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The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
The African Democratic Congress will formally inaugurate its Presidential Campaign Council today, Friday, October 9, 2026, at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja, marking the transition of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s third bid for the presidency from a coalition-building exercise into a fully activated national campaign operation. Senator David Mark, a retired…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress has cleared one of the biggest administrative hurdles facing a new party heading into an election, with the Independent National Electoral Commission uploading its approved logo on the commission’s portal after a Federal High Court ruling. Senator Seriake Dickson, the party’s national leader and former Bayelsa State governor, announced the…
The Senate has said there will be no fresh amendment to the Electoral Act 2026 before the 2027 general elections, insisting that the law as it stands will govern the coming polls despite questions raised by a recent Supreme Court judgment. The position was set out by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on…
The chairman of Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State, Blessing Albert Ebhodaghe, has warned commercial drivers that they risk being barred from a motor park if they wear caps or materials belonging to any party other than the ruling All Progressives Congress. The warning was captured in a video that spread on social…
The governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have drawn a firm line against cross party alliances ahead of the 2027 general elections, resolving to back only candidates fielded by their own party. The decision, taken at a closed door meeting in Abuja on Monday, 14 September 2026, marks the clearest…
Kenneth Okonkwo, spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign, has argued that a broad opposition coalition remains the only realistic path to defeating President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Speaking in an interview with Ibeju Upgrade Media on Thursday, Okonkwo dismissed the prospects of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria…
The most prominent figures in Nigeria’s opposition were absent when six parties gathered in Abuja to begin building the united front they say is needed to unseat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. The empty chairs revived the oldest question in the country’s opposition politics: whether its leaders can place a common…
The proposal by a pro President Bola Tinubu support group for Peter Obi to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race and support the incumbent has opened a larger question about the political arithmetic of the Southeast, and whether an alliance between the region and the Southwest can realistically alter the succession calculations ahead of…
The renewed drive to unite Nigeria’s fractured opposition behind one candidate for the 2027 presidential election is running into resistance from the very leaders it seeks to bring together, even as its chief promoter insists the project remains alive. Salihu Lukman, a former Director General of the Progressive Governors Forum and former National Vice Chairman…
Paid Mascots , The Transactional Face Of Nigeria’s 2027 Campaign Paid mascots parading pro-Tinubu banners across Abuja have become an early and telling image of Nigeria’s 2027 campaign season, which opened formally on 19 August after the Independent National Electoral Commission lifted its embargo on public campaigns for the presidential and National Assembly elections. Figures…