Nigeria Political news

• PDP state assembly candidate knocks APC chieftain over comments on Adebutu

  08-06-2026 04:02 via thesun.ng
  
  From Laide Raheem, Abeokuta
  A candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vying to represent Abeokuta South State Constituency 2 in the Ogun State House of Assembly, Adeoye Adewale Adeniran, otherwise known as A3, has dismissed claims by the chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kayode Oladele, that the PDP governorship candidate, Oladipupo Adebutu, lacks the managerial competence to govern Ogun.
  Adeniran, who described the claims as spurious, declared that Adebutu’s educat
  
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• Gbajabiamila appears before ICPC in probe of ‘PFIPC’ fake agency

  20-07-2026 21:08 via thesun.ng
  
  From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
  Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Monday complied with an invitation from the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) and gave a statement as part of an ongoing investigation into the activities of a suspected fake agency known as “PFIPC.”
  “Acting as directed by the President of Nigeria, I hereby confirm that my client, Femi Gbajabiamila, responded to the invitation of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (
  
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• Delta: Court strikes out Nwoko’s suit against Okowa’s APC candidacy

  20-07-2026 21:02 via thesun.ng
  
  From Godwin Tsa, Abuja
  A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit filed by Senator Ned Munir Nwoko challenging former Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s emergence as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Delta North Senatorial District.
  Justice Mohammed Umar dismissed the suit marked FCT/ABJ/CS/1062/2026  on Monday, ruling it was fundamentally defective from the outset because Nwoko had filed it through a purported attorney, Dr. Mike Nwoko, rather than perso
  
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• APC national scribe leads governorship campaign in Osun, assures of improved civil servants’ welfare 

  20-07-2026 19:51 via thesun.ng
  
  The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ajibola Basiru, led the party’s gubernatorial campaign in Ila-Orangun on Monday, throwing his weight behind the party’s candidate, Bola Oyebamiji.Addressing residents, Basiru emphasized that with monthly federal allocations to states reaching record highs, Osun is positioned for a significant developmental leap.He argued that the state requires the specific economic expertise and governance experience that Oyebamiji&mdash
  
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• Abia North stakeholders endorse Orji Kalu for re-election, rally support for his Senate return

  20-07-2026 19:23 via thesun.ng
  
  From Kenneth Udeh, Umuahia
  Stakeholders in Abia North Senatorial District have unanimously endorsed former Governor of Abia State and Senator representing Abia North, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, for re-election, citing his legislative accomplishments, constituency projects, and commitment to the development of the district.
  The endorsement was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by Professor of Sociology, Ohajuru Nnabuike, on behalf of the stakeholders.According to the stakeholders, effective
  
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• Peter Obi building movement of political extremists - Bwala

  20-07-2026 15:11 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Presidential spokesman Daniel Bwala has accused Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), of building what he described as a movement of “political extremists,” alleging that the former Anambra State governor has failed to take responsibility for the actions of some of his supporters.Bwala made the remarks during an interview on TVC’s Politics on Sunday while responding to questions about his repeated criticism of Obi.Rejecting claims that
  
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• 2027: Bwala downplays Makinde, Sowore’s chances

  20-07-2026 12:24 via thesun.ng
  
  Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, has shared his views on the political prospects of Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and African Action Congress (AAC) leader Omoyele Sowore ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
  Speaking in an interview with Symfoni TV, Bwala said Sowore enjoys greater national recognition and public support than Makinde.
  He also argued that the political landscape does not favour Makinde’s presidential ambition, expressing t
  
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• Tinubu’s 2027 re-election not guaranteed, says Ekiti PDP candidate

  20-07-2026 11:44 via thesun.ng
  
  By Lawrence Agbo
  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the 2026 Ekiti State election, Oluwole Oluyede, has said President Bola Tinubu cannot assume victory in the 2027 presidential election based on the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s success in the state’s governorship poll.
  Oluyede, who finished second in the June 20 election, argued that the governorship result should not be mistaken for an indication that the APC has an unshakable grip on Ekiti politics.
  
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• Oyebamiji meets Osun Muslim community, pledges fairness

  20-07-2026 08:07 via thesun.ng
  
  The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the August 15 election in Osun State, Bola Oyebamiji, has assured residents that, if elected, he will make the state safe for business and create opportunities for citizens to prosper.
  Oyebamiji made the remarks during an interactive session at the Osun State Muslim Community (OSMC) Secretariat in Osogbo yesterday.
  He said his campaign decision was intentional and that he had put a team in place to identify “critical int
  
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• 2027: Patronage, federal might, oil politics reshaping South-South

  20-07-2026 02:56 via thesun.ng
  
  From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa; Isaac Job, Uyo; Aniekan Aniekan, Calabar; Tony Osazuo, Benin; Tony John, Port Harcourt
  As of May 29, 2023, when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was sworn in, only Bassey Otu, governor of Cross River State, was a member of the President’s party out of the six governors in the South-South region. The zone had for years remained a stronghold of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which had dominated its politics since 1999. Less
  
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• League of Civil Society condemns Kano Govt’s allocation of 1540 plots, N100m to APC grass root leaders

  19-07-2026 19:13 via thesun.ng
  
  By Desmond Mgboh, Kano
  The League of Civil Society Organizations, Kano State, has condemned the allocation of 1,540 plots of land and a gift of N100 million to grassroot leaders of the All Progressives Congress by the state government.
  A statement on Sunday and endorsed by 23 Civil Society organizations in the state led by Comrade Bala Abdullahi Wuduwa, Wuro Development Concerns and Yushua Sani Yankuzo, Center for Human Rights and Social Advancement (CEFSAN) said the allocation and financial gif
  
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• 2027: Abbas dismisses rift rumours with Kaduna Gov. Uba Sani

  19-07-2026 16:37 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has dismissed speculation of a rift between him and Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani.The speaker described their relationship as cordial and anchored on mutual trust and shared commitment.Abbas stated this on the sidelines of the distribution of 60,000 bags of fertiliser to farmers under the Renewed Hope Fertiliser Distribution 2026 programme in Zaria on Sunday.Tajudeen urged the APC members to embrace unity and discipline and cautioned the
  
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• Senator Adeola: Opposition elements after Ogun treasury, not service in 2027

  19-07-2026 16:19 via thesun.ng
  
  Says Iyabo Obasanjo’s demand for campaign expenses insultingFrom Laide Raheem, Abeokuta
  Senator Solomon Adeola, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State, has accused major opposition elements in the state of being motivated by personal interests centred on access to the Ogun State treasury rather than service to the people and the development of the state.
  He stated this while addressing the Council of Iyalajes and Babaalajes (market leaders) in Remol
  
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• Aftermath of mass defection: Niger governor Bago moves to pacify aggrieved party members

  19-07-2026 12:24 via thesun.ng
  
  Convenes emergency stakeholders’ meeting
  Threatens defectors with probeIn what appeared to be a desperate political move, Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has convened an emergency stakeholders’ meeting with a view to pacifying aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who lost out during the just-concluded party primaries.
  The meeting was held at the Government House in Minna and had in attendance a majority of the aspirants who lost out in the consensus arran
  
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• Tinubu’s reforms threaten beneficiaries of Nigeria’s accumulated challenges, says APC chieftain

  19-07-2026 10:22 via thesun.ng
  
  An All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Abdulhakeem Adegoke Alawuje, has said that the ongoing reforms of President Bola Tinubu are posing a major challenge to individuals and groups who have allegedly profited from Nigeria’s longstanding economic and security challenges.
  In a statement, Alawuje said President Tinubu’s administration is pursuing reforms aimed at addressing the root causes of the country’s problems, despite criticism from some quarters.
  According to him, t
  
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• Gombe opposition has run out of ideas, Inuwa Yahaya declares

  19-07-2026 09:39 via thesun.ng
  
  Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has declared that the opposition in the state has exhausted its political ideas, insisting that his administration’s record of achievements across key sectors has left its critics with nothing substantive to campaign against.
  The governor made the assertion during the swearing-in of newly appointed commissioners, special advisers, and permanent secretaries in Gombe.
  Governor Yahaya said his administration would remain focused on governance and
  
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• Osun guber: Accord dispels crisis rumour, optimistic of victory

  19-07-2026 05:15 via thesun.ng
  
  From Okwe Obi, Abuja
  The Accord Party has expressed confidence in winning the upcoming Osun State governorship election, declaring that there was no crisis in the party.
  Its National Publicity Secretary, Joseph Omorogbe, stated this in a statement yesterday when some members visited the party’s National Chairman, Maxwell Mgbudem, in Abuja.
  Omorogbe said: “Accord leaders expressed optimism that the party will win the 15th August 2026, governorship election in Osun State and urged resi
  
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• Tinubu’s economic policies have ruined lives – ADC

  19-07-2026 05:14 via thesun.ng
  
  From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
   
  The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said that the economic policies of the President Bola Tinubu administration have allegedly ruined the lives of Nigerians in the last three years.
  The ADC, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, yesterday, said recent reports by the World Bank that 139 million Nigerians now live below the national poverty line is an evidence of the effect of government policies.
  The party stated that there is
  
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• Oyo APC chieftain dumps party, pitches tent with APM

  19-07-2026 04:28 via thesun.ng
  
  From Taiwo Oluwadare, Ibadan
  The founder of the Olumba Socio-Political Forum (OSPF), Hon. Olumide Akinola, popularly known as Olumba, has described the All Progressives Congress (APC) as “a golden casket” as he announced his defection to the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) alongside hundreds of supporters.
  Olumba made the remark on Friday at the campaign office of Oyo State APM governorship candidate, Hon. Bimbo Adekanmbi, in Jericho, Ibadan, where members of the APC, Accord Party and
  
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• Tinubu’s crave for commendation amidst awful performance

  19-07-2026 02:24 via thesun.ng
  
  Propaganda is the systematic dissemination of information, including facts, half-truths, rumours, or lies, designed to influence public opinion, shape behaviours, or promote a specific political cause or agenda. It typically uses emotional appeal rather than logical evidence, often suppressing opposing viewpoints. The common technique of propagandists is the use of specific strategy to manipulate audiences, through name-calling and linking a person or idea to a negative symbol to encourage rejec
  
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• 65th birthday exclusive: Peter Obi opens up

  19-07-2026 02:21 via thesun.ng
  
  • Says Nigeria in mess because of transactional governance   •Tinubu tired, lacks capacity to govern  •140m persons slipped into poverty under current federal govt • What I would have done differently regarding fuel subsidy removal
   
  By Chidi Nnadi, Tony Manuaka and Chukwuma Umeorah 
  Today, Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), clocks 65 years. For him, age is just a number as his strength is unbelievable.On Thu
  
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• 2nd airport: Soludo shouldn’t waste resources on white elephant project –Uzochukwu

  19-07-2026 02:12 via thesun.ng
  
  • Why LG funds should be probed
  From Obinna Odogwu, Awka
  Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Anambra State, Eminent Uzochukwu, has taken a swipe at Governor Chukwuma Soludo, saying that he’s wasting the state’s scarce resources on a needless airport.
  He argued that a second airport is not needed in the state, considering the fact that the Chinua Achebe International Airport built a few years ago by Soludo’s predecessor, Chief Willie Obiano, is currently
  
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• 2nd airport: Anambra gov deserves commendation, not criticism –Mefor

  19-07-2026 02:09 via thesun.ng
  
  • ●Why we’re after fake pastors, fake native doctors in Anambra 
  From Obinna Odogwu, Awka
  Commissioner for Information and Value Reformation in Anambra State, Dr. Law Mefor, has given reasons why Governor Chukwuma Soludo is building another airport in the state five years after his predecessor, Chief Willie Obiano, built the existing one.
  Mefor, in this interview with Sunday Sun, argues that Soludo should be commended rather than criticised. He also spoke on other issues.
  T
  
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• Hardship: Nigerians should query what govs do with their increased allocations – Igwe Mbamalu

  19-07-2026 02:00 via thesun.ng
  
  • What INEC should do to ensure credible polls in 2027
  By Dickson Okafor
  The monarch of Ojoto in Idemili South Local Government Area, Igwe Gerald Obunadike Mbamalu, Eze Oranyelu 1, has advised the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, to be upright in the conduct and declaration of results in the 2026 Osun governorship election and the forthcoming 2027 general election.
  In this interview, he also speaks on the ongoing xenophobic attacks
  
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• Nigeria must move from politics of survival to politics of development – Mary Ikoku

  19-07-2026 01:56 via thesun.ng
  
  …Says I’ve never seen public service as transactionMary Ikoku has served in advisory and leadership roles in key public institutions, including the Federal Ministry of Information, Federal Ministry of Finance, and the Bureau of Public Service Reforms. She also served as Special Adviser to two Federal Ministers and later headed Communications for the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P), one of Nigeria’s most ambitious social intervention programmes at the ti
  
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• Barth Nnaji’s Geometric Power fuelling Abia’s economic growth – Otti

  18-07-2026 18:24 via thesun.ng
  
  Abia State Governor Dr Alex Otti has described Professor Barth Nnaji’s Geometric Power Project in Aba as a landmark investment fuelling the economic growth of the state.
  Governor Otti stated this at the weekend during the 70th birthday celebration of the former Minister of Power and the Chairman/Founder of Geometric Power Limited, Professor Nnaji.
  Otti eulogised Nnaji for his exceptional intellect, resilience and unwavering commitment to seeing the Aba Integrated Power Project become a rea
  
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• Peter Obi visits Isaac Fayose amid controversy over Seyi Tinubu meeting

  18-07-2026 17:10 via thesun.ng
  
  Presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, on Saturday visited one of his prominent supporters, Isaac Fayose, in Abuja.
  The visit came days after controversy erupted over Fayose’s recent meeting with Seyi Tinubu.
  Fayose had met with Seyi Tinubu and businessman Pascal Okechukwu in the Federal Capital Territory.
  Videos from the gathering circulated widely on social media, showing the trio praying for President Bola Tinubu, themselves and the country.
  The meeting s
  
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• 2027 election is between Nigerians, Tinubu administration — Peter Obi

  18-07-2026 16:55 via thesun.ng
  
  Former Anambra State governor and Nigerian Democratic Congress presidential candidate,Peter Obi, has said the 2027 general election will be a contest between Nigerians and the administration of President Bola Tinubu.
  Obi made the statement while reiterating his claim that he won the 2023 presidential election but that the outcome was manipulated.
  In a video circulating online, the former governor argued that Nigeria is facing a leadership deficit and called for a change in the country’s di
  
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• Gov Idris has done well so far — Emir Zuru

  18-07-2026 15:20 via thesun.ng
  
  From Olanrewaju Lawal, Birnin Kebbi
  The Emir of Zuru and Chairman of Zuru Emirate in Council, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi Mika’ilu Sami Gomo III, has disclosed that Kebbi State Governor, Dr Nasir Idris has performed credibly well in improving socio economic well being of the people of the State.
   
  Mika’ ilu stated this during a courtesy visits by the media team to his palace in Zuru led by the Commissioner for Information and Culture, Alhaji Yakubu Ahmed.
   
   
  Addressing the
  
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• Ex-NNPP boss Odeyemi appointed DLA Acting chairman in Osun

  18-07-2026 14:42 via thesun.ng
  
  From Lateef Dada Osogbo
  The Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA) has appointed Dr Odeyemi Tosin as the Acting Chairman of the party in Osun State, with immediate effect.
  Tosin is a former Osun State Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).The appointment is contained in a letter signed by DLA National Chairman, Barr. Samuel M. Memeh, and dated 17 July 2026.
  The letter states the appointment followed approval by the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC), and was made under the
  
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