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Former Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola declared that the African Democratic Congress will not form alliances with rival political parties ahead of the state governorship election. Speaking in his capacity as the party’s national secretary, Aregbesola ruled out joining any third-force coalition or regional electoral pacts. He insisted that the party’s gubernatorial candidate, Najeem Salam,…
The African Democratic Congress has waved aside a forecast by former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, that its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will lose the 2027 election, describing the projection as a personal prayer rather than an evidence based assessment. Special Adviser to the ADC National Chairman on Research, Policy…
Old political grudges die hard in Nigerian politics. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed fresh bribery allegations made by his former boss, Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo claimed Atiku paid five million naira to former Speaker Ghali Na’Abba to trigger impeachment proceedings against him two decades ago. Atiku, through his media aide Phrank Shaibu, accused Obasanjo…
Former National Vice Chairman (North-West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Mohammed Lukman, has suspended his membership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the opposition coalition, citing sustained hostility from former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, and his political associates. In a message addressed to ADC National Chairman, Senator David Mark,…
Kenneth Okonkwo, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and aide to the party’s presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, has explained that the choice of former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi as running mate for the 2027 election was intended to demonstrate that Atiku holds no prejudice against the Igbo people. Okonkwo made the…
The African Democratic Congress has accused President Bola Tinubu and the ruling party leadership of keeping former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai in custody out of raw political terror. The opposition party claims that Abuja is using state anti-graft and security apparatuses to paralyze the influential northern politician ahead of the 2027 general elections. The…
The African Democratic Congress has moved to tighten its grip on legal representation, barring all state chapters and officials from handling any court matters on the party’s behalf and directing that every legal process be channelled to its National Headquarters in Abuja. The decision reflects growing unease within the opposition party over how…
The Kano State chapter of the African Democratic Congress has rejected a declaration by its national leadership purporting to dissolve the state executive committee. Musa Ungogo, the state chairman, dismissed the announcement as an unconstitutional manoeuvre lacking structural backing. This sudden friction exposes deep structural fractures within the minority opposition party as regional leaders fight…
The ruling All Progressives Congress has tightened its hold on Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber, pushing its strength to 88 senators after four lawmakers elected in the June by-elections took their oaths of office, a development that leaves the opposition with its slimmest presence since the 10th Senate was constituted. The four were sworn in…
A fresh political storm has gathered around the Presidency as the African Democratic Congress pressed for an independent judicial commission of inquiry into the controversy surrounding the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, insisting that the affair has grown far beyond the fate of a single official and now touches the credibility of the Nigerian…
