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The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) will not field a presidential candidate in the 2027 general elections, opting instead to pursue strategic alliances with other political parties, in a decision that signals a significant recalibration of opposition politics ahead of the polls. The announcement was made on Saturday in Abuja by the party’s National…
Lawyer and sociopolitical commentator Deji Adeyanju has described the 2027 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as “arrogant”, stating that this trait has been the former Vice President’s political albatross. Adeyanju made the remarks in a Facebook post on Friday. He also enjoined Atiku, who would be 80 years…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress has cleared Peter Obi to contest its upcoming presidential primary election. The screening committee approved the former Anambra State governor after verifying his credentials at the party headquarters in Abuja. This clearance establishes Obi as a frontrunner for the opposition ticket ahead of the 2027 general elections. The party confirmed his…
Former Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso has described former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi as a popular politician across southern Nigeria and many parts of the north, while claiming that his political movement delivered about two million votes for Obi during the 2023 election cycle. Mr Kwankwaso made the remarks in an interview…
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…
Senator David Mark, the National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, has openly acknowledged that the departure of former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi and former Kano State governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso from the party carries political weight, while maintaining that it does not threaten the party’s long-term survival. Mark made the…
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…
A high-stakes political realignment is unfolding within the African Democratic Congress as former governors Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso launch a concerted effort to derail Atiku Abubakar’s presidential ambitions. The duo is aggressively courting northern power brokers, pitching a “one-term” power rotation deal to secure northern support for a southern candidate in 2027. By framing…
Nigeria’s opposition political landscape is drawing renewed attention as leading figures converge on Ibadan for a high-level summit focused on coalition building and electoral strategy ahead of the 2027 general elections. Atiku Abubakar and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso were among early arrivals in the Oyo State capital, where the National Summit of Opposition Political Party…
