By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
Seyi Makinde, the Allied Peoples Movement candidate in Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election, is due to launch his campaign in Bauchi on 7 November. The party’s national publicity secretary, Abubakar Yusuf, told Punch that the tour would continue in other states across the country.
The ruling APC defends Bola Tinubu’s record in the power sector, while former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says Nigerians have seen no tangible results. Power cuts persist more than three years after Tinubu’s campaign promise, Punch reports, as criticism intensifies ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
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Abdulaziz Yari, director-general of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, predicts Bola Tinubu’s re-election in Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election. He told journalists in Mecca that the 2023 victory would be repeated, according to Daily Post Nigeria, after a prayer dedicated to the election.
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Nigeria’s deputy Senate president, Barau Jibrin, says Bola Tinubu will win the 2027 presidential election. He made the remarks at the launch of campaign committees in Kano State, calling on members of the All Progressives Congress to unite, according to a statement by his spokesperson reported by Punch.
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Lawyer Lamin J. Darboe has been chosen as the Team Gambia Grand Coalition's candidate for the Gambian presidential election on 5 December 2026. He defeated six other contenders, including Amadou Jaiteh, Basiru Njie and Mariama Khan, according to Gambiana.
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Nigerian unions back 70,000-naira transport allowance for civil servantsNigeria’s Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council backs the Nigeria Labour Congress in the dispute over a 70,000-naira transport allowance. Set to run for six months from November 2026, the support is intended to offset public servants’ commuting costs, according to a council circular.
Man sentenced to life for stabbing and burning partner in DoriDori High Court sentenced to life imprisonment the man who stabbed and burned his pregnant partner with acid on 31 August 2026 in Torodi, near Dori. The victim survived after treatment at the regional hospital, Netafrique reports.The week in Africa
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