Nigeria Political news

• ‘I had to return Tinubu’s favour,’ Fubara explains defection to APC

  12-12-2025 17:48 via vanguardngr.com
  Governor of Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has explained that he dumped the crisis-ridden Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to return the favour President Bola Tinubu did in stabilising the state.Read Also: ‘Detty December’ kicks off in LagosFubara added that there was need to align the state with power at the centre – the Tinubu-led Federal Government.Governor Fubara gave the explanation during his reception by APC at the State G
  
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• Stop promoting individual interests over party ideology, Ogun APC tells PDP

  16-12-2025 19:59 via vanguardngr.com
  By James Ogunnaike, ABEOKUTA
  The Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the state of promoting individual interests over party ideology, constitutional order and institutional discipline.Read Also: Photos: Akpabio dispels ill-health, death rumours with photos from Senate plenaryAPC described the tendency as retrogressive and incompatible with democratic governance.The APC made the allegation in a state
  
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• Tinubu advocates electoral reforms, party unity

  16-12-2025 19:51 via vanguardngr.com
  By Adeola Badru President Bola Tinubu has urged leaders and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State to unite and strengthen the party ahead of the 2027 general elections, describing such unity as the best tribute to the late Senator Abiola Ajimobi. Read Also: Photos: Akpabio dispels ill-health, death rumours with photos from Senate plenaryThe President was represented by the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Dr Zacheus Adedeji, at the 8th Senator Abio
  
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• 2027: Our projects will give Tinubu easy ride in Rivers – Fubara

  16-12-2025 16:40 via vanguardngr.com
  By Davies IheamnachorPORT HARCOURT: The Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has expressed optimism that his administration’s ongoing delivery of infrastructure across the state would reinforce public trust and translate into increased support for President Bola Tinubu in the state.Fubara spoke while inaugurating the 5.94–kilometre Ihuowo–Ihuama Road in Ahoada East Local Government Area, a project awarded in October 2024 by his administration.Fubara noted that the
  
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• Rivers: Tinubu can now rule Nigeria with military - Okonkwo faults Supreme Court verdict

  16-12-2025 11:33 via vanguardngr.com
  Kenneth Okonkwo, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has faulted the Supreme Court’s verdict on the emergency rule on Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu.On Monday, the apex court affirmed the constitutional power of the President to declare a state of emergency and suspend elected officials. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, Okonkwo said the apex court should have declined to comment on the emergency rule declared in the state, arg
  
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• Forget Biafra, Igbo no longer marginalised — Umahi

  16-12-2025 07:47 via vanguardngr.com
  By Chioma GabrielMinister of Works, and former governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has dismissed calls for a separate Biafran State, saying it is no longer warranted, due to what he described as the unprecedented integration of the Igbo into Nigeria’s national development agenda under President Bola Tinubu.Read Also: Osimhen: From Lagos newspaper seller to stardom with NigeriaUmahi made the remarks while inspecting ongoing federal projects in the  southeast region.&
  
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• Osun: Opposition turmoil won’t distract Adeleke — Accord

  15-12-2025 14:05 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous Jannamike, ABUJAThe Accord Party has dismissed what it described as opposition-sponsored turmoil in Osun State, insisting that Governor Ademola Adeleke remains firmly focused on governance and will not be distracted by attempts to stir confusion ahead of the governorship election.In a statement issued on Monday from its national secretariat in Abuja, the party said the alleged parallel governorship primary making the rounds in the state was a political charade that poses no threat t
  
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• Osun 2026: APC plotting to destabilise our party – Accord Party chair

  15-12-2025 05:04 via vanguardngr.com
  We ‘re focus on winning guber poll – APC
  By Shina Abubakar, OsogboThe leadership of the Accord Party in Osun State has alleged that the All Progressives Congress(APC) is plotting to organise a parallel primary after the emergence of Governor Ademola Adeleke as its candidate for the 2026 Osun State Governorship election.The Nation recalled that a faction of the Accord Party kicked after the emergence of Adeleke as the candidate of the party, stressing that the national leadership led
  
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• Atiku, Obi, Mark, Oyegun to Tinubu: Nigeria must not become one-party state

  15-12-2025 05:00 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeABUJA – Senior opposition leaders have issued a strong warning to President Bola Tinubu, accusing his administration of presiding over a gradual drift toward a one-party state and using state institutions to intimidate political opponents ahead of the 2027 general election.In a joint statement, the leaders expressed concern that Nigeria’s anti-corruption and security agencies are increasingly being viewed by the public as instruments of selective justice rather
  
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• 2027: November not ideal for general election, BOOT party warns

  15-12-2025 04:06 via vanguardngr.com
  …. Says no need to legalize BVASBy Gabriel EwepuABUJA—ON the heels of the proposed electoral reforms, the Because Of Our Tomorrow, BOOT, Party, yesterday, warned that shifting 2027 general elections to November would not be ideal as it will terribly impact the electoral process and defeat the purpose.The warning was contained in a statement signed by the National Chairman, BOOT party, Sonny Adenuga, where the party also raised other concerns on key issues proposed for reforms ahead
  
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• Presidency dismisses opposition’s allegations, defends Tinubu’s reforms, EFCC independence

  15-12-2025 01:52 via vanguardngr.com
  The Presidency has dismissed recent allegations by opposition politicians accusing President Bola Tinubu of undermining multi-party democracy and weaponising anti-corruption agencies, describing the claims as baseless and politically motivated.In a statement issued on Sunday, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, said the opposition figures were engaging in “subterfuge and an empty search for scapegoats” following their political setbacks.Ac
  
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• Presidency dismisses opposition allegations, defends Tinubu’s reforms, EFCC independence

  15-12-2025 01:52 via vanguardngr.com
  The Presidency has dismissed recent allegations by opposition politicians accusing President Bola Tinubu of undermining multi-party democracy and weaponising anti-corruption agencies, describing the claims as baseless and politically motivated.In a statement issued on Sunday, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, said the opposition figures were engaging in “subterfuge and an empty search for scapegoats” following their political setbacks.Ac
  
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• Presidency, senators want me to join APC; but I won’t  —  Senator Natasha

  14-12-2025 15:34 via vanguardngr.com
  The senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has disclosed that she has repeatedly been approached by individuals from the Presidency and some of her colleagues in the National Assembly to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), but said she has firmly rejected their advice.Akpoti-Uduaghan, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made the disclosure during an interview on Mic On Podcast with Seun Okinbaloye, posted on YouTube on Saturday.Asked whether th
  
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• Accord faction produces Bamigbola as guber candidate days after Adeleke’s emergence

  14-12-2025 13:21 via vanguardngr.com
  By Shina Abubakar, OsogboFour days after Governor Ademola Adeleke emerged as the governorship candidate of the Accord party, another faction of the party held its own governorship primary, where Mr. Clement Bamigbola emerged as the faction’s governorship candidate for the 2026 Osun State election.It would be recalled that the party under the leadership of Mr Maxwell Mgbudem, on Wednesday, held a similar exercise which produced Governor Ademola Adeleke as the party’s candidateHowever
  
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• Osun 2026: Adebayo emerges APM gov candidate

  13-12-2025 18:11 via vanguardngr.com
  The Allied Peoples Movement, APM, has picked Adewale Adebayo as its governorship candidate for the 2026 governorship election in Osun State.The real estate developer emerged after he was ratified as the sole candidate of the party at the primary election held at the Secretariat in Osogbo on Saturday.The APM Primary committee chair, Babarinde said, “The mode of primary adopted for today’s exercise is affirmation of the consensus candidate which Hon. Adewale Adebayo emerged as the par
  
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• Why we visited Obasanjo in Abeokuta – PDP’s Turaki

  13-12-2025 16:31 via vanguardngr.com
  …says we’re battle-ready to take over power in 2027By James Ogunnaike, AbeokutaThe National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tanimu Turaki, alongside other leaders of the party, on Saturday, paid a visit to former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his penthouse residence, located within the premises of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.Others in the entourage of the PDP National Chairman include former governor of Niger State, Baba
  
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• Turaki leads PDP leaders on visit to Obasanjo

  13-12-2025 14:03 via vanguardngr.com
  A factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Taminu Turaki, on Saturday led a delegation of party leaders on a visit to former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his residence in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.According to Tribune, the delegation included former Niger State governor Babangida Aliyu, PDP Deputy National Chairman Taofeek Arapaja, former Plateau State governor Jonah Jang, and Ambassador Folake Marcus-Bello, among others. They were received by the Ogun State C
  
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• We’re proud of you – Fubara hails Wike

  13-12-2025 10:31 via vanguardngr.com
  By Davies Iheamnachor, PORT HARCOURTRivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has felicitated the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Chief Nyesom Wike, on his 58th birthday, describing him as a leader whose commitment to public service continues to yield visible results.Fubara, in a goodwill message he personally signed in Port Harcourt on Saturday, said the state is proud of the former governor of Rivers State for the infrastructural development under his watch in Abuja as the
  
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• How new thinking can rescue Nigeria from decline — Pat Utomi

  13-12-2025 07:15 via vanguardngr.com
  By Matilda IkediobiProfessor of Political Economy, Pat Utomi, in this monitored interview, gave reasons Nigeria has failed to reach its potential and proffered solutions to the country’s problems. Excerpts:What’s your assessment of where we are? What’s your view about where we seem to be headed? I think the Tony Uranta Memorial lecture was an appropriate place to get into this, because in ways, Tony Uranta, who I walked a path with, represented an era of optimism abo
  
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• Jonathan, Dickson, NGF mourn Bayelsa deputy Gov, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo

  13-12-2025 00:58 via vanguardngr.com
  By Ikechukwu Eze; Henry Umoru & Samuel OyadonghaFormer President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has expressed deep shock over the death of the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo who passed on yesterday after collapsing in his office in Yenagoa. Dr. Jonathan described Senator Ewhrudjakpo as a devoted public servant, a true patriot, and a loyal steward of Bayelsa State and Nigeria.Similarly, the former governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Seriake Dickson a well as the N
  
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• Gov Bago advocates single-term tenure for governors

  13-12-2025 00:56 via vanguardngr.com
  By Wole MosadomiGovernor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger state has supported a single term in office for state governors for good governance.The governor who has spent two years in his first term in office did not however recommend the duration of the single term or the effective year for the take off.Bago who was speaking at the swearing in of newly appointed Commissioners and new local government council chairmen and their deputies as well as some permanent secretaries and members of some Boards
  
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• Defections: How Aso Rock is influencing defections to ruling party — PDP

  13-12-2025 00:14 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous Jannamike, AbujaABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Federal Government of turning development of states into a tool of political coercion, saying the pressure on governors and elected officials to defect is fuelled by a system that rewards only those aligned with the ruling party.The opposition party warns that such actions endanger Nigeria’s democracy ahead of the 2027 general elections.The allegation was made on Friday by the PDP National Publici
  
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• 2027: We’re concerned Atiku, Obi may not team up  —  ADC admits

  12-12-2025 16:33 via vanguardngr.com
  Bayo WahabMallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the spokesperson of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has acknowledged concerns over the presidential bid of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi ahead of the 2027 general election.Speaking on Friday during an appearance on Arise TV’s The Morning Show, Abdullahi said the situation poses a challenge that worries the party.He, however, cautioned against describing the Atiku–Obi dynamic as
  
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• 2027: NNPP begins nationwide search for politicians

  12-12-2025 14:13 via vanguardngr.com
  The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has directed its state executive officers nationwide to immediately begin mobilisation of  politicians with capacity and integrity ahead of the 2027 general elections.The party also directed the state executive  to begin membership drive and registration as well as updating its existing membership register.This is contained in a statement by its Founder and Chairman, Board of Trustees, Dr Boniface Aniebonam in Lagos on Friday.Aniebonam stated that
  
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• Three-horse race looms as APC picks candidate tomorrow

  12-12-2025 13:22 via vanguardngr.com
  By Shina AbubakarHow the 2026 off-cycle governorship election in Osun State will pan out is gradually unfolding as political parties pick their standard bearers.Read Also: Photos: Moments from the grand opening of Detty December Fest in LagosCurrently, the situation in the state indicates that three major contenders may emerge for the election, and the leading parties, unlike in the last election, seem to be different this time except for the All Progressives Congress, APC, which will
  
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• Rivers: APC welcomes Fubara, issues membership card

  12-12-2025 12:38 via vanguardngr.com
  …Fubara promises to strengthen partyBy Davies Iheamnachor, PORT HARCOURTThe All Progressives Congress, APC, has formally received the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, into the party.The APC delegation on Friday was led by the Chairman of the party in the state, Chief Tony Okocha, and the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo.At the reception which was held in State Government House, Port Harcourt, the governor filled out the APC membership form and other party documents and
  
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• Sokoto ADC: 25 executives back Keegan, expel three officers

  12-12-2025 01:46 via vanguardngr.com
  By Musa Ubandawaki, SokotoSOKOTO — The leadership crisis within the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Sokoto State has taken a decisive turn, as Alhaji Bello Isiyaku (Keegan) publicly reaffirmed his position as the legitimate state chairman.Keegan made the declaration on Wednesday during a press conference at the University Guest House, appearing alongside 25 of the 33 state executive members, signaling a significant shift in the ongoing power struggle. The majority support from the ex
  
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• ‘I made you governor,’ Senator Marafa mocks Matawalle

  11-12-2025 17:41 via vanguardngr.com
  By Idris Salisu, GusauSenator Kabiru Garba Marafa, has challenged the Defence Minister for state Bello Mohammed Matawalle, for his claimed to have assisted him while he was a Governor in Zamfara state, said it was him who supported Matawalle as he made him to become a Governor in 2023.Senator Marafa in a statement by the Chairman Marafa Support Group, Alhaji Surajo Garba Maikatako, said for Matawalle to claimed that he assisted Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa is a complete falsehood.Maikatako, said
  
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• Vote Buying: Why we’ve not charged those arrested in Anambra to court – INEC

  11-12-2025 17:12 via vanguardngr.com
  … says poor telecommunication service hinder speedy upload of resultsBy Ikechukwu NnochiriABUJA–The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, on Thursday, gave reasons why those that were arrested for engaging in vote-buying during the recent governorship election in Anambra state, have not been charged to court.According to him, whereas the INEC is statutorily empowered to prosecute electoral offenders, however, security agencies t
  
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• 2027: Fubara drums support for Tinubu’s reelection

  11-12-2025 16:48 via vanguardngr.com
  By Davies Iheamnachor, PORT HARCOURTRivers State Governor, Sir Siminialayi Fubara, has called on Rivers people to rally behind President Bola Tinubu on his reelection bid, saying that the state stands to benefit more when the federal and state governments align.Fubara made the appeal on Thursday during the commissioning of 12 km Egbeda–Omerelu link road connecting communities in Emohua and Ikwerre Local Government Areas.Fubara said his administration is willing to work with all pro-Tinubu
  
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