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A frontline rights group wants Nigeria’s top politicians to expose their personal wealth ahead of 2027. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project challenged President Bola Tinubu and opposition leaders to disclose their assets. Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi lead a nineteen-candidate list facing the voluntary challenge. SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare issued the demand in…
The African Democratic Congress has waved aside a forecast by former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, that its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will lose the 2027 election, describing the projection as a personal prayer rather than an evidence based assessment. Special Adviser to the ADC National Chairman on Research, Policy…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday restored the registration of the African Democratic Congress and four other political parties, vacating a Federal High Court judgment that had directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to strike them off the register with preparations for the 2027 general elections already under way. A three member…
Senator Adams Oshiomhole has dismissed Peter Obi’s renewed promise to serve a single four year term if elected president in 2027 as unrealistic and born of desperation, reigniting debate over whether one tenure is enough to reset Nigeria’s troubled economy and security architecture. Speaking on TVC’s Beyond the Headlines, the Edo North senator and…
Senator Adams Oshiomhole has thrown his weight behind the use of lethal force against armed criminals, faulting the Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu, for sounding apologetic about the shooting of suspects and insisting that officers should open fire on gunmen without hesitation. The Edo North lawmaker, who spoke on Monday during an interview…
Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has promised to sell off the majority of Nigeria’s presidential air fleet to curb wasteful state spending. Speaking at a political gathering, Obi declared that maintaining over ten luxury aircraft during an economic crisis remains an unpardonable waste of public funds. He argued that the funds saved from maintaining…
Nigeria’s opposition leaders have broken into bitter factions over plans to present a single candidate against President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Fresh feuds erupted after former President Olusegun Obasanjo moved to broker a joint ticket between Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso. Obasanjo’s political aides insist the former general personally engineered the alliance to build a…
The New Nigeria People’s Party has declared a decisive turn in its protracted internal war, announcing that the Independent National Electoral Commission has restored its original logo on its portal and affirmed the National Working Committee headed by Dr Major Agbo, even as the party uploaded a placeholder presidential candidate ahead of the…
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…
