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The Journal seeks to become the most reliable, first-choice Pan-Nigerian information and public knowledge platform. The Journal Nigeria is a serious Journalism from an African Worldview
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has appointed Nollywood actor and lawyer Kenneth Okonkwo as his spokesperson, ending weeks of open friction that followed the African Democratic Congress chieftain’s public rejection of the party’s vice presidential choice for the 2027 general election. Okonkwo announced the appointment in a statement posted on his official X page…
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress for the 2027 election, has laid out a governance blueprint built around education, healthcare, and mass industrialisation, promising to place human capital development at the centre of any administration he leads. In a statement issued on Wednesday to mark the new month, Obi framed his…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress says it has uploaded the name of its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s nomination portal, even as the party fights a Federal High Court ruling that voided the order behind its registration. The party’s National Leader, Senator Seriake Dickson, who represents Bayelsa West, disclosed this…
Confidence within Nigeria’s fractured opposition found a loud voice over the weekend as Senator Seriake Dickson, National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), declared that President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would suffer a heavy defeat in the 2027 general elections, provided the contest is conducted without interference. Speaking on…
A senior aide to President Bola Tinubu has moved to play down the political weight of Peter Obi ahead of the 2027 general elections, declaring that the former Anambra governor cannot repeat his 2023 upset victory in Lagos and no longer unsettles the administration. Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Media and…
Nyesom Wike has told the Peoples Democratic Party to abandon any hope of returning to office through entitlement, declaring at the party’s 109th National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja on Wednesday that political power is seized through struggle rather than handed over. Addressing party faithful, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and PDP…
The News Agency of Nigeria has entered a partnership to compile a single reference document profiling candidates for the 2027 general elections, in a move that lands just as the official race for tickets enters its decisive phase. NAN signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Novel Communication Limited in Abuja to produce a political…
The long-running controversy over President Bola Tinubu’s academic records has resurfaced ahead of the 2027 general election, with a civil society group petitioning the Independent National Electoral Commission to reopen scrutiny of the qualifications he used to secure clearance for the 2023 presidential contest. The petition, dated June 19, 2026, was filed by the…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has exempted its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and vice presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, from a newly introduced anti defection oath designed to discourage elected officials from abandoning the party after securing victory at the polls. The decision, disclosed by the party’s National Secretary, Ikenna Enekweizu, during an appearance on Channels…
The African Democratic Congress has officially named former Minister of Transportation and ex-Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi as its vice-presidential candidate for the 2027 presidential election, pairing him with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on the opposition coalition’s ticket. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, announced the decision on Monday through a statement…