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A magistrate’s court in South Africa has handed down a five-year prison sentence to Julius Malema, the 45-year-old leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, concluding proceedings that have traversed eight years since the underlying incident. The ruling, delivered Thursday by Magistrate Twanet Olivier, found that Malema’s discharge of an assault rifle during a 2018 party…
A divergence of perspectives has emerged among senior opposition figures regarding the source of Nigeria’s escalating pre-election turbulence, with contradictory assessments appearing within hours from two prominent PDP leaders. The discord highlights internal analytical fractures as the party confronts institutional challenges ahead of the 2027 electoral cycle. Olabode George, the former Deputy National Chairman…
The African Democratic Congress has declared its determination to participate in the 2027 general election on its own platform, defying the Independent National Electoral Commission’s decision to derecognise its leadership. The declaration comes amid a protracted leadership crisis that has tested the party’s institutional resilience and raised questions about the regulatory framework governing political…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has declared that the internal crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has subsided, announcing an open-door policy for former members seeking a return to the opposition party. Speaking during a media parley in Abuja on Friday, the PDP chieftain likened politics to a game…
Congo-Brazzaville’s Constitutional Court has confirmed President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s re-election with 94.9 per cent of the vote, extending the 82-year-old leader’s four-decade rule over the oil-rich central African nation. The March 15 election gave Nguesso a new five-year term, court president Auguste Iloki announced at a public hearing at the weekend. “Nguesso won an…
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party under the influence of Nyesom Wike, Nigeria’s Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has categorically rejected suggestions that it intends to support President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections, insisting instead that the party will field its own presidential candidate when the time arrives for primary…
A presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has held a high-level consultation with Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde in Abuja, in what party insiders describe as part of quiet but strategic moves to rebuild alliances and strengthen the opposition party ahead of the 2027 general elections….
The Peoples Democratic Party has formally commenced its 2027 electoral preparations with the release of a comprehensive primary election timetable, setting its presidential nomination contest for May 23, 2026. The decision, reached during the party’s 106th National Executive Committee meeting held Wednesday in Abuja, signals an attempt by the Nyesom Wike-aligned leadership to consolidate control…
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…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed deep concern over the low voter turnout recorded during Saturday’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) area council elections, describing it as a troubling reflection of Nigeria’s democratic health under President Bola Tinubu. Reacting to the polls on Sunday, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain pointed to turnout figures that…
