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Nigeria’s opposition landscape shifted dramaaaaaaatically at the weekend as two major political developments unfolded simultaneously: former New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) leader Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso formally defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held its national convention in Abuja amid internal divisions and renewed calls for party unity….
The Peoples Democratic Party has stepped back from the edge of a damaging internal rupture, with camps loyal to Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike opening peace talks aimed at steadying the party ahead of the 2027 general elections. For months, the crisis had played out in courtrooms, public exchanges…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has presented a revised draft of its 2026 Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties, inviting contributions from party stakeholders to strengthen electoral processes before the 2027 general elections. At a consultative meeting with political party leaders in Abuja on Tuesday, INEC Chairman Prof. Joash Amupitan said the new regulations…
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party under the influence of Nyesom Wike, Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has categorically rejected suggestions that it intends to support President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections, insisting instead that the party will field its own presidential candidate when the time arrives for primary…
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has held a high-level consultation with Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde in Abuja, in what party insiders describe as part of quiet but strategic moves to rebuild alliances and strengthen the opposition party ahead of the 2027 general elections….
African Democratic Congress chieftain and former presidential candidate Dele Momodu has predicted that President Bola Tinubu will lose the 2027 general election if former Vice President Atiku Abubakar forms a joint ticket with a prominent southern politician such as Peter Obi or former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi. Momodu made the declaration on Sunday…
A political support group loyal to Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has called on members of a factional caretaker committee aligned with Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike to abandon their parallel structure and return to the Peoples Democratic Party’s constitutional leadership. The Seyi Makinde Disciples, through its convener Mr Laja Adeoye, made…
Aminu Tambuwal, former Speaker of the House of Representatives and two-term Governor of Sokoto State, has formally severed his 23-year association with the Peoples Democratic Party, announcing his defection to the African Democratic Congress in the early hours of Thursday. The move, disclosed via a statement posted on his X account at approximately 12:30 a.m.,…
A senior official of the All Progressives Congress has issued a sweeping dismissal of Nigeria’s opposition parties, declaring them intellectually bankrupt and existentially unprepared to contest the 2027 general elections while asserting that the ruling party has already secured insurmountable political and governance advantages under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Tolu Bankole, who serves as the…
Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike has again declared that FCT Senator Ireti Kingibe will not win re election in 2027, arguing that the lawmaker has failed to deliver visible constituency projects nearly two years after assuming office. Speaking during a media parley in Abuja on Monday, Wike said his position was based on what…
