Politics

The opposition’s plan to unite behind a single presidential candidate against President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election may be losing momentum, with key opposition factions and parties adopting different positions on the proposed arrangement. Although the Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party keeps the possibility open, the Nyesom Wike-backed PDP faction ruled out any alliance. Also, the …

  Over three million people – mainly from Eastern Nigeria – died while property worth billions of Naira was destroyed during a bloody 30-month-long civil war, which happened from 1967 to 1970. The 2027 presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has declared his intention to prioritise national unity and the healing of historical wounds if elected …

The Police Command in Osun has launched investigation into the alleged attack on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials in Odo-Otin Local Government Area by suspected hoodlums, carting away Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). This is contained in a statement on Sunday in Osogbo by the spokesperson for the command, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi. “Officials of INEC in Osun, who were …

The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has faulted the Federal Government over the delay in implementing the Supreme Court judgment granting financial autonomy to local governments. The National President of NULGE, Mr Aliyu Kankara, expressed the union’s concern in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. Kankara said nearly one year and …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has dismissed allegations by former Ogun governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, that he deceived Alliance for Democracy (AD) leaders during the 2003 political realignments. Obasanjo, in a letter on Thursday , addressed to Osoba, described Osoba’s article, “How Obasanjo Deceived Us in 2003,” as inaccurate, insisting he never deceived anyone in his political career. He said several …

The Chairman, Interim National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tanimu Turaki (SAN) says that the main opposition party remains resilient and cannot be erased from the Nigeria’s political landscape. Turaki made the assertion at a crucial PDP stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja on Thursday. The chairmen said that in spite of current leadership and legal hurdles, the …

Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers has declared support for President Bola Tinubu’s second-term bid and the Rivers governorship candidate Kingsley Chinda for the upcoming 2027 general elections. Fubara made the declaration during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Riven Medical Industries Project in Port Harcourt, on Wednesday. He said the political differences that had divided stakeholders in the state had been …

A bill to coordinate and ensure transparency and disclosure in the management of foreign aid, grants and donations in Nigeria, on Wednesday, scaled second reading in the Senate. The Bill, sponsored by Sen. Ibrahim Dankwambo (PDP-Gombe North), is entitled: “A Bill for an Act to Provide for the Regulation, Coordination, Transparency and Disclosure of Foreign Aid, Grants and Donations in …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s claim that the 2026 Service-Wide Vote (SWV) would fund President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election campaign. In a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja, Mr Felix Morka, APC National Publicity Secretary, described the allegation as mischievous. Atiku, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, had challenged Tinubu to explain the …

No fewer than 56 serving councillors in Anambra have filed a suit before the state High Court in Awka, challenging the constitutional validity of the two -year tenure of Local Government officials. The suit, marked A/261/2026, has the Attorney General of the state, state House of Assembly and the State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC) as first, second and third defendants, …