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The Labour Party has moved to formalise its internal electoral process with the release of chairmen and members of subcommittees tasked with overseeing ward, local government and state congresses nationwide, setting the stage for its 2026 National Convention. Details of the appointments were contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the Senior Special…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has attributed the recent escalation of insecurity across parts of Nigeria to political maneuvering ahead of the 2027 general elections, asserting that the unrest is designed to discredit the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Akpabio made the remarks yesterday at the official commissioning of a major tax administration facility by…
Prominent opposition figures, including former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi and former Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi, converged at the residence of embattled African Democratic Congress National Chairman Senator David Mark on Tuesday for a closed-door strategic briefing held on the sidelines of the party’s national convention in Abuja. The meeting, focused on…
The African Democratic Congress has approached a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission to restore the names of Senator David Mark and Rauf Aregbesola as National Chairman and National Secretary respectively on the commission’s official portal. The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1819/2025, was filed following the removal of…
The African Democratic Congress has declared its determination to participate in the 2027 general election on its own platform, defying the Independent National Electoral Commission’s decision to derecognise its leadership. The declaration comes amid a protracted leadership crisis that has tested the party’s institutional resilience and raised questions about the regulatory framework governing political…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has issued a stern warning to President Bola Tinubu that distributing food palliatives will not guarantee his reelection in 2027, as political tensions escalate over the administration’s handling of opposition parties and democratic institutions. Atiku, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), delivered the message in…
Nigeria’s electoral commission drew widespread condemnation from opposition parties, civil society organisations, and the Obidient movement before abruptly suspending publicity preparations for a nationwide voter revalidation exercise it had announced just days earlier, exposing deepening anxieties over the integrity of the country’s electoral system less than a year to the 2027 general elections. The Independent…
The All Progressives Grand Alliance has formally requested the Nigerian Senate to declare the legislative seat of Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, representing Abia South, vacant, citing his defection from the party to the African Democratic Congress as a constitutional breach and a betrayal of the mandate given to him by his constituents. The demand was…
A disputed resignation letter and a deepening legal battle have pushed the African Democratic Congress into fresh turbulence, with factional chairman Nafiu Bala publicly rejecting claims that he voluntarily stepped down as deputy national chairman, insisting that the signature on the circulating document was forged and did not belong to him. Bala made his…
A former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Lai Olurode, has cautioned the African Democratic Congress (ADC) against proceeding with its planned national convention without securing the explicit endorsement of the electoral body. Speaking on the legal and political implications of the party’s proposed course of action, Olurode said INEC’s…
