Politics

DETAILS OF ATIKU, OBI COALITION GUARDED SECRET – EX-VP’S AIDE Plans for a major opposition coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections are being closely guarded, with details of the agreement between former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party’s Peter Obi remaining under wraps. Sources confirm that the two political heavyweights, alongside other opposition leaders, are working diligently to …

NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY HAS FAILED, LET’S EXPLORE NEW GOVERNANCE MODELS – AGBAKOBA A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has said Nigeria’s western-style democracy has failed to deliver good governance and national unity, insisting it is time for the country to rethink its governance structure and explore alternative systems. Speaking during an interview on Channels …

WE WERE NOT ELECTED TO FIGHT EXECUTIVE – AKPABIO Senate President Godswill Akpabio says lawmakers were not elected to engage in confrontation with the Executive but to foster policies that promote national development. The Senate President spoke in an upcoming feature documentary to mark two years of the Bola Tinubu administration. Akpabio, reflecting on the importance of cooperation between the …

SOUTH-EAST PDP OFFICIALLY PRESENTS UDE-OKOYE AS NATIONAL SECRETARY PICK The South East PDP has officially presented SKE Udeh-Okoye to the PDP National Working Committee as the Zone’s recommended substantive National Secretary. They were received by the Deputy National Chairman, South. All Zonal Officers, PDP National Assembly members from the South East were present.

FORCES BEHIND ANYANWU NOT BIGGER THAN SOUTH-EAST CAUCUS – UDENWA A former Imo State governor, Achike Udenwa, on Tuesday declared that the forces behind the embattled National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Samuel Anyanwu are not bigger than the South-East Caucus of the party. Udenwa made the remark while insisting that the South-East Caucus of the PDP stands …

NOT EVEN A JULIUS BERGER CRANE CAN REMOVE ME AS PDP NATIONAL SECRETARY – ANYANWU Senator Samuel Anyanwu, the embattled National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has declared that he remains the undisputed occupant of the position, despite mounting opposition within the party. Speaking on Monday at the Southeast PDP Zonal Stakeholders Meeting, Anyanwu insisted that even the …

PETER OBI HAS NOT AGREED TO BE ATIKU’S 2027 RUNNINGS MATE – OBIDIENT MOVEMENT The Obidient Movement on Monday described reports that Peter Obi has agreed to be Atiku Abubakar’s presidential running mate in 2027 as false. Nana Kazaure, director of strategic communication and media for the movement, insisted that Obi is still a member of the Labour Party. He …

LABOUR PARTY IN TURMOIL The lingering internal crisis rocking the Labour Party (LP) took a dramatic turn as the Deputy National Chairman of the party, Dr Ayo Olurunfemi, has described the suspension of key figures, including Abia State governor, Dr Alex Otti and the National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara and a few others, as best decision made in recent times, citing …

SOUTHERN PDP GOVERNORS CONCLUDE PLANS TO JOIN APC, BACK TINUBU FOR 2027 Fresh indications have emerged that more governors of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria’s southern region may support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s bid for a second term in 2027, as part of efforts to maintain the informal power rotation agreement between the North and South. According …

OPPOSITION KICKS AS NORTH-WEST APC ENDORSES TINUBU FOR SECOND TERM Major opposition parties in the country yesterday flayed leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for serially endorsing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term of office. APC bigwigs have in recent times use every available avenue to praise the Tinubu administration and endorse him for re-election in …