Politics

NORTH’S BOLD PLAN FOR 2027: UNITY OR POWER Grab? IMAGINE the vibrant chaos of Lagos’ Oshodi market, where traders pause mid-bargain and their voices drop to hushed tones as they trade rumours of a political earthquake. From Kano’s bustling streets to Port Harcourt’s lively waterfronts, Nigerians are abuzz with one question: Will the North’s audacious push for a North Central …

AMAECHI, WIKE REKINDLE RIVALRY Ahead of the 2027 general elections, former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and his successor, now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike are in for a show of power. While Amaechi is on the part of the oppostion coaltion, Wike is strongly backing President Bola Tinubu. Speaking at a public lecture in Abuja …

TWO YEARS OF TINUBU: NO GAINS, BUT MORE SUFFERING, HARDSHIP — NLC The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that two years into President Bola Tinubu’s administration, Nigerian workers and the masses have experienced no gains—only pain and misery. In an appraisal of the administration’s first two years, NLC President, Joe Ajaero stated that there has been nothing to celebrate …

TWO YEARS OF TINUBU: NO GAINS, BUT MORE SUFFERING, HARDSHIP — NLC The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that two years into President Bola Tinubu’s administration, Nigerian workers and the masses have experienced no gains—only pain and misery. In an appraisal of the administration’s first two years, NLC President, Joe Ajaero stated that there has been nothing to celebrate …

DSS BEGS COURT TO STOP UTOMI, ASSOCIATES FROM ENGAGING IN SHADOW GOVT The Federal High Court in Abuja has been asked to restrain the 2007 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Patrick Okedinachi Utomi (also known as Prof. Pat Utomi) from further making public comments or engaging in rallies in relation to the subject of a suit pending …

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 …