Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has urged President Bola Tinubu to step aside ahead of the 2027 general election, arguing that the President no longer has the energy or capacity to address Nigeria’s growing economic and security challenges. Obi made the remarks during an interview on Sunday Politics with Seun Okinbaloye…
Vice Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has claimed that several state governors are defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) because they believe the presidency will influence the outcome of the 2027 general elections in their favour. Speaking during an interview with News Central TV, the former Kano State…
African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has claimed that President Bola Tinubu is intimidated by his growing popularity among grassroots Nigerians. Sowore made the remark on Thursday, July 16, while speaking to journalists outside the courtroom after the Federal High Court warned that it would close his defence if he failed to proceed…
The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) backed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has announced that it has uploaded the names of its presidential, vice-presidential and National Assembly candidates for the 2027 general elections to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nomination portal. The faction’s National Chairman, Abdulrahman…
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, says Peter Obi will be alive to contest the 2027 presidential election and lose. In a recent interview, Obi alleged that there are threats to his life and he doesn’t know if he would be alive to contest the 2027 presidential election. According to ThisDay,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Economic Affairs, Tope Fasua, has said the living conditions of Nigeria’s poorest citizens are improving under the current administration, attributing the progress to increased funding for states and local governments. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television, Fasua defended the Tinubu administration’s economic policies and efforts to tackle…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that ballot box snatching and manual alteration of election results have become things of the past, insisting that its legal and technological safeguards are strong enough to protect votes in the 2027 general elections. The assurance was given on Wednesday, July 1, during a courtesy…
Senator Seriake Dickson, National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has expressed confidence that President Bola Tinubu and the ruling APC will lose the 2027 general elections if the process is free, fair, and credible. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Dickson said growing public dissatisfaction with the APC-led administration would translate into a…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will review the judgment of the Federal High Court in Lokoja that nullified its earlier directive to register the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party. INEC made this known in a statement issued on Saturday by the Chief Press Secretary and Media…
The Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, has set aside its earlier judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party. Delivering the ruling on Friday, June 26, Justice Isah Dashen held that the earlier judgment could not stand because all parties with…
