Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Femi Falana, has asked the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party to demonstrate that they are not terrorist organisations, following a ruling by a Canadian Federal Court which described both parties as entities engaging in conduct amounting to terrorism under Canadian law. In a…
Below is a highlight list of winners of the Nigerian 2025 by-elections across various states, based on available information from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announcements and credible reports: Adamawa State: Ganye Constituency (State Assembly): Misa Musa (APC) – 15,923 votes Anambra State: Anambra South Senatorial District: Emmanuel Nwachukwu (APGA) – 90,408 votes Edo…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Misa Musa Jauro of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Ganye state constituency by-election in Adamawa State. The Returning Officer, Professor Tukur Ahmed, while declaring Musa Jauro the winner, said the APC candidate polled a total of 15,923 votes to defeat his closest…
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Folajimi Oyekunle, has been declared the winner of the Ibadan North Federal Constituency by-election held across the 12 wards on Saturday. The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Abiodun Oluwadare of the University of Ibadan, made the declaration at the end of…
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Saturday’s by-election for Ibadan North Federal Constituency, Adewale Haastrup Olatunji has lost his polling unit to his counterpart from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Fola Sunday Oyekunle. Olatunji voted at Unit 27 in Ward 10 Saturday morning. According to the results announced at the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna says the N25.9 million cash seized from one of its members during Saturday’s by-election was meant for the welfare of 5,000 party agents. On Saturday, police officers arrested one Shehu Aliyu Patangi with about N25,963,000 at a popular hotel located along Turunku Road in Kaduna metropolis. The police…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has accused security operatives of abducting its House of Representatives candidate for the Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency by-election, Princess Esther Ashivelli Dawaki, with 25 supporters. In a statement on Saturday, August 16, by its Chairman, Sir Edward Percy Masha, the PDP alleged that the operation was carried out…
The Federal Government has asked a Canadian Federal Court to retract what it described as the erroneous designation of some political parties in Nigeria as “terrorist organizations.” The demand is linked to a case involving Nigerian national Douglas Egharevba, who arrived in Canada in September 2017 and applied for inland refugee status under the Immigration…
As the Remo federal constituency by-election is set to commence in Ogun State, security operatives have arrested the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abayomi Tella, other party officials, and two officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), with large cash in their possession. The arrested politicians and INEC officials who were…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) claims to have identified several of its governors as potential presidential candidates for the 2027 general election. Debo Ologunagba, the party’s national publicity secretary, told reporters in Abuja on Wednesday that the PDP has a roster of “capable and performing governors” who could challenge the All Progressives Congress (APC). He…