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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
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 Nigeria Democratic Congress has rolled out a binding anti-defection regime that compels every candidate seeking elective office on its platform to sign indemnity forms and swear affidavits surrendering their mandates if they abandon the party after winning. The party’s National Chairman, Senator Moses Cleopas Zuwoghe, unveiled the policy on Tuesday at an indemnity…
Political economist and former presidential candidate Professor Pat Utomi has described Peter Obi’s departure from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as a wise move, while disclosing that he only learned of the decision while outside the country and had initially argued against such a defection. Speaking during an…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio sparked laughter on the floor of the upper chamber on Tuesday when he declared that the African Democratic Congress was effectively finished, following a fresh wave of defections that saw lawmakers abandon the party for the Nigerian Democratic Congress and the Labour Party. Akpabio made the remark while presiding over…
The African Democratic Congress has acknowledged that the departure of Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso from its platform is a setback, while simultaneously describing it as a source of relief, as Nigeria’s opposition landscape continues to fracture ahead of the 2027 general elections. ADC National Publicity Secretary Bolaji Abdullahi made the disclosure on Monday…
Nigeria’s evolving opposition landscape took a new turn on Thursday as the Peoples Redemption Party confirmed the defection of former Labour Party vice-presidential candidate, Yusuf Baba-Ahmed, describing the move as a strategic boost to its reform agenda. In a statement issued in Abuja, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Muhammed Ishaq, said Baba-Ahmed’s entry…
Benin City witnessed a significant realignment in Nigeria’s opposition landscape on Tuesday as Olumide Akpata, the Labour Party’s candidate in the 2024 Edo governorship election, formally defected to the African Democratic Congress, marking another chapter in the fluid dynamics of party affiliations ahead of future polls. The ceremony at the ADC’s state secretariat drew…