Former House of Representatives Minority Leader, Farouk Aliyu, has alleged that he was offered N250 million to support former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s controversial third-term agenda in 2006. Aliyu made the claim during an interview on the Naija Unfiltered Podcast, where he recounted his experience as a member of the House of Representatives during the debate […]

Olawepo-Hashim was apparently referring to the differing positions among opposition candidates on fuel subsidy and the management of funds saved from its removal.

Tension that had simmered for months within the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the immediate circle of President Bola Tinubu has finally spilled into full public view, setting the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, against a bloc of governors elected on the party’s ticket, and raising hard questions about how the president plans to keep his disciples intact heading into the 2027 election.

Where each side stands

In a statement on Saturday, Shinkafi said the commission had been served with a certified true copy of the judgment and should not publish any candidate for the district until the fresh primary ordered by the court was conducted or the matter was determined by the appellate courts.

They are Ada Elizabeth Fredrick Okwori of the National Democratic Party, NDP, and Nkem Esther Okereke of the National Rescue Movement, NRM.