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The Anambra State Government has challenged former governor Peter Obi to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race, saying he broke two pledges he made in office on the state’s debt and the payment of workers’ salaries. The challenge came on Tuesday in a post on the official X account of the state’s New Media Office,…
Former Senate President Pius Anyim has argued that the All Progressives Congress should not be held responsible for the South-East’s failure to produce a Nigerian president since 1999, placing the blame instead on the Peoples Democratic Party’s refusal to zone its ticket to the region. Anyim made the case on Arise TV’s Prime Time…
Leaders of the Social Democratic Party loyal to Shehu Musa Gabam have said the Supreme Court did not determine who controls the party in its 16 September proceedings, rejecting reports that the apex court affirmed either side in the SDP leadership dispute. The position was set out in a statement issued in Abuja by the…
As the 18 political parties cleared to field candidates begin campaigns for the 2027 general elections, questions are mounting over how they will pay for it, with most declining to say where the money will come from. The concern sits against sharply higher legal ceilings. Under the Electoral Act 2026, which President Bola Tinubu signed…
The Obi-Kwankwaso Movement, widely known as the OK Movement, has lost its National Head of Operations, Francis Nnoli, who resigned on Sunday over what he described as a growing disconnect between the group and the Nigeria Democratic Congress ahead of the 2027 general elections. According to a statement issued by Nnoli, his exit was…
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria has set aside 8 December 2026 as a national day of prayer and fasting for a peaceful and credible 2027 general election, and has directed dioceses and parishes to begin months of civic education and voter mobilisation before the polls. The declaration came in a communiqué issued at…
More than 1,200 candidates cleared to contest Senate and House of Representatives seats in the 2027 general elections list the Senior Secondary School Certificate as their highest educational qualification, according to an analysis of candidate records published by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The review examined the final lists for the National Assembly polls…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that no more than six of the North’s 19 governors supported President Bola Tinubu’s bid for the ruling party’s ticket ahead of the 2023 election, offering a rare public account of how thin the President’s regional backing was at the time. Shettima made the remark on Wednesday, 16…
The Northern States Christian Elders Forum demanded on Thursday, 17 September 2026, that President Bola Tinubu immediately reverse the latest increase in the pump price of petrol. In a hard-hitting statement signed by its chairman, Elder Sunday Oibe, the socio-religious group warned that repeated fuel price hikes threaten to push millions of struggling families past…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi met behind closed doors with leaders of the African Democratic Congress in Abuja to hammer out an alliance ahead of the 2027 general elections. The high-level parley brings two perennial heavyweights together in an ambitious bid to stitch together a credible opposition challenge…