The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has deepened after the Party's Leaders of the North West zone rejected the reported adoption of former Minister of Special Duties, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, as the consensus candidate for the position of National Chairman of the party. Their reaction comes after reports surfaced that some northern PDP …
A governorship aspirant of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ekiti State, Apostle Ayodele David-Adesua, has vowed that no act of violence or intimidation will derail the party’s mission to rescue the state from what he described as years of misrule. David-Adesua made the declaration in a statement issued on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti, while reacting …
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticised Nigeria’s opposition parties, describing them as directionless and lacking credibility. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Lagos, the party’s spokesperson, Mr. Seye Oladejo, said the APC was deeply concerned about what he called the deteriorating state of the opposition as the nation …
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday began serving a five-year prison sentence at La Santé Prison in Paris after his conviction for conspiring to raise campaign funds from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The 70-year-old ex-president arrived at the prison with his wife, Carla Bruni, waving to supporters who chanted “Nicolas! Nicolas!” and sang …
Morocco’s government says it is prepared to address grievances driving youth-led protests that have swept the country for a week. Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch told a council of ministers on Thursday that the administration welcomes “dialogue and debate within institutions and public spaces.” The statement came a day after security forces killed three people when …
Former Minister of Information and Orientation, Professor Jerry Gana, has declared that ex-President Goodluck Jonathan will run for the presidency in 2027 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Gana made the disclosure while addressing journalists in Minna, the Niger State capital. According to him, Nigerians who have lived under two administrations since …
The Labour Party governorship candidate in Anambra State, George Moghalu, has declared that Governor Chukwuma Soludo is aware he will not secure re-election in the forthcoming November 8 poll. Moghalu, who recalled his first attempt at the governorship in 2003 under the platform of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), said Soludo backed him …
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu says Nigeria met its 2025 revenue target as early as August and now has enough resources to run government programmes without borrowing. He described the development as proof that the economy, once shaken by turbulence, is beginning to stabilise. Tinubu made the disclosure yesterday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, while hosting …
By Rafiyat Sadiq Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has condemned the practice of vote-buying, describing it as one of the greatest threats to Nigeria’s democracy. In a statement shared on his official X account, Obi said politicians who spend millions of naira to buy votes, do so with the intention of looting public …
By Rafiyat Sadiq The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has issued a strong warning to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), urging them to refrain from actions aimed at weakening opposition political parties. The forum accused both the ruling party and the electoral umpire of using …
