Adereti Olumide A.

[Woye @woye1]

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2: apply for your CAC certificate

[Channels Television @channelstv]

START & FINISH YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION ONLINE

Skip the long queues and travel times by visiting https://t.co/I32ZJyYBwM to begin the process securely right from your phone.

Prefer in-person registration? Visit any INEC State or LGA office daily (including weekends) between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm.

Deadline: July 26, 2026
Watch how it works: https://t.co/MYp67HPfu5

#CVR2026
#VoterRegistration

[APC Nigeria @OfficialAPCNg]

ABUJA, FCT

JULY 12, 2026

PRESS STATEMENT

OPPOSITION PARTIES' FAILURE TO MEET INEC DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF 2027 ELECTION CANDIDATES EXPOSES THEIR UNPREPAREDNESS

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is pleased to announce that it successfully met the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) deadline for the submission of names of its candidates for the 2027 Presidential and National Assembly elections. Our great Party satisfied this requirement despite the large number of Party candidates contesting on the Party's platform for the various elective offices.

At the request of opposition political parties that had failed to meet the July 11 deadline, @inecnigeria granted an extension of the deadline to July 14, 2026.

While INEC acted within its statutory powers and administrative discretion in extending the deadline for opposition parties to upload names of their candidates, it is noteworthy that the extension was necessitated by the stark failure of opposition parties to manage their internal processes to comply with INEC’s submission deadline despite having fewer candidates to manage compared to the APC.

This development provides yet another clear indication of the opposition's chronic inherent weakness and raises legitimate questions about their operational capacity. Political parties that cannot efficiently conclude their own internal nomination processes cannot possibly be trusted by Nigerians to possess the competence, discipline, or readiness to govern our great nation or it subnational governments.

It is starkly ironical that the same opposition parties have repeatedly peddled false, malicious and unfounded tales that the APC controls and dictates INEC’s decisions. Yet, as they failed to meet the submission deadline, they shamelessly turned to the same INEC for respite, and were granted an extension. And the same APC that would have been the obvious beneficiary if INEC had stood firm on its original deadline, kept its distance, having met the deadline and completed its submission. Again, this underscores the oppositions’ hypocrisy, and true character as peddlers of fake news and merchants of blackmail.

With the successful upload of particulars of all its Presidential, Vice Presidential, Senate, and House of Representatives candidates on the INEC Candidate Nomination Portal, APC has, again, demonstrated its leadership and superior organisational capacity, discipline, and solid commitment to due process.

As we conclude this important phase of the electoral process, we call on all Party leaders, stakeholders, members, and supporters to turn their full attention to the task ahead. We must remain focused and continue to strengthen our structures at all levels, increase awareness of the massive achievements under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's Renewed Hope Agenda, deepen grassroots mobilisation, and prepare for a vigorous, issue-based campaign that will earn our great Party a renewed mandate in the 2027 general elections.

SIGNED:

Felix Morka, CON
National Publicity Secretary
All Progressives Congress (APC)

[Senior Pastor Okezie James Atañi @Onsogbu]

Oyo 2027🚨

Sryi Makinde’s Ally and Turaki-Led PDP National Secretary, Taofeek Arapaja, Officially Defects to APC

[KILIYA @musa_kiliya]

EFCC may likely announce their general recruitment this coming week.

Wish you all the best.

[ARISE NEWS @ARISEtv]

Investor confidence has lifted equities by N9.3 trillion as reserves reach $51.74 billion and S&P recognises Nigeria's reforms. https://t.co/oFOlYc4D7H

[Daddy D.O🇳🇬 @DOlusegun]

ONSA appreciation post 🙏🏿

[KILIYA @musa_kiliya]

Register
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[Nigerian Army @HQNigerianArmy]

KIDNAPPED STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN OYO STATE RESCUED FOLLOWING, SURGICAL INTENSE AND WELL COORDINATED OPERATIONS IN OLD OYO NATIONAL PARK AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY

1. Following an intelligence-led carefully planned and executed operations, on 10 July 2026, troops of the Nigerian Army, led by the General Officer Commanding 2 Division, Nigerian Army, Ibadan, *Major General CR Nnebeife*, in collaboration with special units from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) specifically the National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC),the Defence Headquarters with Special Forces elements from the Nigerian Army, Navy the Air Force and the Nigeria Police, the Department of State Services (DSS), National Intelligence Agency (NIA), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and other security agencies as well as local vigilantes/hunters/Amotekuns, in a well coordinated operation rescued a total of 44 pupils and teachers kidnapped by terrorists from Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State on 15 May 2026.

2. The operations, which lasted for more than a month, focused on identifying the terrorists kingpins that masterminded the kidnapping, bursting and dismantling their networks and logistics links, including their informants and hideouts located within the Old Oyo National Park Forest, Oyo State.

3. As part of the operations, multiple arrests were made within Oyo State and in other locations across some States in the Country. These arrests completely disorganized the group, exerted overwhelming pressure on them and ultimately led the terrorist group to *unconditionally release* the pupils and teachers. Further operations are to be conducted.

4. It suffices to note that the operations were carefully planned and executed to avoid collateral damages and to equally ensure that the innocent children and teachers were safely rescued. However, there were some casualties on the part of the security forces.

5. The pupils and teachers are currently receiving medical attention in an undisclosed hospital and will be handed over to the Oyo State Government in due course so as to be reunited with their families.

6. The GOC 2 Division wish to on behalf of all the participating agencies most sincerely and respectfully thank and appreciate His Excellency, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR for the Strategic Guidance, Support and for all the provisions that made the operations a huge success.

7. The GOC also wishes to once again thank the Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde and indeed the good people of the State for their continous support to security agencies especially during the trying period.

8. The GOC also appreciates the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the Hon Minster of Defence, the Chief of Defence Staff, the Chief of Army Staff and other Service Chiefs, Inspector General of Police and the Directors General DSS and NIA as well as Heads of other Security Agencies for their support and for the opportunity to relate directly with all the security agencies to ensure a seamless coordination and execution of the operations.

9. We sincerely thank the various media houses and indeed the entire Nigeria populace for their support, understanding and for having faith in the security architecture of the Nation. We urge all to remain vigilant and continue to support all security agencies by providing timely and credible information that would assist in the ongoing efforts to safeguard lives and properties across Nigeria.

DANJUMA JONAH DANJUMA
Lieutenant Colonel
Acting Deputy Director
2 Division Army Public Relations
10 July 2026

[Emerald 💚 هداية @Mz_Tosyn]

Gosh!!! I have goosebumps

[Channels Television @channelstv]

BREAKING: Abducted Oyo Pupils, Teachers Regain Freedom – Presidency

The schoolchildren and teachers kidnapped by suspected bandits in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have been rescued.

https://t.co/GMmlIKOhUK

[Nairametrics @Nairametrics]

BREAKING: All Abuducted Oyo School Children, Teachers Rescued

All the schoolchildren and teachers abducted during the May 15 attack on Ahoro-Esiele community in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have been rescued.

[Vanguard Newspapers @vanguardngrnews]

[Breaking) Photos : Kidnapped pupils and teachers in Orire, Oyo have been rescued by security agencies.

https://t.co/lWeWlrk9Dw

Source : Bayo Onanuga

[Nigerian Affairs Journal @NigAffairs]

BREAKING: President Tinubu submits his INEC nomination form to the APC NWC and unveils Vice President Kashim Shettima as his running mate for the 2027 presidential election.

Tinubu made the announcement through Ibrahim Masari, his Special Adviser on Political Affairs, who also submitted Shettima's nomination form during a brief event attended by APC leaders at the Continental Hotel in Abuja.

[Woye @woye1]

People wey dey abroad dey pretend to be sleeping.

2: They will not share this message on WhatsApp group till tomorrow or ignore ba.

3: Called my friend in Paris, him dey form “busy” and I don send am message on WhatsApp “Orire LGAs students and teachers rescued ooo”

4: congratulations.

[Emerald 💚 هداية @Mz_Tosyn]

Alhamdulillah 🤲🏾🤲🏾🤲🏾

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UPDATE*: in the course of the rescue operation, eight of the kidnappers were arrested and are now in DSS custody, while some of them were neutralised.

There was no quid pro quo in the rescue as one of the terrorists, a kingpin, that the kidnappers demanded his release, is being prosecuted for his atrocities. The security agencies will give full account soon.

[Daddy D.O🇳🇬 @DOlusegun]

The kidnapped pupils and teachers in Orire, Oyo have been rescued by Security Forces

[Bayo Onanuga, OON, CON @aonanuga1956]

One of the rescued teachers in Oyo sends a thank you message to President Tinubu and the security agencies.

[Nairametrics @Nairametrics]

Nigeria has emerged as Africa’s highest-ranked country in the second edition of the Global Index on Responsible AI (GIRAI), ranking 38th globally with an overall score of 45.93. https://t.co/4wp21bIvyv