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The Nigeria Democratic Congress moved its most closely watched internal arrangement from the realm of political rumour into documented commitment on Monday, when its vice presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, confirmed that presidential candidate Peter Obi has signed a written agreement to serve only one four year term and hand power back to the…
Peter Obi marked his 65th birthday on Sunday by turning a football result into a political statement, seizing on Spain’s victory at the 2026 FIFA World Cup to press his familiar argument that competent, well supported young people are the answer to Nigeria’s troubles. The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress for the 2027…
Yilwatda: Politics Shouldn’t Divide Kano Leaders The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has said his visit to Senator Rufai Hanga of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), a close ally of former Kano State Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, was aimed at promoting peace, unity, and development in Kano State. Yilwatda…
Peter Obi has returned to the argument that has defined his political brand for close to a decade, that Nigeria’s fortunes turn on the quality of the people who govern it, choosing this time a policy forum in the German capital to press the case ahead of the 2027 general election. The presidential candidate…
Barely a year before Nigerians return to the polls, the sharpest contests of the 2027 election cycle are playing out not on campaign podiums but inside courtrooms, where a widening chain of suits now hangs over the survival of some opposition platforms and the candidacies they carry. The pattern hardened on Monday, July 13, 2026,…
The demand by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, that Peter Obi apologise to airport workers and settle a N25,000 parking fine has now drawn a pointed legal rebuttal, with a Senior Partner at Justice Chambers, Ekemini Udim, arguing that the minister lacks the authority to pronounce anyone guilty or to…
Peter Obi has returned to a familiar battleground, restating one of the most debated claims of his political career: that he left the Anambra State treasury flush with roughly $150 million and N36 billion when his tenure ended in 2014. Speaking in an interview with media entrepreneur Chude Jideonwo, published on Wednesday, the former…
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has waved off the notion that Peter Obi represents any real danger to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election prospects, declaring on Tuesday that the former Anambra State governor “cannot even face” him, let alone the president, as the jostling for the 2027 presidency sharpens. Speaking during an interview…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has moved swiftly to shut down a circulating report claiming he was offered ₦500 billion to enter the 2027 presidential race and pull South-South votes away from Peter Obi, describing the entire account as a fabrication designed to drag him into a controversy he had no hand in. The rebuttal came…
Barely a day after accepting a fresh role at the heart of Atiku Abubakar’s 2027 campaign, Kenneth Okonkwo has moved to douse the controversy that trailed his earlier rejection of Rotimi Amaechi as running mate, insisting that his objection was never personal and that the country’s electoral law, not internal politics, narrowed the field…
