Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso, Amaechi absent from Abuja summit Opposition political parties and stakeholders have constituted five specialised committees to develop a framework for producing a consensus presidential candidate ahead of the 2027 general election. The committees are expected to submit their reports within 30 days, after which another consultative meeting will be held to …
Former Vice-President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his decision to spend three weeks in Europe while the country faces economic hardship and insecurity. Atiku, in a statement posted on his official X account on Monday, said Nigeria may not be experiencing a constitutional vacuum …
The Ambassador-Designate of Nigeria to Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua, Reno Omokri, has dismissed reports claiming that the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently released criminal records involving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a statement on his X handle on Monday, Omokri described the reports as misleading, saying FBI records containing Tinubu’s name should …
Vote counting has begun in Guinea-Bissau following a referendum on constitutional changes that could significantly expand the powers of the president ahead of general elections scheduled for December. Voting ended at 5pm local time on Sunday, with the first provisional results expected on Tuesday, according to the National Electoral Commission. The commission’s executive secretary, Idrissa …
The National Chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has declared that opposition parties will unite to defeat President Bola Tinubu and remove the All Progressives Congress (APC) from power in the 2027 general elections. Baba-Ahmed made the declaration on Monday at a summit of opposition political parties organised by G100 …
Former Bayelsa State Governor and ex-Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing the party and the Bola Tinubu administration of abandoning the principles on which the party was founded. Sylva announced his resignation in a letter addressed to the APC chairman in Ward …
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) have clashed over the alleged replacement of the party’s candidates for the 2027 State House of Assembly elections, with the opposition party accusing the electoral body of uploading names it did not nominate. The NDC alleged that several names published by INEC, particularly …
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the August 15 Osun State governorship election, Bola Oyebamiji, has finally accepted the outcome of the election two weeks after the election was held. Oyebamiji, in a statement issued on Saturday, congratulated Governor Ademola Adeleke on his victory, calling on APC members and supporters to close ranks and …
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has issued an Executive Order establishing a Coroner Inquest/Panel of Inquiry into the attacks, killings and violence reported at Naira and Kobo Junction, Motor Park/Garage Area, Ikire, on August 24, 2026. Adeleke disclosed this in a statement posted on his official X account on Saturday. The panel is chaired by …
The historic merger of Nigeria's major opposition parties on February 6, 2013, which birthed the All Progressives Congress (APC) and subsequently unseated an incumbent president in 2015, established a high-stakes precedent for Nigerian politics. Today, opposition politicians are attempting to replicate that political model ahead of the 2027 general elections. However, with just five months …
