•Obi-Kwankwaso’s ticket mulled •Ex-Kano gov resigns from NNPP •We’re excited, move’ll strengthen opposition — ADC By Clifford Ndujihe, Dapo Akinrefon & Bashir Bello LAGOS — Fresh political realignments ahead of the 2027 general elections gathered momentum at the weekend as former governor of Kano State and 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, concluded…
The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, has joined the 2027 governorship race in the state. In a statement issued on Sunday by his Special Assistant on Media, Oyetunji Oyekunle, the speaker was endorsed by Peoples Democratic Party stakeholders in Ibarapaland. According to the statement, the endorsement followed a zonal meeting held in Igboora to…
The Founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Dr Boniface Aniebonam, says members of the party are not part of Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso’s planned defection to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Aniebonam made this known in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kwankwaso, in a statement on Sunday, formally announced…
Former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said the African Democratic Congress (ADC) risks collapse ahead of the 2027 presidential election if Peter Obi fails to secure the party’s ticket. Fayose made the remark while speaking to Channels Television on the sidelines of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention in Abuja, where he assessed the emerging political alignments…
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday opened its national convention at the velodrome of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, drawing thousands of delegates from across the country, even as a deep internal split kept key blocs away and cast a shadow over the gathering. Beneath the colour and crowd, this is not just…
The spokesperson of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Bolaji Abdullahi, has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his administration’s performance, using a birthday message to highlight what he described as worsening conditions in the country. In a statement marking the president’s 74th birthday, Abdullahi said Nigerians were reflecting on a presidency whose impact, according to him, has been largely…
Former Kano State Governor and 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has resigned from the party with immediate effect. Kwankwaso announced his decision in a statement, citing the need for “strategic realignment” in response to the evolving political landscape in the country. “I wish to formally announce my resignation from the New…
By Omeiza Ajayi Before the motion for the adoption of a consensus mode of election was moved at Eagle Square, the real script for the All Progressives Congress APC’s 8th National Convention had already been written in a closed-door marathon session of the party’s powerful governors. It was in this private huddle, away from the hovering cameras and restless delegates, that…
•2,500 delegates storm Abuja •Reconciliation continues after exercise – FCT Minister By Omeiza Ajayi & Luminous Jannamike The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Caretaker Working Committee, NCWC, has declared that nothing will stop its 2026 National Convention from holding today, brushing aside reported court threats and internal divisions in a bold show of authority ahead of the crucial gathering. The party…
•‘How God used some of us to make Dapo Abiodun gov’ By Jide Ajani Otunba Gbenga Daniel, fondly called OGD (Ogidiomo), was the governor of Ogun State between 2003 and 2011. Now senator representing Ogun East, Daniel, in this interview to mark his 70th birthday, speaks on issues in the polity. Specifically, he speaks on his relationship with President Bola Tinubu and…
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