Politics

In 2024, Africa stood at what many analysts described as an electoral super cycle. Thirteen countries went to the polls, testing not only the durability of democratic institutions but also the patience of citizens who had grown weary of governance that often promised representation yet delivered disappointment. On the surface, democracy seemed to endure. New governments emerged in Botswana, Liberia, …

The National Leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, is delaying his defection to the African Democratic Congress months after engaging with the party leaders due to lack of assurance that former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, will secure the party’s presidential ticket, Sunday PUNCH has gathered. Highly credible sources within the Kwankwasiya Movement, the political group of …

Amendments to the 2022 Electoral Act, which commenced last year, are yet to be concluded and passed into law, as the bill for the amendment is still pending at the National Assembly. Weekend Trust confirmed that the House of Representatives had concluded deliberations on the bill and passed it over to the Senate in December, and on Thursday this week, …

Anxiety has reportedly spread through Nigerian immigrant communities across the United States as an aggressive immigration enforcement drive under President Donald Trump’s administration deepens. This has forced some Nigerians off the streets, out of their jobs, and, in some cases, back to Nigeria through quiet, self-arranged departures, while some go into hiding. Heightened raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), …

A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said those thinking the Northern Nigeria would not vote to re-elect President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027 were making “a big mistake.” He spoke on Friday in Abuja when Northern Nigeria Youth Leaders from the 19 states of the North, paid him a courtesy visit …

At 7:21 a.m. on Ahmadu Bello Way in Abuja, a battered Toyota Carina II taxi crawled toward the Federal Secretariat. The radio crackled through the traffic hum as the morning news broke: another governor had defected. Inside the car, civil servants stared ahead in silence. No one looked surprised. For Musa, a senior aide to one of Nigeria’s remaining opposition …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has formally recognised the Labour Party (LP) National Working Committee (NWC) led by Nenadi Usman, following a Federal High Court order directing the electoral body to do so. A check on the INEC website on Friday showed that the commission has now listed Usman as the Caretaker Committee Chairperson of the Labour Party. Other …

Her endorsement is seen as a major political signal within the opposition coalition and the African Democratic Congress (ADC), which is preparing for its presidential primaries. Mrs. Anyawu-Akeredolu made her position known through a message shared on her verified X handle on Friday, which was sighted by POLITICS NIGERIA. She reacted to a post that linked her with support for …

Alex Otti, governor of Abia, says he remains a member of the Labour Party (LP), the platform that won him the seat in the 2023 elections. Otti, speaking amid mass defections by opposition governors to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), added that “nobody knows tomorrow.” The governor spoke on Thursday during his monthly media interaction, where he responded to …

Former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has once again resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), formally pitching his tent with the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Duke registered as an ADC member in Ward 5 of Calabar Municipality, where he collected his party membership card, marking his official entry into the opposition party. His move comes amid recent …