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2027 Polls: IGP Orders Police To Stay Neutral, Ready And Accountable

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Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has unveiled a six-point security roadmap to guide police preparations and deployment for Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. Disu announced the plan on Monday at the opening of the 2026 Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers, CARSPO, in Owerri, Imo State. The conference, themed “Developing a Nigeria Police Roadmap for Effective Management of Election Security,” is expected to produce a practical framework for election-security training, deployment and command. The IGP said the roadmap would focus on early intelligence gathering, rigorous training, joint command with sister security agencies, rapid communication, partnership with the public and strict political neutrality. He directed the immediate mapping of electoral flashpoints and criminal networks, stressing that credible intelligence must reach police commands early enough for preventive action. Disu also ordered specialised training for officers in crowd management, protection...
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LAGOS 2027 : IF IT’S NOT HAMZAT, WHO ELSE?

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Why Lagos Needs Continuity, Experience and a Prepared Hand Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat By Seye Oladejo, Lagos APC Spokesman There comes a time in the political evolution of a society when the most important question is not simply who wants the job, but who is prepared for the job. For Lagos in 2027, that question deserves an honest, dispassionate and intellectually rigorous examination. If it’s not Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, who else? And perhaps an even more fundamental question is this: if it isn’t broken, why the futile effort to fix it? Lagos has spent more than two decades building a distinctive development model founded on continuity, institutional memory, long-term planning and successive administrations building upon the foundations laid by their predecessors. The logical question, therefore, is whether Lagos should throw that accumulated experience overboard or consolidate it with a man who has been part of the architecture of the state’s development for over two decades. Dr. Hamz...
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2027: NDC’s Obi Fantasy and the Reality of Lagos

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Seye Oladejo By Seye Oladejo, Lagos APC Spokesman The National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its political gladiators are entitled to their optimism, but their latest proclamation that Peter Obi will defeat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Lagos by a wider margin in 2027 sounds less like political strategy and more like wishful thinking dressed up as certainty. The NDC’s National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director, has reportedly challenged the APC to “take that to the bank,” insisting that Obi’s 2023 victory in Lagos was a political reality and that he would win by a wider margin in 2027. My response is simple: The NDC gladiators should wake up. 2027 is not 2023. Peter Obi’s 2023 performance in Lagos was a legitimate electoral outcome. INEC’s figures show that he polled 582,454 votes against Bola Tinubu’s 572,606-a difference of 9,848 votes. Obi won nine of Lagos’ 20 local government areas, while Tinubu won 11. Nobody is disputing the figures. But what the NDC must stop doing is converti...
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Doherty To Governors: Step Back From Wike Dispute

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... Promises Tax Cuts, Free Education, Senior Citizens’ Transport In Lagos Engr. Adedeji Doherty The Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Engr. Adedeji Doherty, has urged governors involved in the political dispute surrounding Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to “step back” and put the national interest ahead of political calculations. Doherty spoke with journalists at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on his return from an overseas trip. He said the ongoing disagreements over Wike and emerging political realignments ahead of the 2027 elections should not overshadow what he described as the larger interests of Nigeria. According to him, there should be room for dialogue, accommodation and political cooperation among leaders and parties, including the possibility of cooperation between the All Progressives Congress and the PDP. Doherty, who is also the PDP South-West National Vice-Chairman, said he had known Presiden...
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CAPPA Demands Cancellation Of King’s College Concession, Tells FG To Invest In Public Education

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CAPPA Assistant Executive Director, Zikora Ibeh Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged the Federal Government to cancel its concession of King’s College, Lagos, to the King’s College Old Boys’ Association (KCOBA), arguing that the arrangement amounts to a transfer of management and governance of a public institution to a private body. CAPPA made the demand following the Federal Government’s decision to suspend implementation of the concession for two weeks and constitute a seven-member committee to review the agreement amid protests by workers and parents. The organisation said the suspension should be used to cancel the arrangement completely, rather than amend the existing Memorandum of Understanding and proceed with its implementation. The Federal Government approved the concession in July, while KCOBA announced a N100 billion endowment fund to support infrastructure renewal, teacher development, digital technology, scholarships and students’ welf...
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Ex-Army Chief Buratai To Deliver Keynote At DECAN Lecture

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Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.), will deliver the keynote address at the 2026 Defence Correspondents Association of Nigeria annual lecture and awards ceremony in Abuja. Buratai accepted the invitation on Friday when a delegation of the DECAN Annual Lecture and Awards Committee, led by its President, Comrade Odita Sunday, paid him a courtesy visit. He was also nominated for the Distinguished Leadership Award by the association. Buratai described the lecture theme, “Beyond Kinetic Warfare: Harnessing Technology and Intelligence-Led Operations for Nigeria’s National Security,” as timely, stressing the growing importance of technology and intelligence in modern security operations. The former Army chief also emphasised the strategic importance of defence journalism, warning that failure by the military to communicate its activities promptly could create an information gap that adversaries would exploit. “If you don't project yourself, if you don't get you...
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Lagos APC Unveils Polling Unit Strategy For 2027 Elections

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Man Your Polling Booths, Take Campaigns To Communities - Ojelabi The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has unveiled a grassroots campaign strategy for the 2027 elections, directing party members to focus their activities on senatorial districts, local governments, wards and polling units. The party’s state chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, gave the charge on Friday at the inauguration of the Lagos APC Campaign Council at the Secretariat of the party in Ogba, Lagos, urging members to put past disagreements behind them and work as one structure. Ojelabi said the campaign would depart from the party’s traditional reliance on large rallies, with greater emphasis on local engagement and mobilisation around the state’s polling units. He repeatedly stressed the slogan “Operation Man Your Polling Booth,” noting that the state has 13,325 polling booths. According to him, campaign council members would largely operate within their respective senatorial districts and lo...
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