Politics

PARTY LEADERSHIP: ASSESSING APC, ADC LEADERS Between Friday, June 27 when the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Ganduje resigned and Thursday, July 24, when the party chose a new national chairman, all the three major political parties in Nigeria, the APC, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were under …

2027: NIGERIANS NEED NEW FACES, NOT SAME OLD FOLKS – LAOLU AKANDDE As political realignments intensify ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections, former presidential aide Laolu Akande has called for a departure from the recycling of familiar political figures and urged Nigerians to demand genuine alternatives grounded in policy and reform. Appearing on Thursday’s edition of Sunrise Daily on Channels …

ATIKU KNOWS HOW TO GET TICKET, NOT HOW TO WIN ELECTION – APC CHIEFTAIN A former Organizing Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Prof Ussiju Medaner, has described former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as someone who only knows how to get presidential ticket. Medaner claimed that Atiku does not have people who can help him win election. He stated …

TINUBU REUNITES WITH CLASS OF 99 GOVERNORS President Bola Tinubu hosted his fellow 1999 class of governors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday. The Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Dada Olusegun also confirmed the meeting in a post on his X handle on Friday. Tinubu was the governor of Lagos from 1999 to 2007. In …

DEFECTIONS TO ADC AND THE END OF PDP AS CREDIBLE OPPOSITION, BY GRACE KANAYO Since the unveiling of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as a coalition, notable politicians have been defecting to it ahead of the 2027 general elections. PAUL OKAH in this report wonders if these defections mark the end of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the emergence …

WITH PRAYERS PDP WILL FINISH FOURTH IN 2027 ELECTION – FAYOSE Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Friday disclosed that a lot is wrong with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Fayose predicted that the PDP would likely come fourth in the 2027 elections. He made this disclosure while featuring on Channels Television’s programme Politics Today. The former governor …

APC POWER CHESS: YILWATDA PICK BRIGHTENS SHETTIMA, NORTH EAST’S 2027 CHANCES The emergence of Prof Nentawe Yilwatda as National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress on Tuesday is already generating ripples across Nigeria’s political space — and with good reason, With the choice of a young professor as the national chairman of the biggest political party in Africa, many …

ATIKU’S AMBITION DESTROYING ADC AS OBI, EL-RUFAI PLAN TO LEAVE – SOURCES REVEAL There are concerns that the Labour Party (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, may leave the opposition coalition party, African Democratic Congress (ADC), over the plans of ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, to contest for the presidency in the 2027 …

WHY PDP MOVED CONVENTION FROM KANO TO OYO The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has relocated its planned national convention from Kano to Oyo State, a move party sources say is aimed at fostering internal unity and serving key strategic interests. The decision was taken during the party’s 101st National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held at its national secretariat in Abuja. …

KEY METRICS SHOW BUHARI FAILED AS NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT Buhari’s eight-year reign as president has seen Nigeria struggle through numerous challenges, with inflation and unemployment at worse levels than he met them. Today is President Muhammadu Buhari’s last full day in office as Nigeria’s president. First sworn in as a democratic president on 29 May 2015, he will hand over to …