Politics

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 …

WHY APC CHOSE YILWATDA AS NATIONAL CHAIIIRMAN The emergence of Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda as the substantive national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday has continued to elicit mixed reactions over the political calculations that led to his selection. Nentawe, who currently serves in the federal cabinet as Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, …

US GOVT TELLS CITIZENS TO RECONSIDER TRAVELING TO NIGERIA The United States (US) government has urged its citizens to reconsider traveling to Nigeria due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, armed gangs, and inconsistent availability of health care services. The United States government issued the warning on July 15, 2025 in a fresh travel advisory to its citizens published on …

DEFECTIONS MAY LEAD TO MILITARY TAKEOVER – HURIWA The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has warned that the ongoing wave of defections by federal lawmakers to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), could destabilize the country’s fragile democracy and potentially open the door for a military takeover. A statement on Wednesday by the group’s National Coordinator Emmanuel Onwubiko …

I WILL COME TO EDO AGAIN – PETER OBI DISMISSES OKPEBHOLO’S THREAT Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has declared that he will return to Edo, despite threats by the state governor, Monday Okpebholo. Obi spoke while responding to questions from journalists in Awka over Okpebholo’s warning that his safety will not be guaranteed if he comes to the …

KWANKWASO HITS TINUBU: SAYS HE NEGLECTS THE NORTH, DEVELOPS SOUTHERN NIGERIA The strongman of Kano politics, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has criticised the President Bola Tinubu administration for what he described as the neglect of the northern region of Nigeria and the concentration of the nation’s resources on developing the southern part of the country where the president comes from. “Let me …

COALITION OF CONFUSION – TINUBU MOCKS ADC; YOU’RE AFRAID COALITION WILL SEND YOU YOU BACK TO IRAGBIJI – ATIKU COUNTERS President Bola Tinubu has chided the opposition coalition formed on the platform of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, describing it as a “coalition of confusion.” Tinubu made the remark on Thursday at the National Executive Committee, NEC meeting of the …

PDP HOLDS NATIONAL CONVENTION NOV 15, CHOOSES IBADAN AS VENUE The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed November 15 and 16 for the party’s elective national convention. The convention scheduled to hold in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, is expected to elect a new crop of National Working Committee (NWC) members who would run the …