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COURT SHIFTS HEARING IN SUIT TO DEREGISTER ADC, OTHERS TO MAY 5 By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban A Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned a suit seeking the deregistration of several political parties to May 5. Justice Peter Lifu fixed the date
OGUN APC BACKS TINUBU, PICKS OLAMILEKAN FOR GOVERNOR By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Ogun State chapter of the APC has endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term in 2027 while naming Senator Olamilekan Adeola as its consensus governorship candidate. The decision
BAUCHI PDP SETS UP EXIT COMMITTEE AMID DEFECTION TALKS By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Peoples Democratic Party in Bauchi State has set up a high-level committee to review its future as speculation grows over a possible defection by Governor Bala Mohammed. The
APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS RULING AGAINST PDP 2025 NATIONAL CONVENTION By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the Federal High Court judgment restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising the outcome of the 2025 National Convention
ZAMFARA GOV LAWAL DEFECTS FROM PDP TO APC By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) after wide consultations with political stakeholders in the state. The
APC CONDUCTS PEACEFUL STATE CONGRESS IN KWARA By:Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The All Progressives Congress in Kwara State has successfully held a peaceful state congress in Ilorin, where party executives were affirmed unopposed. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq called on members to sustain unity and
KEBBI APC RE-ELECTS KANA-ZURU AS STATE CHAIRMAN By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban The All Progressives Congress in Kebbi State has re-elected Abubakar Kana-Zuru as its chairman for a second term. Kana-Zuru emerged unopposed at the party’s state congress held in Birnin Kebbi, described
ATIKU’S SON RESIGNS AS ADAMAWA COMMISSIONER By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Hon. Adamu Atiku Abubakar has resigned as Commissioner for Works and Energy Development in Adamawa State. In a letter dated March 2, 2026, addressed to Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, he said the
APC CONGRESSES: AMINU SANI JAJI SEEKS CANCELLATION OVER ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES IN ZAMFARA By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban A member of the House of Representatives, Aminu Sani Jaji, has called on the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress to cancel the recently concluded
OBI JOINS MASS PROTEST AT N’ASSEMBLY, DEMANDS END TO ELECTORAL MALPRACTICE By: Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has joined protesters at the National Assembly in Abuja to oppose the Senate’s removal of “real-time” electronic transmission of election