Dr Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial aspirant for Zamfara North, has explained why he filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Gusau. He is challenging the primary election for the North Senatorial District that took place on May 19, 2026. Shinkafi expressed his concern, stating that there were no […]
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Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has flagged off laptop distribution to graduates of a computer training scheme under the Ekiti Digital Acceleration Programme (EDAP) to ramp up digital literacy among youths and position them for the 21st century economy. Oyebanji assured stakeholders that those who passed through the digital training would receive free laptop computers […]
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The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has declared a former Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, Omar Suleiman, as winner of the Adamawa State governorship primary of the party.
In a ceremony on Tuesday in Yola, the Adamawa ADC Governorship Primary Committee which organised the election announced local government by local government results that placed Suleiman above two other aspirants who competed in the primary.
The results from the state’s 21 LGAs showed that Suleiman polled a total of 143,216 votes; as against the 56,801 votes obtained by his closest rival, Hamman Tukur Modibbo.
Third-placed Umar Suleiman Uba received a total of 20,343 votes.
After the votes were announced, chairman of the ADC primary election committee for the state, Dr Nicholas Msheliza pronounced Omar Suleiman as the duly elected governorship candidate for the state.
The ADC governorship candidate is a former NPA MD who also served as Nigeria’s ambassador the to Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC.
While declaring the intention to run for the office of governor, Suleiman had unveiled an agenda that placed emphasis on job creation and youth empowerment.
ADC declares ex-NPA MD, Omar Suleiman Adamawa governorship candidate
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State, has elected Professor Sandy Onor as its candidate for the 2027 presidential election.
Professor Onor, who was the 2023 PDP governorship candidate in Cross River State, scored a total of 25,197 votes to emerge the winner of the presidential election primary in Abia.
He was elected the candidate through a consensus system of voting that took place in the 17 local government areas of the state.
The PDP Returning Officer for the exercise in Abia, Emmanuel Ukpong, read out the results from the 17 LGAs and declared Professor Sandy Onor as the winner of the primary.
” Professor Sandy Onor is our sole candidate in Abia, and we have decided to do a consensus in Abia,” the PDP Returning Officer, Ukpong, said.
Earlier in his speech, Abia State PDP Chairman, Abraham Amah, praised the role of the Nigerian Police Force and other security agencies in ensuring a peaceful presidential primary election across Abia.
2027: Sandy Onor wins PDP presidential primary in Abia, scores 25,197 votes
An All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for the House of Representatives election in Akoko North Federal Constituency of
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The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja, on Tuesday commissioned the Karim Adeyemi Foundation (KAF) Children’s Emergency Ward at the Adeoyo State Maternity Teaching Hospital, Yemetu, Ibadan. The traditional ruler, alongside the President of the Foundation, Mogaji Abiodun Adeyemi, and other dignitaries, formally unveiled the life-saving facility aimed at improving emergency healthcare delivery for […]
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Ousmane Sonko, dismissed as Senegal’s prime minister four days ago by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, was on Tuesday elected Speaker of the National Assembly.
Sonko received 132 votes with no member voting against him and one abstaining, in a parliamentary session boycotted entirely by the opposition, where he was the sole candidate for the position.
The path to the speakership was cleared on Sunday when the previous speaker, El Malick Ndiaye, a Sonko ally, resigned, with deputies subsequently summoned to a full session of the assembly on Tuesday morning to reinstate Sonko as a lawmaker and vote for a new speaker.
Opposition leader Aissata Tall Sall denounced the development as an “institutional coup,” arguing that Sonko, in order to become a lawmaker again, should first have resigned as prime minister before returning to parliament.
Sonko remains the undisputed leader of Pastef, the party which controls 130 of the 165 seats in Senegal’s National Assembly.
Faye fired Sonko on Friday and dissolved the government following months of tensions between the two men. The two had fallen out over how to manage Senegal’s debt crisis, with Faye pushing for a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund while Sonko favoured a sovereigntist approach that resists dependence on international lenders.
The IMF had frozen a $1.8bn lending programme following the discovery of misreported debt hidden by the previous government, pushing the country’s end-2024 debt level to 132 percent of its economic output.
Faye appointed Sonko prime minister in April 2024 after winning the presidential election the previous month, with Faye essentially owing his position to Sonko, his one-time mentor who would almost certainly have taken the top job had he not been barred from the presidential election due to a defamation conviction.
Faye on Monday named Ahmadou Al Aminou, a former regional central bank official, as the new prime minister. Last month, politicians overwhelmingly approved electoral code changes that could pave the way for Sonko to run for president in 2029.
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Nigerian actor, Bucci Franklin, has told Nigerians to reach out to their parents, whether ‘useless’ or not…
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A 25-year-old tailor in Ogun State, Kowiu Oloyede, has stated that he filmed a fake bandit invasion video of Ogun State and posted it on TikTok to grow his followers. Oloyede, who runs a tailoring shop in the Atan-Ota community, was arrested on Saturday, May 23, 2026, by the Ogun State Police Command after the […]
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University admission in Nigeria does not end with JAMB. In many institutions, the next major hurdle is the Post-UTME and screening can determine whether you gain admission, even with a strong UTME score.
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