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• Terrorism: ‘No one can remain a spectator’, says Macron after phone call with Tinubu

  07-12-2025 15:27 via vanguardngr.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron has signalled a stronger partnership with Nigeria as the country faces escalating security crises, particularly terrorism in the northern region.In a message posted on X on Sunday, Macron said he had spoken with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, reaffirming France’s support as Nigeria confronts widespread insecurity.
  He added that France would deepen cooperation with Nigerian authorities and increase assistance to vulnerable communities affected by violence.
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• 2026: Tinubu meets Osun APC governorship aspirants in Aso Villa

  10-12-2025 16:47 via vanguardngr.com
  — Harps on party unity, consensus buildingBy Johnbosco AgbakwuruABUJA — PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has appealed to governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2026 election for unity and consensus-building ahead of the party’s primary on December 13.The President made the appeal when he met with the aspirants at the State House, Abuja, on Monday night.The Osun State governorship aspirants who attended the meeting with the President include former Deputy Gov
  
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• Fubara denies rift with lawmakers, calls for support for Tinubu

  10-12-2025 15:47 via vanguardngr.com
  By Daniel Abia, Port HarcourtRivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has dismissed claims of a brewing crisis between him and federal or state lawmakers from the state, describing such reports as unfounded.Fubara made the clarification on Wednesday during the commissioning of the extended and dualised 28.4-kilometre Ahoada–Omoku Road. He said arrangements have already been made for a meeting with the lawmakers, to be convened by former Governor and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, elder states
  
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• Senator Ningi raises alarm over selective withdrawal of police orderlies; Senate to probe allegations

  10-12-2025 15:07 via vanguardngr.com
  By Henry UmoruABUJA — Tensions rose in the Senate on Wednesday as Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central) raised concerns over the selective implementation of President Bola Tinubu’s directive to withdraw police orderlies from VIPs, arguing that daughters and sons of political office holders, ministers, business executives, and entertainers continue to enjoy security protection.Speaking through a point of order, Ningi condemned the withdrawal of his only police orderly, describing
  
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• Tinubu orders comprehensive enforcement of police withdrawal from VIPs

  10-12-2025 15:03 via vanguardngr.com
  By Johnbosco AgbakwuruPresident Bola Tinubu on Wednesday ordered total compliance with his earlier directive withdrawing all policemen attached to Very Important Personalities, VIPs, across the country.The President also directed the Minister of Interior, the Inspector-General of Police, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to ensure the immediate replacement of police officers on special security duties, to prevent people from being left exposed.The President, who gave the
  
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• Osun 2026: Adeleke emerges Accord Party governorship candidate

  10-12-2025 13:02 via vanguardngr.com
  By Shina Abubakar, OsogboOsun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Accord Party for next year’s governorship election.Vanguard had reported how no fewer than 150 delegates of the Accord Party are set to pick the party’s governorship candidate as its leadership cleared Governor Ademola Adeleke as the sole candidate.Adeleke joined the party on Tuesday evening after leaving the Peoples Democratic Party, citing crisis as the ground for his resi
  
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• Breaking: 150 delegates gather to pick Accord gov candidate in Osun

  10-12-2025 10:55 via vanguardngr.com
  By Shina Abubakar, OsogboNo fewer than 150 delegates of the Accord Party are set to pick the party’s governorship candidate as its leadership cleared Governor Ademola Adeleke as the sole candidate.Adeleke joined the party on Tuesday evening after leaving the Peoples Democratic Party, citing crisis as the ground for his resignation.At the time of filing this report, 150 delegates, five from each local government council area of the state, are seated at the venue waiting to commence the exe
  
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• 150 delegates gather to pick Accord gov candidate in Osun

  10-12-2025 10:55 via vanguardngr.com
  By Shina Abubakar, OsogboNo fewer than 150 delegates of the Accord Party are set to pick the party’s governorship candidate as its leadership cleared Governor Ademola Adeleke as the sole candidate.Adeleke joined the party on Tuesday evening after leaving the Peoples Democratic Party, citing crisis as the ground for his resignation.At the time of filing this report, 150 delegates, five from each local government council area of the state, are seated at the venue waiting to commence the exe
  
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• Fubara’s exit a ‘self-inflicted injury – PDP

  09-12-2025 20:41 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous JannamikeThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned that Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) poses a serious threat to Nigeria’s democratic equilibrium, saying the move accelerates the country’s drift toward a ‘one-party state.’The party argued that the political upheaval in Rivers State reflects a deeper erosion of democratic norms and the growing influence of powerful actors over state institutions.In a sta
  
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• Adeleke set to join Accord Party

  09-12-2025 18:50 via vanguardngr.com
  By Shina Abubakar, OsogboWith barely 24 hours to the Accord Party governorship primary in Osun State, Governor Ademola Adeleke has concluded arrangements to defect to the party.A high-level event is currently ongoing at the Government House Banquet Hall, where the governor is expected to formally announce his move and seek the party’s ticket to contest for re-election next year.Top government appointees are in attendance, alongside national officials of the Accord Party, many of whom were
  
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• PDP: Turaki’s NWC gains momentum as power brokers storm Abuja

  08-12-2025 19:40 via vanguardngr.com
  Appoints 24-member Osun governorship appeal panelBy Luminous JannamikeABUJA — Statutory organs and key leadership blocs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have thrown their weight behind the newly elected National Working Committee (NWC) led by Barr. Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, signaling a swift consolidation effort as the party moves to steady itself after the 2025 National Convention in Ibadan.In a statement signed by the National Organizing Secretary, Theophilus Dakas Shan, the party
  
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• Peter Obi and the ADC: Is the honeymoon already over?

  08-12-2025 12:24 via vanguardngr.com
  By Bayo WahabPeter Obi’s political fraternity with opposition leaders in the coalition-backed African Democratic Congress (ADC) may be going awry at a time the coalition needs every hand on deck to strengthen its base ahead of the 2027 general election.When the ADC launched in July, with former Vice President Abubakar Atiku, former Senate President David Mark, and former governors Rauf Aregbesola, Rotimi Amaechi, and Nasir El-Rufai as its leaders, the coalition signified a major shift in
  
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• We won’t let those we accepted into PDP kill our party – Wike

  08-12-2025 09:04 via vanguardngr.com
  The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says he and other founding members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will not allow those who joined PDP from other parties to kill the party.Wike said this on Sunday during the 104th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Abdulrahman Mohammed-led faction of the party held at the minister’s official residence in Abuja.The minister also berated the Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the party for violating court jud
  
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• PDP crisis: Wike’s camp moves to re-organise state chapters, conduct fresh congresses, convention

  08-12-2025 00:37 via vanguardngr.com
  By Omeiza AjayiABUJA: The factional Board of Trustees, BoT of the Nyesom Wike’s tendency in Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has unveiled a major internal restructuring plan to reorganise troubled state chapters and prepare the grounds for fresh congresses and a national convention.Chairman of the factional BoT, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, who disclosed this at the opening session of the board’s meeting held at the Life Camp official residence of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, Abuja, yeste
  
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• 2027: ‘Zoning not on the table, make up your mind’ —  ADC tells Obi

  07-12-2025 08:59 via vanguardngr.com
  The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has urged Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, to make up his mind on whether he intends to join the party or not. The party maintained that the former Governor of Anambra won’t be pressured into membership despite his influence within its coalition.Obi had on Wednesday expressed concerns that the ADC-led coalition was “faltering” due to unresolved issues around zoning and rotation of key political offices.&nb
  
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• Osun poll: APC in turmoil as Omisore, others blow hot over mass disqualification

  07-12-2025 06:40 via vanguardngr.com
  By Omeiza AjayiThe crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State deepened on Saturday after six of the seven disqualified governorship aspirants, led by a former National Secretary of the party, Senator Iyiola Omisore, rejected the decision of the screening panel, describing it as a politically-motivated hatchet job that threatens the party’s electoral chances.Only two of the nine aspirants who appeared before the screening committee were cleared, while seven—incl
  
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• APC govs back Tinubu on security reforms

  07-12-2025 01:38 via vanguardngr.com
  By Olasunkanmi AkoniProgressive Governors Forum, PGF, has passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu administration’s security reforms and his reelection in 2027.The governors urged Nigerians to remain calm in the face of insecurity, saying government was taking holistic measures to tackle the challenge.Chairman of the PGF and governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, made the declaration while reading the communique arrived at the end of a crucial meeting held by the PGF and All Pr
  
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• Omisore calls APC screening ‘joke’; fingers minister over mass disqualification

  06-12-2025 17:38 via vanguardngr.com
  By Omeiza AjayiABUJA: The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress APC in Osun State deepened on Saturday after six of the seven disqualified governorship aspirants, led by former National Secretary of the party, Senator Iyiola Omisore, rejected the decision of the screening panel, describing it as a politically-motivated hatchet job that threatens the party’s electoral chances.Only two of the nine aspirants who appeared before the screening committee were cleared, while seven—i
  
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• Progressive Govs Forum passes vote of confidence on Tinubu

  06-12-2025 15:45 via vanguardngr.com
  By Olasunkanmi AkoniThe Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, has passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu’s administration, as well as support for his Renewed Hope Agenda and re-election in 2027.Read Also: Ndume urges Tinubu to withdraw ambassadorial listAlso, the forum called on Nigerians to remain calm in the face of the insecurity challenge, as governments are taking holistic measures to tackle the challenge.Chairman of the PGF, and Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, made t
  
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• Progressive Govs Forum passes vote of confidence in Tinubu

  06-12-2025 15:45 via vanguardngr.com
  By Olasunkanmi AkoniThe Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, has passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu’s administration, as well as support for his Renewed Hope Agenda and re-election in 2027.Read Also: Ndume urges Tinubu to withdraw ambassadorial listAlso, the forum called on Nigerians to remain calm in the face of the insecurity challenge, as governments are taking holistic measures to tackle the challenge.Chairman of the PGF, and Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, made t
  
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• Ndume urges Tinubu to withdraw ambassadorial list

  06-12-2025 12:52 via vanguardngr.com
  By John Alechenu, AbujaFormer Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to withdraw the list of Nigerians he sent to the Senate for screening and confirmation as ambassadors. Ndume stated this in Abuja on Thursday.He explained that his appeal was based on his observation that the list, as presently composed, breaches the Federal Character principle enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).His argument stemmed from the fact that whi
  
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• Accord resets Osun structures amid speculation over Adeleke’s 2026 bid

  06-12-2025 11:28 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous Jannamike, AbujaACCORD Party has embarked on a sweeping reconfiguration of its Osun State structures, a move that has intensified speculation over whether Governor Ademola Adeleke may be weighing the party as a potential platform for his 2026 re-election bid.Though neither Adeleke nor Accord has confirmed the rumour, the party’s latest decisions have taken on added political significance as Osun’s governorship race begins to crystallise.The development followed the party
  
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• PDP Leadership Tussle: How INEC quietly tilted the scales

  06-12-2025 01:17 via vanguardngr.com
  By Luminous Jannamike, AbujaThe Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, may not have spoken publicly on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, prolonged leadership tussle. But a series of quiet administrative decisions by the Commission has effectively tilted the balance of power in favour of the Kabiru Turaki-led National Working Committee, party insiders told Saturday Vanguard.Read Also: PDP welcomes Supreme Court ruling on Osun council allocationsThe leadership crisis had dragged on for
  
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• PDP welcomes Supreme Court ruling on Osun council allocations

  06-12-2025 00:27 via vanguardngr.com
  The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State has welcomed the Supreme Court’s split ruling on the state’s withheld local government allocations.Read Also: Osun 2026: APC bars Omisore, Alabi, four others; clears Oyebamiji, JimohIn a statement on Friday, the state Chairman of the party, Sunday Bisi, said the judgement “reaffirmed the rule of law” despite alleged interference.He said the ruling exposed “unconstitutional directives” earlier issued by the AGF
  
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• Osun 2026: APC bars Omisore, Alabi, four others; clears Oyebamiji, Jimoh

  05-12-2025 17:09 via vanguardngr.com
  By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJAThe All Progressives Congress (APC) has disqualified a former deputy governor and ex-National Secretary of the party, Senator Iyiola Omisore; another former deputy governor, Benedict Olugboyega Alabi; and four other governorship aspirants from participating in its December 13, 2025, primary election in Osun State.Others affected by the disqualification are Dotun Babayemi, Akin Ogunbiyi, Senator Babajide Omoworare, Kunle Adegoke (SAN) and Babatunde Haketer Oralusi.In its re
  
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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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