Politics

PDP CRISIS DEEPENS AS WIKE, BODE GEORGE TRADE WORDS The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is again engulfed in internal strife as the war of words between Chief Bode George, a founding member and Board of Trustees member, and Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), reveals a widening rift threatening the party’s future ahead of the 2027 elections. …

2027 WON’T BE ABOUT DEFECTIONS – PDP SPOKESMAN WARNS TINUBU, APC The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Debo Ologunagba, has warned the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress, APC, that 2027 will not be about defections. Ologunagba warned that 2027 will be about Tinubu’s scorecards and policies against Nigerians. Speaking on AIT Focus Nigeria, the PDP …

CRISIS LOOMS AS APC RULES OUT AUTOMATIC TICKETS FOR LAWMAKERS IN 2027 The All Progressives Congress (APC) has branded as false reports suggesting that all sitting National Assembly members from the party will be handed tickets to run in the 2027 election without contesting primaries. In a statement issued Tuesday, National Publicity Secretary Felix Morka urged party members and the …

NO ONE CAN SACK ME FROM PDP – WIKE DARES CRITICS Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, has fired back at those calling for his expulsion from the Peoples Democratic Party. This is as he declared that no one has the authority or the courage to remove him from the party he has served for years. Speaking on Monday during …

OPPOSITION COALITION SHOPS FOR CANDIDATES AS APC MOCKS EFFORTS Feelers from the broad-based opposition coalition being forged by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, alongside the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, reveal that the immediate past Transportation Minister, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, may emerge as the ultimate presidential standard-bearer of the group. It was reliably gathered …

2027: WE WILL CHASE TINUBU OUT OF POWER – ATIKU, AMAECHI, EL-RUFAI Three prominent opposition figures — former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and former governors Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna) and Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) — have come down hard on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the worsening insecurity, hunger, and poverty in the country, vowing to stop his re-election bid in 2027.They …

2027: WE WILL CHASE TINUBU OUT OF POWER – ATIKU, AMAECHI, EL-RUFAI Three prominent opposition figures — former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and former governors Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna) and Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) — have come down hard on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the worsening insecurity, hunger, and poverty in the country, vowing to stop his re-election bid in 2027.They …

DISQUIET IN APC OVER AUTOMATIC TICKETS There is simmering unease within the All Progressives Congress (APC) over automatic tickets for the party’s National Assembly members ahead of the 2027 general election.It was learnt that some APC governors oppose the automatic ticket plan and may have concluded plans to frustrate the arrangement.A governor from the South East and his counterpart from …

‘YOU CONSPIRED, REMOVED JONATHAN YET NOTHING CHANGED, – DICKSON TO AMAECHI, ATIKU, A former Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has handed a subtle warning to leaders of the new political coalition. There is an ongoing coalition being built by the likes of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Rivers Governor Rotimi Amaechi, former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, among others. …

FORMER BUHARI MINISTER, ABDULLAHI DUMPS APc The former Minister of Environment under the Buhari administration, Mohammed H. Abdullahi, has officially resigned his membership from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State.Naija News reports that Abdullahi, a prominent chieftain of the ruling party and holder of the traditional title of Magajin Garin Uke, made his resignation public in a letter …