Nigeria, May 5 -- A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) backed by Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has released its timetable and schedule of activities for the 2027 general elections.

The Organising Secretary of the faction's Interim National Working Committee (NWC), Theophilus Shan, announced this in a statement on Monday shortly after the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. The interim committee is chaired by Kabiru Turaki, chairman of the NWC invalidated by the Supreme Court.

Mr Shan said the NEC approved N10 million for the presidential expression of interest form and N90 million for the nomination form, bringing the total cost to N100 million.

For the governorship position, the faction fixed N5 million ...