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A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Joemartins Uzodike, has called for the immediate resignation of the Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, accusing him of bias and incompetence in handling the Commission’s withdrawal of recognition from the Senator David Mark-led leadership of the party. Uzodike, a legal practitioner, described the…
Nigeria’s electoral commission drew widespread condemnation from opposition parties, civil society organisations, and the Obidient movement before abruptly suspending publicity preparations for a nationwide voter revalidation exercise it had announced just days earlier, exposing deepening anxieties over the integrity of the country’s electoral system less than a year to the 2027 general elections. The Independent…
A former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Lai Olurode, has cautioned the African Democratic Congress (ADC) against proceeding with its planned national convention without securing the explicit endorsement of the electoral body. Speaking on the legal and political implications of the party’s proposed course of action, Olurode said INEC’s…
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 African Democratic Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party have issued sharp criticisms of President Bola Tinubu’s handling of national security following coordinated suicide bombings in Maiduguri that killed at least 23 people and injured over 100 others, with both opposition parties demanding the president’s immediate return from his state visit to the United…
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 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…
Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, has branded the ongoing corruption probe against him a “political witch-hunt” triggered by his membership in the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC). In written statements submitted to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) last month, El-Rufai alleged that his investigation is a direct…
A coalition of opposition figures gathered in Abuja on Thursday to denounce the Electoral Act 2026. Led by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), the group described the new law as a “death knell” for competitive democracy. President Bola Tinubu signed the Act last week, following a swift passage…
An alleged armed attack on former presidential candidate Peter Obi and chieftains of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Benin City, Edo State on Tuesday has thrown fresh alarm over the safety of opposition political figures in Nigeria, with bullet holes left on the gate of former All Progressives Congress National Chairman Chief John Odigie-Oyegun’s…
