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A bitter leadership dispute has resurfaced within Nigeria’s Labour Party, as embattled former National Chairman Julius Abure locks horns with the party’s recognised national leadership and Abia State Governor Alex Otti over the sale of nomination forms ahead of the 2027 general elections. The crisis deepened after photographs circulated on social media showing Abure presenting…
Peter Obi has declared he will serve only a single four-year term if he wins the presidency. He insists he would not stay a day longer, even with a gun to his head. This pledge aims to provide political stability in a country where second-term ambitions often paralyze governance. Most Nigerian leaders spend their first…
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, has revealed that the commission will require over 1.4 million ad hoc staff for the 2027 general elections, with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) providing the overwhelming majority of that workforce. Amupitan made the disclosure on Monday during a courtesy visit…
The camp of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has issued a pointed warning to opposition parties against adopting a southern presidential candidate for the 2027 election, arguing that such a move would hand President Bola Tinubu an easy path to re-election. The position was made public in a statement released to journalists in Abuja…
More than a decade after leaving office, former President Goodluck Jonathan is once again at the centre of Nigeria’s presidential conversation, with growing reports that he may seek a return to power under the Peoples Democratic Party platform ahead of the 2027 general elections. The reports have triggered widespread debate across Nigeria’s political space,…
Nigeria’s state governments have abruptly tightened their purse strings. Capital expenditure across 26 states fell by 58% in the first quarter of 2026, dropping to N1.59tn from N3.79tn in the previous quarter. This N2.2tn contraction signals a sharp pivot away from infrastructure as the 2027 general elections approach. While roads and hospitals wait, political alignments…
Less than two weeks after Nigeria’s opposition leaders gathered in Ibadan, Oyo State, pledging unity against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), their coalition is already showing serious cracks ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The immediate trigger was the decision by former Anambra Governor Peter Obi and former Kano Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso…
The ruling All Progressives Congress has dismissed Peter Obi’s defection from the African Democratic Congress to the New Democratic Congress as inconsequential, insisting the internal realignment within opposition ranks poses no threat to its political standing ahead of the 2027 general elections. Prof. Nantewe Yilwatda, the APC National Chairman, stated this on Wednesday in…
Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, has formally waived the mandatory screening exercise for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential primaries, declaring him automatically cleared under the authority of its National Working Committee. The decision was reached at the NWC’s 188th meeting, held on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at the party’s…
Senator David Mark, the National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, has openly acknowledged that the departure of former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi and former Kano State governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso from the party carries political weight, while maintaining that it does not threaten the party’s long-term survival. Mark made the…
