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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed allegations by former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, over the conduct of the African Democratic Congress presidential primary, describing them as a cocktail of bitterness, conjecture, and political revisionism dressed up as public interest. The rebuttal, contained in a statement issued on Tuesday…
Former Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose has declared that President Bola Tinubu faces no serious challenger ahead of the 2027 presidential election, arguing that a fragmented opposition has weakened its own prospects by failing to unite behind a single platform. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Fayose said: “Nobody…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress has officially chosen former Labour Party flagbearer Peter Obi as its consensus presidential candidate. The opposition party ratified the nomination at its national convention in Abuja after Obi emerged as the sole cleared aspirant. His formal adoption seals a dramatic realignment within the opposition coalition ahead of the upcoming election cycle….
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar surged to an overwhelming early lead in the African Democratic Congress presidential primary on Tuesday night, polling more than 1.4 million votes across 24 states and the Federal Capital Territory before the exercise was abruptly adjourned shortly before midnight. The figures, announced state by state at the national collation…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed the results of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary election, describing the 10.9 million votes credited to President Bola Tinubu as fabricated, even as he intensified his political comeback bid under a new platform. The APC, in results announced at the weekend, declared that Tinubu polled…
Mr Peter Obi has emerged as the sole presidential aspirant for the Nigeria Democratic Congress after the party closed the sale of its executive nomination forms. Party officials confirmed that the former Anambra State governor was the only candidate to buy the presidential expression of interest form before the Sunday deadline. The development clears the…
The camp of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has issued a pointed warning to opposition parties against adopting a southern presidential candidate for the 2027 election, arguing that such a move would hand President Bola Tinubu an easy path to re-election. The position was made public in a statement released to journalists in Abuja…
Less than two weeks after Nigeria’s opposition leaders gathered in Ibadan, Oyo State, pledging unity against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), their coalition is already showing serious cracks ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The immediate trigger was the decision by former Anambra Governor Peter Obi and former Kano Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso…
Fresh political alignments ahead of the 2027 general election gathered momentum on Saturday after former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, publicly endorsed the decision of the Nigeria Democratic Congress to zone its presidential ticket to Southern Nigeria. Kwankwaso spoke during the party’s national convention in Abuja while addressing delegates, supporters and party stakeholders, describing the…
Fresh divisions have emerged within Nigeria’s fragmented opposition bloc over plans to field a consensus presidential candidate against President Bola Tinubu in 2027, with key parties and figures publicly distancing themselves from the proposal even as loyalists of former Anambra Governor Peter Obi and former Kano Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso push for a unified southern…
