Politics

TWO GHANAIAN MINISTERS, SIX OTHERS DIE IN HELICOPTER CRASH Tragedy struck in Ghana’s Ashanti region on Wednesday when a military helicopter crashed and claimed the lives of eight people, including two ministers. Among the victims were Defence Minister Edward Boamah and Environment Minister Ibrahim Mohammed. The Ghana Armed Forces confirmed that the Z-9 military helicopter, which was en route from …

TINUBU RUNNING NIGERIA LIKE PRIVATE WHATSAPP GROUP – EX+BUHARI’S AIDE, A former media aide to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Lauretta Onochie, has taken a swipe at President Bola Tinubu over his failure to appoint new ambassadors nearly a year after recalling all of Nigeria’s envoys. Onochie, in a post on her verified 𝕏 handle on Wednesday, likened Tinubu’s leadership style to …

IT’S A LIE, INEC DID NOT REFUSE OUR APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION OF NEW LEADERSHIP- ADC The African Democratic Party (ADC) has debunked the report that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refused its application to recognise the new leadership of the party. Bolaji Abdullahi, the interim National Publicity Secretary of the ADC described reports that INEC has refused to …

SOUTHERN CANDIDATE: JONATHAN OR OBI? As political permutations gather pace ahead of the 2027 presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is weighing two prominent Southern figures, former President Goodluck Jonathan and Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as potential candidates to challenge President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Multiple party sources told Daily Trust …

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 …