Politics
JUST IN: APC Governorship Candidate Loses Council To Atiku
The Gubernatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Bauchi State, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has lost his Local Government Area, Giade, to the Peoples Democratic Party in the Presidential election held on Saturday.
Abubakar, the immediate past Chief of Air Staff and former Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Chad Republic, failed to deliver his LGA to the APC Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu, as that of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, was declared the winner.
The results of the election announced by the electoral officer, Giade LGA, Babangida Yerima, at the Presidential Election Collation Centre, Independent National Electoral Commission Headquarters, Bauchi, indicated that Atiku won with a margin of 1,595 votes.
According to him, Giade LGA has total registered voters of 73,002 while those who were accredited to vote are 28,137.
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He said that Atiku of the PDP got 11,977 votes to beat Tinubu of the APC who got 10,382 votes.
The New Nigeria People’s Party came third with 4,002 votes while the Labour party came fourth with 17 votes.
Yerima said that the total votes cast were 27,468, adding that the valid votes were 26,579 while the rejected votes were 889.
Politics
Soludo Visits Tinubu, Goes Into Closed Door Session With President
Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo, on Thursday, paid a courtesy visit to the President, Bola Tinubu, GCFR at the State House.
Report by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Soludo, Mr Chris Aburime stated that President Tinubu received the Anambra State Governor with excitement, describing him as his long standing friend of over 22 years.
Aburime said, “The President used the occasion to further congratulate Governor Soludo on his landslide victory in the just concluded Anambra gubernatorial election.
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“Recall that President Tinubu had earlier issued a congratulatory message to Governor Soludo immediately the governorship election was concluded.”
Governor Soludo was declared winner with 73% of the votes cast by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Other details of the meeting were, however, not disclosed as the press Secretary told DAILY POST that both men went into a closed door meeting after the reception.
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2027: I Will Resign If Tinubu Loses In Edo – Governor Okpebholo
Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholor has vowed that President Bola Tinubu will win the 2027 presidential election in Edo State.
Okpebholor in an interview captured in a viral video vowed to resign if the outcome of the 2027 election does not favour the president in Edo State.
According to him, the entire people in Edo State are ready to vote for the president, citing projects that his (Okpebholor) administration executed since the All Progressives Congress, APC took over the state.
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He claimed that there is no opposition in the state, stressing that everyone is supporting the ruling party ahead of the 2027 elections.
He said, “There is no opposition here in Edo everybody is for Asiwaju in this state.
“Tinubu is more popular than me in Edo state. If he doesn’t win the presidential election in Edo in 2027, I will resign.”
Politics
JUST IN: El-Rufai Formally Joins ADC
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has formally joined the African Democratic Congress, ADC.
El-Rufai, a founding member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, left the party earlier this year for the Social Democratic Party, SDP.
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In his resignation letter from the SDP, dated November 26, 2025, the former governor stated that his focus is on contributing to the strengthening of a unified democratic platform that can offer a credible political alternative to the people of Nigeria.
“I wish to notify that I have resigned my membership of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, effective 26 November, 2025,” he said.
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