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A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN) has scheduled the screening of former President Goodluck Jonathan for Tuesday, May 19, 2026, as the party’s lone presidential aspirant ahead of the 2027 general elections. The faction disclosed the development in a statement announcing the screening exercise scheduled for 10…
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…
More than a decade after leaving office, former President Goodluck Jonathan is once again at the centre of Nigeria’s presidential conversation, with growing reports that he may seek a return to power under the Peoples Democratic Party platform ahead of the 2027 general elections. The reports have triggered widespread debate across Nigeria’s political space,…
A chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Buba Galadima, has publicly called on former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to join the party, warning that any failure to consolidate opposition forces ahead of the 2027 general elections could be laid at his door if he refuses. Galadima made the appeal during an appearance on Channels Television’s…
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, has formally signalled her intention to seek a second term in the 2027 National Assembly elections, purchasing her nomination and expression of interest forms in Abuja on Monday. The development was confirmed through a statement issued by her media aide, Mike Idoko. Accepting the forms,…
The Supreme Court has stripped the Peoples Democratic Party of its legal footing by nullifying the national convention held in Ibadan last November. In a split decision delivered on Thursday, the court declared the entire exercise void. This ruling effectively decapitates the current party leadership. It also plunges the main opposition into a fresh constitutional…
The attempt by Nigeria’s leading opposition figures to forge a unified front ahead of the 2027 general election has been met with a sharp rebuke from Omoyele Sowore, who dismissed the weekend gathering in Ibadan as a “political charade” involving “recycled” actors. Leaders from various political parties, including a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party…
The internal fracture of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has deepened as the faction aligned with Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, formalised plans for the 2027 presidential primaries. This group has pegged the cost of its Expression of Interest and Nomination forms at a combined N51 million. The decision emerged from a…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has issued a stern warning to President Bola Tinubu that distributing food palliatives will not guarantee his reelection in 2027, as political tensions escalate over the administration’s handling of opposition parties and democratic institutions. Atiku, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), delivered the message in…
Nigeria’s electoral commission drew widespread condemnation from opposition parties, civil society organisations, and the Obidient movement before abruptly suspending publicity preparations for a nationwide voter revalidation exercise it had announced just days earlier, exposing deepening anxieties over the integrity of the country’s electoral system less than a year to the 2027 general elections. The Independent…
