A director of research at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Femi Otubanjo, has suggested that Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara may defect to the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, ahead of the 2027 elections. Speaking during an appearance on Arise…

Former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly and member representing Pankshin North, Rt. Hon. Dewan Gabriel, has announced his decision to step down from contesting for the Senate seat of the Pankshin, Kanam, and Kanke, PKK, federal constituency…

Abia State Chapter of the Labour Party, LP, says it will hold the party’s governorship, Senatorial, House of Representatives and State House of Assembly primary elections  simultaneously on Saturday, May 30, 2026, across the 184 wards of Abia State. This was…

The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has released list of Electoral Committee Members to Conduct primary election. The exercise is for State House of Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate, Governorship and Presidential Primaries across all States in Nigeria and the FCT.…

A member of the House of Representatives, Fred Agbedi, has stated that the participation of former President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2027 presidential election will significantly change Nigeria’s political landscape. Agbedi, who serves the Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency in Bayelsa State…

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has sent a birthday message to former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, amid the latter’s rejection of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential primary results. Atiku, in a message posted on his Facebook page…

A chieftain of the opposition African Democratic Congress, ADC, Ibrahim Garba Wala, has described the presidential primary of the opposition party as a shameless auction.  Wala disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. This comes as Rotimi Amaechi, a presidential aspirant…

The Labour Party, LP, has noted that the values embodied by Eid al-Adha have become even more urgent and relevant at this time, when the nation continues to grapple with economic hardship, insecurity, hunger, and growing social and ethno-religious tensions. In…

A professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Ibadan, Ibrahim Uthman, has enjoined politicians across the country not to sacrifice the lives of Nigerians for their political ambitions.  Uthman, who is also the Chief Imam of the…

A rights group has called on the opposition against the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Rivers State, Kingsley Chinda, to back their claims with clear evidence showing he remained active in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after April 2,…

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ayekooto Akindele, has said the African Democratic Congress, ADC, is former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s vehicle to truncate the southern presidency. Ayekooto was reacting to remarks by the Obidient Movement that Peter…

Former Vice President and current presidential aspirant of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has emerged as the flag bearer and presidential candidate of the party. The collation of results was announced at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton,…

Fred Agbedi, a member of the House of Representatives, has announced that former President Goodluck Jonathan will contest the 2027 presidential election. Agbedi disclosed this while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday. He said: “Former President Goodluck Jonathan is running for election with the…

Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has officially resigned from the All Progressives Congress, APC, days after losing the Delta Central APC Senate primary. Omo-Agege announced his resignation in a letter dated May 22, 2026, addressed to…

Chille Igbawua, an Adviser to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, National Chairman, David Mark, has faulted Peter Obi’s decision to quit the party. Igbawua, who is part of the ADC Electoral Panel, said Obi should have stayed in the party to…