opposition” ahead of the next general polls.Okpebholo said Tinubu’s rising popularity in the state, combined with his ow
  
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• Osun drifting towards systemic failure – APC tells Adeleke

  28-11-2025 16:38 via vanguardngr.com
  By Shina Abubakar, OsogboThe All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of steering the state toward what it described as systemic failure, despite receiving huge allocation from the federal government.Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, the Director of Media and Publicity of the APC in Osun State, Kola Olabisi, said the increase in monthly statutory federal allocations designed to ease governance and spur development across states had yielded the
  
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• Lamido demands dissolution of PDP’s Ibadan convention

  27-11-2025 20:14 via vanguardngr.com
  By Bashir Bello, KANOThe former governor of Jigawa State and a bigwig in the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Sule Lamido has demanded for the immediate dissolution of the Party’s Ibadan convention that produced Kabiru Tanimu Turaki as the National Chairman.Lamido made the call at his Kano office while receiving hundreds of his political followers, including former local government chairmen, commissioners, and other political appointees who served under his administration in Jigawa s
  
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• El-Rufai officially joins ADC

  27-11-2025 19:45 via vanguardngr.com
  Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has formally joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), months after announcing his exit from the All Progressives Congress (APC).The former governor completed his registration and received his membership card at the ADC office in U/Sarki Ward, Kaduna State.El-Rufai’s move marks a significant step in his political realignment, following his March 10 resignation from the APC. In his resignation letter at the time, the former Minister of the
  
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• Coup: Finally, Jonathan leaves Guinea Bissau

  27-11-2025 15:58 via vanguardngr.com
  Jonathan safe-Family speaks outBy Soni Daniel, Editor, Northern RegionFormer President Goodluck Jonathan finally left troubled Guinea Bissau as tension began to mount following the coup d’état in the country on Wednesday.There were serious concerns that Jonathan had been trapped in the country and had not been able to leave as a result of the sudden change of government by the military.After leaving Guinea Bissau, Jonathan flew to Abidjan, the Abidjan, the economic capital and
  
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• Trump’s tweet awakened Tinubu’s consciousness to nation’s insecurity – Adebayo

  27-11-2025 14:37 via vanguardngr.com
  Leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s handling of national security, saying a recent tweet from former US President Donald Trump appeared to have prompted renewed federal attention to the country’s security challenges.Adebayo said many Nigerians were living under severe economic pressure and rising insecurity.“First, the whole country has been heate
  
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• Tinubu declares emergency

  27-11-2025 00:28 via vanguardngr.com
  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, ABUJA AMID worsening security situation in the country, President Bola Tinubu yesterday declared a security emergency and ordered the army and the police to recruit more personnel.The President also told the National Assembly to begin the process of reviewing the law to allow states willing to establish state police do so.Tinubu in a statement he personally signed, directed the Department of State Services, DSS, to immediately deploy all the forest guards already trained
  
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• $14.8m Alleged Fraud: Sylva writes EFCC, seeks date for appearance

  26-11-2025 19:43 via vanguardngr.com
  ….Faults invasion of Abuja residence by armed operativesBy Daniel Abia, P/HarcourtFormer Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, has written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), requesting that a date be fixed for him to appear before the agency over an alleged $14.8 million fraud.In the letter dated November 24 and acknowledged by the EFCC on November 26, Sylva expressed concern over the Commission’s move to declare him wanted, insisting he was not
  
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