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President Bola Tinubu has convened a meeting with All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirants in Osun State, urging them to embrace unity and consensus ahead of the party's primary election scheduled for Saturday. The meeting, held at the State House in Abuja on Wednesday, aimed to foster harmony among contenders. Attendees included key aspirants such as former Deputy Governor Olugboyega Alabi, Dotun Babayemi, Akin Ogunbiyi, and Senator Babajide Omoworare. They were joined by top party officials, including APC National Chairman Prof Nentawe Yilwatda and SGF Senator George Akume. Appeal for Party Supremacy and Victory President Tinubu commended the aspirants for their contributions and appealed for cooperation to avoid the internal divisions that impacted the party in the previous Osun election. He emphasized their collective duty to ensure an APC victory. "You all have a duty and obligation to the party by ensuring the...

OSOGBO, Osun State — Governor Ademola Adeleke is poised to be formally declared the governorship candidate of the Accord Party for the 2026 Osun State gubernatorial election today, Wednesday, December 10, 2025. The declaration will occur during the party's governorship primary at its state secretariat in Osogbo, where Adeleke is expected to be affirmed as the sole aspirant. Osun State Accord Party Chairman, Pastor Victor Akande, confirmed the development, stating that 150 delegates—five from each of the state's 30 local government areas—would participate in the primary. "Governor Ademola Adeleke is our sole candidate for the 2026 governorship election. We are declaring him today," Akande stated. "As you know, he formally defected to our party in November and we publicly announced him on Tuesday." Governor Adeleke had publicly confirmed his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Accord Party during a cere...

ABUJA, Nigeria  — The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has praised Nigeria's quick response to the recent coup attempt in the neighboring Benin Republic while simultaneously using that action to highlight the government's perceived failures in addressing domestic insecurity. In a statement released on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the opposition party commended the Federal Government for "acting promptly to defend constitutional order" in Benin. However, it immediately pivoted to a pointed critique of the administration's handling of internal security crises. Abdullahi questioned the inconsistency in the government's decisiveness, asking, "If Nigeria could respond decisively to threats abroad, why has it failed to protect citizens from banditry and terrorism at home?" He argued that the ability to act swiftly abroad "highlights the slow and haphazard response to domestic insecurity ...

Multiple sources report that President Bola Tinubu has presented fleets of luxury vehicles to state political coordinators for the 2027 election campaign through a new group, the 'Renewed Hope Ambassadors,' even as Nigeria faces escalating nationwide insecurity. Amid a severe national security crisis marked by kidnappings and violent attacks, President Bola Tinubu has reportedly distributed fleets of new vehicles to state coordinators for his 2027 re-election campaign, according to multiple sources. The sources indicate that each state coordinator for the newly formed "Renewed Hope Ambassadors" received a set of vehicles on Monday, including a Toyota Land Cruiser, a Toyota Hilux, and a Hummer bus. The group is being spearheaded and coordinated by Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, who was recently appointed by President Tinubu as the "Renewed Hope Ambassador" and Director-General for party mobilization. Alongside the vehicl...