Politics

STOP USING BUHARI’S DEATH TO WHITEWASH YOUR BATTERED IMAGE – ADC FIRES TINUBU GOVT The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of desperately exploiting the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari to whitewash its battered image. In a statement on Friday, the National Publicity Secretary of the ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, called out President …

THE PATRIOTS DEMAND CONDUCT OF ALL ELECTIONS ON SAME DAY Ahead of the 2027 general elections, The Patriots, a group of eminent elder statesmen, have called for urgent electoral reforms to allow for free and fair polls. They specifically demanded that all national elections be held on the same date. The call was part of the resolutions reached at the …

PETER OBI IS OUR PRODUCT, WE WANT HIM BACK – PDP The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ibrahim Abdullahi, has stated that the party is implementing measures to bring the Labour Party (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, back into its fold. Recall that in the build-up to the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, a …

ISRAELI STRIKE ON GAZA’S ONLY CATHOLIC CHURCH KILLS TWO An Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church killed two people on Thursday, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said, as Israel said it “never targets” religious sites and regretted any harm to civilians. Pope Leo XIV said he was “deeply saddened” by the attack, which came as Gaza’s civil defence agency …

TRUMP DIAGNOSED WITH COMMON CHRONIC VEIN DISEASE – WHITE HOUSE White House doctors diagnosed Donald Trump with chronic venous insufficiency, though the physicians said the US president remained in “excellent health,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said. Trump, 79, underwent an exam after recent photos showed the president with swollen ankles and a bruised hand, Leavitt announced Thursday. The ankle swelling …

BUHARI’S LOYALISTS READY TO JOIN COALITION – BOLAJI ABDULLAHI Most of the politicians loyal to the late former president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari are ready to join the coalition and its adopted party, Bolaji Abdullahi, the interim National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said. Abdullahi in an interview said that the entire leadership from the Northern part …

FIVE TIMES ATIKU CHANGED PARTIES A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, is no stranger to party defections. With his confirmed exit from the Peoples Democratic Party, this marks yet another turn in his political journey. “I find it necessary to part ways due to the current trajectory the party has taken, which I believe diverges from the foundational principles we …

FINALLY, ATIKU ABUBAKAR RESIGNS FROM PDP The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has resigned his membership of the opposition party, Daily Watch Nigeria reports. Atiku tendered his resignation in the build-up to the 2027 general election after admitting to the formation of a coalition party, the Alliance Democratic Congress. The …

NNAMDI KANU’S ‘JUBRIL FROM SUDAN’ TRENDS AS BUHARI MAKES FINAL EXIT The recent announcement of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s death has reignited one of Nigeria’s most controversial political conspiracy theories—first pushed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The theory, which once seemed far-fetched to many, is now trending again as Nigerians revisit …

UNCERTAINTY AS TINUBU, APC BEGIN NEW CHAPTER WITHOUT BUHARI The remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari were on Tuesday laid to rest in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State. The solemn ceremony drew dignitaries from across the nation and beyond. Buhari served Nigeria both as a military Head of State and a democratically elected president under the platform of the All …