Politics

Security operatives in Kaduna on Thursday sealed off the state secretariat of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), located at No. 4 Ali Akilu Road, in a move that has sparked tension among opposition figures. The action came just hours before the North-West leadership of the ADC was due to visit the Kaduna chapter to sympathize with members recently attacked by …

The National Coordinator for Obidients Movement, Yunusa Tanko, has challenged every presidential aspirant in the forthcoming 2027 elections to present themselves for scrutiny as Peter Obi has done. Tanko gave the challenge on Wednesday, while responding to questions in an interview on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise Television. He said propagandists have looked in every nook and cranny to …

A member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has suggested that there is resistance within the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the possible defection of former Kano State governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to the party. Jibrin spoke on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. He said some stakeholders in the Kano APC are opposed to …

Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has clarified his position within the African Democratic Congress (ADC)-led opposition coalition, insisting that questions about his party membership were secondary to the broader political alliance being built for the 2027 general election. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, El-Rufai explained that both he and Labour Party’s Peter Obi were granted leeway to remain …

There is disquiet among Kaduna State government officials over the reported resignation of Governor Uba Sani’s aides who are alleged to be in consonance with former governor and now opposition leader, Nasir El-Rufai. One of the state officials told SaharaReporters that Governor Sani’s strategy to flush out “double-faced officials” triggered the wave of resignations. He noted that the state government …

Melinda French Gates has revealed that she “had to leave” her marriage to billionaire ex-husband Bill Gates, because it lacked honesty. According to her, the lack of honesty impacted their ability to “have intimacy.” Melinda revealed this while answering questions from Late Show host, Stephen Colbert. The 60-year-old walked out of her 27-year marriage to Bill, the founder of Microsoft, …

The unofficial race for the 2027 presidential election continued yesterday, with former President Goodluck Jonathan berating Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, SAN; and Professor Chidi Odinkalu, a law teacher, over their opposition to his presidential bid, and warned them to keep off his political journey. Messrs Keyamo and Odinkalu had warned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, …

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of running the “most divisive government in Nigerian history” while attempting to whitewash allegations of nepotism through what it described as manipulated infrastructure data. In a statement on Tuesday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, dismissed the Nigerian government’s recently released infrastructure progress report as a “panicked …

Former Labour Party Vice-Presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that Nigerians can only have true leaders when they are genuinely elected. Datti Baba-Ahmed stated this on Tuesday while responding to questions in an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television. When asked how to stop the cycle of killings in Nigeria, he said, “Only when you have the …

The 2023 Labour Party Vice-Presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that the desperation to remove former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 led to the insecurity ravaging Nigeria today. Datti Baba-Ahmed made this statement on Tuesday, when he featured on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television. “I contested with the late former president Muhammadu Buhari in 2011. But ever since …