Politics

80 YEARS OLD, 40 YEARS IN OFFICE, UGANDA’S PRESIDENT, MUSEVENI, IN 7TH TERM RACE Africa is truly a funny place. 80 year old President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has been President since 1986. He announced this week that he will be running for President again 2026, a record 7th time! After 40 years in power, the man has not yet …

I HAVE BEEN PART OF COALITION FROM DAY ONE; ATTENDED ALL MEETINGS – PETER OBI Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, has said he cannot tell for now what his next action would be if the proposed political coalition fails to adopt him as the presidential candidate. This is even as he allayed the fears …

RIVERS, BAYELSA, PLATEAU, KANO GOVS TO JOIN US IN TWO MONTHS – APC CHIEFTAIN The All Progressives Congress, APC, National Vice Chairman (Southeast), Ijeoma Arodiogbu, has disclosed that governors from Bayelsa, Rivers, Plateau, Kano, and either Abia or Enugu States would defect to the party within the next two months. Arodiogbu made the disclosure while dismissing claims of an opposition …

PDP UNITED: NO ROOM FOR FACTIONS OR COALITIONS – BALA MOHAMMED The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum and Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has reaffirmed the unity of the PDP, declaring that there are no factions, parallel meetings, or splinter coalitions within the party. Mohammed made this known while addressing party leaders at the 100th National …

PDP NEC AFFIRMS SAM ANYANWU AS PARTY NATIONAL SECRETARY The acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Damagum, declared on Monday that the party’s National Executive Committee, NEC, has affirmed Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary. Damagum spoke in Abuja after the NEC meeting, which was held at the party’s headquarters. According to him, Anyanwu’s affirmation was …

YOU WANT TO TURN THIS COUNTRY TO NORTH KOREA OR RUSSIA – BODE GEORGE WARNS AFTER POLICE HALT PDP MEETING A prominent chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bode George, has condemned the blockade of the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja by security operatives, describing it as a dangerous drift toward authoritarianism. George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the …

APC FIXES JULY 24 FOR NEC MEETING TO REPLACE GANDUJE The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting will be held on Thursday, 24th July, 2025, at the Party’s National Secretariat. Deputy National Secretary, Barr. Festus Fuanter, disclosed this after Monday’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting.

2927: I’,LL ACCEPT COALITION’S OFFER TO SERVE ONE TERM, HAND OVER TO NORTH – PETER OBI Peter Obi, a former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has claimed he would honour any coalition agreement which could require that he serves a single term and hand over to the North in 2031. According to Obi, he is not desperate for …

APC LAUNCHES FRESH MOVE TO PULL FIVE GOVERNORS The ruling All Progressives Congress has boasted of wooing at least five more governors to its camp amid a wave of defections by opposition bigwigs, federal lawmakers, and endorsements for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election.” The move comes in the wake of Friday’s resignation of the immediate past National Chairman of the APC, …

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde and the Minister, Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike As the crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party deepens over the position of National Secretary and the disputed 100th National Executive Committee meeting scheduled for Monday (today), a major showdown appears imminent as party leaders are at odds, with rival factions planning to hold separate NEC and …