APC govs okay Tinubu as sole candidate for 2027 presidential election

The 22 All Progressives Congress, APC, governors, on Thursday, adopted President Bola Tinubu as the sole presidential candidate of the party for the 2027 general elections.

Gov Makinde posters flood Kano for 2027 presidential election

Presidential campaign posters of Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, took over major parts of Kano on Thursday.

The posters, which featured a bold image of Makinde, carried the inscription: “To Move Nigeria Forward 2027.”

They were credited to a political pressure group known as Nigeria Youths Awareness Group Makinde 2027 (NYAG Makinde 2027).

The posters, bearing the message “His Excellency, Engr Oluwaseyi Abiodun Makinde for President, Federal Republic of Nigeria,” were placed in strategic locations across the city.

They were spotted along Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), around the roundabout leading to the airport, and at Wappa area, near the former Triumph newspaper site.

Similar posters were also seen at the Dengi Flyover and on pavements around Kantin-Kwari Market, reputed as the largest textile market in West Africa.

Alhaji Lawal Abdullahi, national secretary of the group, said the movement to make Makinde president in 2027 had begun in earnest.

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His words: “We have met as different groups and have agreed to have a common front for Seyi Makinde for President in 2027.

“We are a moving train, and there is no stopping us until we achieve our objective of a Seyi Makinde presidency.”

Abdullahi said the group had secured the backing of notable figures across the country.

He said: “We have consulted with prominent politicians and eminent personalities across the country, and we have their support.

“The Seyi Makinde 2027 project is a massive movement that will catch on and spread like wildfire.

“We have completed all necessary arrangements. The posters, billboards, handbills, and other branded materials are ready.

“By next week, in-sha Allah, they will flood the entire Northern Nigeria.

“Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, Borno, Yobe, and Gombe will be awash with support for Seyi Makinde next week. Other states will follow subsequently.

“Our movement will take over Northern Nigeria for Seyi Makinde, after which Southern Nigeria will be visited.”

According to Abdullahi, Makinde’s achievements in Oyo made him the right choice to lead Nigeria.

He added: “We have keenly followed his achievements in Oyo State and discovered that he is a focused administrator, someone committed to improving lives. He is the kind of leader Nigeria needs now.”

Gov Makinde posters flood Kano for 2027 presidential election

Labour Party: NLC backs Nenadi faction against Abure

The Labour Party (LP) crisis took a new turn yesterday.

Two of the three camps that are neck-deep in the supremacy battle – the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), led by Comrade Joe Ajaero and the National Caretaker Committee (NCC), led by Senator Esther Nenadi-Usman, joined forces against the National Working Committee (NWC), led by the factional Chairman, Julius Abure.

Ajaero attended the LP stakeholders’ meeting presided over by Senator Nenadi-Usman in Abuja, where key resolutions geared towards the restructuring of the party were approved by the National Executive Council (NEC).

The meeting was also attended by the representatives of Abia State Governor Alex Otti and former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi.

Also, at the meeting were: NLC General Secretary Emmanuel Ugboaja; Women Commission Chairperson Salamatou Aliu; Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman Comrade SOZ Ejiofor; Secretary, Comrade Salisu Mohammed and representatives of the  TUC President, General.

 It was the first meeting of the decision making organ after the Supreme Court’s judgment on the protracted leadership crisis.

According to the communiqué, the NEC approved the expansion of the National Working Committee (NWC) and the processes that would lead to an all-inclusive national convention within 90 days.

Other resolutions included the opening of a new national secretariat in Abuja, nationwide mobilisation of 10 million members within 30 days and the conduct of ward, local government, and state congresses, followed by delegate elections.

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The communiqué reads: “NEC approved the expansion of the National Working Committee (NWC) structures, and the processes leading to the conduct of the All Inclusive And Expansive National Convention within 90 days in line with the consent judgment terms of settlement midwifed by INEC on 26th April 2022 and executed between the NLC and LP on  June 27, 2022.

 “These include the appointment of three (3) Deputy National Chairmen to Deputize the National Chairman, Senator Nenadi Esther Usman in the National Working Committee (NWC) transition government, National Caretaker Committee (NCC).

“The appointment of three (3) Deputy National Secretaries to Deputize the National Secretary, Senator Darlington Nwokocha.

 “The appointment of the National Working Committee (NWC) members to fill vacancies in the National Working Committee (NWC) National Caretaker Committee (NCC)

 “The formation of Standing and Ad-hoc Committees and its membership to augment process of the congresses leading to the conduct of the all-inclusive and expansive National Convention within 90 days.

 “NEC approved the opening and operations of the new Labour Party (LP) National Secretariat in Abuja, FCT, immediately and to communicate same to INEC to enforce the shutting down of the old National Secretariat at No.2 IBM Haruna Street Utako District Abuja FCT immediately.

 “It will thereafter commence the immediate nationwide national mobilisation of ten million (10,000,000) members into the party data base within thirty (30) days; the deployment of online registration for membership with issuance of downloadable  membership cards with unique identification number system and hard copies; the revalidation of old membership with issuance of downloadable membership cards with unique identification number system and hard copies, the ratification of membership with payment of annual membership subscription dues of N1,200 only; and the registration of Support Group and issuance of downloadable Support Group Registration Certificates with  unique identification number systems.”

Labour Party: NLC backs Nenadi faction against Abure