Politics

APC STRUGGLES TO RETAIN BUHARI’S LOYAL SUPPORT BASE AHEAD ofY 2027 ELECTIONS The death of Muhammadu Buhari, former president, has triggered a scramble among northern politicians to inherit his loyal support base, with the All Progressives Congress (APC) struggling to hold the north together ahead of the 2027 elections. Buhari died recently, leaving behind a political legacy built on cult …

WHY NO GOVERNOR IS WILLING TO JOIN OUR COALITION – ADC SPOKESMAN Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, National Publicity Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), says no governor is willing to join the coalition because of the alleged intimidation by the Federal Government. Abdullahi said this at the third plenary session of the Northern Political Consultative Group (NPCG), in Abuja, on …

YOU’VE LOST POLITICAL RELEVANCE, LEAVE OUR PARTY – PDP TELLS FAYOSE The Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described former governor Ayodele Fayose as a betrayer. The party further warned Fayose to rather leave PDP than ridiculing the party in public. This is coming hours after Fayose during his appearance on Channels TV claimed that PDP is dead. Condemning …

NORTHERN CONSULTATIVE FORUM HAS ADOPTED ADC – EX-SGF, BABACHIR LAWAL A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has revealed that the National Political Consultative Group (North) has embraced the African Democratic Congress as its preferred opposition platform to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress in the 2027 elections. Lawal, an ADC chieftain, stated this on Saturday …

ADC COALITION INSISTS ON SACKING TINUBU, HOLDS CLOSED DOOR MEETING IN ABUJA The African Democratic Congress (ADC)-led opposition coalition has reiterated its resolve to unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general elections, as it convened a closed-door strategic meeting in Abuja on Saturday. The meeting, which marked the third expanded session of the National Political Consultative Group (North), …

SDP DISOWNS EL-RUFAI, SAYS HE’S NOT A REGISTERED MEMBER The Social Democratic Party has disowned former Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasiru El-Rufai, declaring that he is neither a member of the party nor authorised to speak for it or represent it. The SDP Zonal Secretary, North-West Zone, Inuwa Idris, made the disclosure on Friday in Kaduna during a press briefing. …

125 UK LAWMAKERS WRITE PM STARMER, CALL FOR RECOGNITION OF PALESTINIAN STATE Over a hundred members of Parliament are demanding that the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, recognise Palestinian statehood. According to Sky News, 125 MPs have signed a mass cross-party letter urging him to take the step. The letter is reportedly being organised by Labour backbencher Sarah …

THE TINUBU, KWANKWASO MEETING THAT NEVER HELD On Monday, media reports (not Daily Trust) suggested that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the national leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), held a secret meeting at the Presidential Villa. The report, which has since been debunked to Daily Trust by close aides of the former Kano …

NIGERIANS RISK DEPORTATION AS UK SCRAPS SPONSORSHIP FOR OVER 100 SKILLED JOBS Panic has gripped thousands of Nigerians working in the United Kingdom on Certificate of Sponsorship or Skilled Worker visas over the new regulations announced by the British government. The UK government, in its efforts to control immigration, has removed over 100 jobs, including skilled worker roles, from CoS …

WHERE ARE THIRD REPUBLIC GOVERNORS? Nine years after the collapse of the 2nd Republic, the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida, in what was described as a transition to civil rule programme, succeeded in conducting elections for governorship seats in the then 30 states of the federation. The elections which held in 1991, culminated on the verge of electing a …