Politics

ANYBODY WHO THINKS TINUBU WILL GET RE-EKECTED IS LIVING IN ANOTHER COUNTRY – EL-RUFAI Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has slammed President Bola Tinubu and his supporters. He was reacting to the influx of defectors to the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to him, anybody thinking that Tinubu will win re-election is living in another country. El-Rufai stated …

2027: ADC AS THE NEW BRIDE The African Democratic Congress (ADC) appears to have emerged as the new political bride in Nigeria’s opposition landscape, following its adoption by a coalition of opposition leaders as the platform to challenge President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Previously on the fringes of national politics, the party was adopted by coalition …

TRUMP CLASHES WITH SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT AT WHITE HOUSE MEETING President Donald Trump has hosted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for White House talks Wednesday at a moment when relations between the two countries are at a nadir, with Trump laying into South African officials on widely rejected charges of allowing a “genocide” against minority white farmers. South African officials …

THOSE WAITING FOR WIKE’S POLITICAL DOWNFALL WILL WAIT FOREVER – LERE OLAYINKA Former governor of Ebonyi State, Dr. Sam Egwu, has been told that people like him, who are expecting the political downfall of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, will wait forever. The Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, who responded …

ATIKU, OBI, EL-RUFAI ADOPT AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS, ADC, AS PLATFORM FOR OPPOSITION COALITION Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and El-Rufai have adopted the African Democratic Congress, ADC, as the official platform of the opposition coalition. The trio are said to have agreed to adopt the party after a meeting on Tuesday night. “They have …

ATIKU, OBI, EL-RUFAI SEAL OPPOSITION DEAL AHEAD OF 2027 Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, and former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai have reportedly concluded months of negotiations aimed at forging a united opposition front to challenge President Bola Tinubu in the next general election in 2027. According to sources familiar with the matter, the three opposition …

UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE: ENGLAND, GREAT BRITAIN, THE UK Many people confuse these terms, but they each have distinct meanings. Let’s clarify: 🔹 England – A country within the UK, with London as its capital.🔹 Great Britain – The island that includes England, Scotland (Edinburgh), and Wales (Cardiff).🔹 United Kingdom (UK) – Officially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern …

TINUBU HAS NO BLUEPRINT, HE IS A YORUBA KING, A REGIONAL PRESIDENT – NA’AJATU Hajiya Naja’atu Mohammed, a former director in President Bola Tinubu’s Presidential Campaign Council and erstwhile member of the Police Service Commission, claimed Tinubu has sidelined the North and runs a government centred on the South West. Speaking on The PAP Show, anchored by Hadiza Malumfashi in …

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 …