Politics

How does a sitting Vice-President become invisible in his own party? Who keeps removing his image from official programmes—and why does nobody correct it? At what point does silence become policy, omission become intention, and coincidence become design? And if power has already moved on, why does the Vice-President remain, smiling beside a door that is quietly being shut? These …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has reportedly affirmed the removal of Julius Abure as the national chairman of the Labour Party, LP. The Court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to recognize the Senator Nenadi Usman-led National Caretaker Committee as the party’s lawful leadership. The development was disclosed by human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, in a …

Former chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ezeagu local government area of Enugu State, Hon. Franz Onuoha has bid farewell to to party and instead embraced the African Democratic Party, ADC. Onuoha, who came to ADC secretariat, Enugu with some of his supporters said that he has over one thousand followers who are willing to register with ADC. “I …

Former Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said that President Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar should not contest the 2027 presidential election, arguing that the country needs fresh leadership. Baba-Ahmed stated this on Tuesday while appearing on the Politics Today programme on Channels Television. According to him, both political figures have a responsibility to allow …

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabiru Turaki, SAN, has taken a swipe at the camp of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, saying the PDP is not a market association. Turaki spoke in reaction to Tuesday’s judgment of a Federal High Court that voided the claim of Senator Samuel Anyanwu to the …

The US President said that ‘there is no doubt that China and Russia have noticed this act of total weakness’ from the UK. Donald Trump condemns Starmer’s ‘great stupidity’ for giving away Chagos Islands in ‘act of total weakness’ Donald Trump today accused Sir Keir Starmer of ‘giving away’ Diego Garcia to Mauritius ‘for no reason whatsoever’ in an ‘act …

Since the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, officially announced his defection to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the Presidency has been jittery. That Obi announced that he would contest the 2027 presidential election even made it worse. This is why at every opportunity, a barrage of attacks would be launched at …

Arise Television host, Rufai Oseni, has urged President Bola Tinubu against allowing the planned impeachment of Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State to scale through. Oseni disclosed that impeaching Fubara is an indictment on Tinubu’s inability to protect governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Posting on Facebook, Oseni wrote: “If Fubara is impeached, then it’s a …

Following a closed-door meeting between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday, indications have emerged that the governor is set to formally defect from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Multiple sources familiar with the meeting told Daily Trust that the …

Days after a former governor of Enugu State, His Excellency Okwesilieze Nwodo boasted that the African Democratic Congress, ADC, will shock many politicians in the South-East in 2027, the party has declared he is not a card carrying member. Nwodo had while recalling the impact of the Obidient Movement in 2023, warned detecting governors “that tsunami is more likely to …