Politics

PROTESTERS STORM INEC OVER EXCLUSION OF LABOUR PARTY CANDIDATES IN BYE ELECTION Civil society organisations sympathetic to the Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party (LP) have stormed the National Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to demand the inclusion of the party’s candidates in the forthcoming nationwide bye-elections. Dozens of protesters carrying banners and placards with inscriptions …

PDP RELEASES TIMETABLE FOR ELECTIVE NATIONAL CONVENTION. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has released the timetable for the Party’s elective National Convention scheduled to hold on November 15 and November16, 2025. The timetable was signed by the Party’s National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature in a Statement late Monday. According to the timetable, the sale of nomination …

YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF – LABOUR PARTY BLASTS UMAHI OVER CALL FOR SOUTH-EAST TO BACK TINUBU IN 2027 The Labour Party (LP) has condemned a statement by the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, urging the southeast to support the reelection bid of President Bola Tinubu. Umahi, in a statement on Monday, appealed to the South East to support …

TINUBU WILL REMOVE WIKE AFTER HE SECURES SOUTH-SOUTH – SULE LAMIDO The former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu will remove Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, once his political interest in the South-South is secured. Lamido made this assertion while speaking on Arise TV’s Prime Time on Tuesday night. …

EVEN THE NORTH IS WAKING UP TO PETER OBI’S RISING POPULARITY – BUHARI’S FORMER AIDE, BASHIR AHMAD In a surprising twist that signals shifting political sentiments, Bashir Ahmad, former digital communications aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, has publicly acknowledged the rising popularity of Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in Northern Nigeria. Responding to a tweet by Mallam Jabir, …

PETER MBAH IS OUR POLITICAL PARTY, WE WILL FOLLOW HIM WHERE HE GOES – THE PATRIOTS Amid rumoured planned defection of Governor Peter Mbah to the All Progressives Congress, APC, some political leaders in the state have declared that they would align with any decision taken by the governor. The leaders, across political divides, professional backgrounds, and community, spoke under …

ADC STATE CHAIRMEN REJECT DAVID MARK, ATIKU, OTHER COALITION CHIEFS The Concerned State Chairmen of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, an umbrella body of state chairmen of the party, has rejected the new national leadership of the party led by a former Senate President, David Mark. In a statement titled ‘Rejecting the Political Junta by Defending ADC and Nigeria’s Democracy …

I HAVE NEVER BEEN DESPERATE – PETER OBI FIRES CRITICS DOUBTING HIS ONE-TERM VOW Former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi has insisted that he plans to govern Nigeria for only one term if elected as President, adding that turning the tide in four years is possible. The former Labour Party presidential candidate stated this while reacting to widespread criticism over …

WHY I DIDN’T COMMISSION ANY PROJECT AS GOV – OBI REACTS TO RENAMING OF CHARLY BOY BUS STOP Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi says he did not commission any project he executed while serving as Anambra State Governor because it was irrelevant. Obi made the disclosure in a viral video where he reacted to the renaming …

CAMPAIGNS FOR 2027 ILLEGAL – FALANA Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has condemned ongoing campaign for the 2027 general elections. He said this when he featured on Channels Television Programme, ‘Politics Today’ on Monday. Falana asked the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) to draw the attention of politicians to the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022. “As far as the Electoral …