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Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has chosen to file a no-case submission in his criminal trial for alleged wiretapping. His defence lawyer, Paul Erokoro, announced the decision before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday. The move followed an announcement by the Department of State Services that it had concluded its prosecution. State…
Voters across Ekiti State are heading to the polls today to elect a governor for the next four years in a highly anticipated off-cycle election. The contest has effectively narrowed to a high-stakes duel between the incumbent, Governor Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress, and Dr Wole Oluyede of the Peoples Democratic Party. While…
Barely 14 of every 100 registered voters in Nigeria’s capital turned up for the February 2026 Federal Capital Territory council elections, a turnout so thin that some polling units recorded a single ballot. The figure has hardened a worry that now shadows the Independent National Electoral Commission as it prepares for the 2027 general…
The 2027 presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has challenged the federal government to provide an explicit accounting of its massive debt pile. Obi raised the alarm on Tuesday over the national debt profile, which he claimed has soared to approximately 200 trillion naira under the current administration. The opposition leader argued…
Former Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has revealed that he would have persuaded Peter Obi to step aside for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2027 presidential race if Atiku had backed the Labour Party ticket during the 2023 election. Speaking on Channels Television’s Inside Sources, Baba-Ahmed argued that Atiku missed…
The Federal High Court in Abuja commenced an accelerated hearing today in a high-stakes legal battle challenging the legitimacy of the African Democratic Congress leadership under former Senate President David Mark. Justice Peter Lifu activated the fast-track trial schedule following explicit directives from the Supreme Court to resolve the internal party crisis expeditiously. The plaintiff,…
The National Democratic Congress has initiated a comprehensive nationwide reconciliation process following its highly contentious internal primary elections. Party leadership strongly rejected mounting allegations concerning the deliberate imposition of preferred candidates on local constituencies. The political intervention aims to repair deep internal structural fractures ahead of the upcoming general elections. Disgruntled party loyalists had threatened…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has called on former President Goodluck Jonathan to reject the presidential ticket offered to him by a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), describing the move as a “bizarre comedy” and warning that accepting it could damage Jonathan’s global image. The Tanimu Turaki-led faction…
The political landscape ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 general election continues to shift at a pace that is testing the stability of the country’s opposition structures, and few developments in recent weeks have illustrated this more clearly than the fracturing of the Peoples Democratic Party and the scramble to redefine loyalties that has followed. At…
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has officially declared his intention to contest the 2027 presidential election. He unveiled his ambition under a newly formed alliance between the Peoples Democratic Party and the Allied Peoples Movement. The announcement took place during a heavily attended political rally at Mapo Hall in Ibadan. Makinde seeks to position himself…
