The Obidient Movement has insisted that it will only support Peter Obi to emerge as the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate. The movement stated that it won’t support Obi as a Vice presidential candidate to anybody. It made the…

Imo State Governor and Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum, Hope Uzodinma, has said that governors of the region have agreed to support President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general election. Uzodinma stated this on Friday during a New…

Former Kano State governor and leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, is reportedly considering joining the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as opposition figures reposition ahead of the 2027 general elections. Local papers in Kano report…

Opposition parties in the country lost further ground on Friday following the defection of the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, to the All Progressives Congress. Mutfwang’s defection comes on the heels of a similar move by Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi…

Former Kano Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and the Kwankwasiyya State Caucus have denied reports and public claims suggesting that the former governor or his supporters plan to defect to another political party. The caucus said the decision was reaffirmed at…

A member of the House of Representatives, Leke Abejide, has said that the performance of the former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the 2023 presidential election was largely influenced by religious and tribal sentiments. He said Obi’s performance…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has suspended Hon. Nname Ewor, the Caretaker Committee, CTC, Chairman in Rivers State, for aligning with the recently expelled Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Ewor was suspended both as caretaker chairman and…

The Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State has suspended its Caretaker Committee Chairman, Robinson Ewor, for aligning with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Ewor had recently accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of deceiving party leaders and supporters…

The leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has responded to reports that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf may defect to the All Progressives Congress, describing such a move as a betrayal after the struggle to reclaim Kano…

Once Nigeria’s most dominant political force, the Peoples Democratic Party has seen its grip on power steadily weaken amid internal crises, leadership battles and mass defections that have reshaped the country’s political landscape, ISMAEEL UTHMAN writes In December 2008, the…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the 2019 and 2023 elections for Ringim/Taura Federal Constituency, Hon. Gambo Ibrahim Gujungu, has defected to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, along with his supporters. Hon. Gujungu had earlier tendered his resignation…

The Deputy President General of the Igbo apex sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, speaks with MUHAMMED LAWAL about the life jail term handed down on the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and other issues…

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Enugu State, Comrade Adolphus Ude, has dismissed the reported resolution by the South-East governors to support the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in…

Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has inaugurated a committee to prepare the All Progressives Congress for forthcoming congresses and the 2027 general elections. Eno announced the committee at a New Year stakeholders’ meeting held on Saturday at the…

The national leader of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has set conditions for joining any coalition or forming an alliance with any political party. Kwankwaso said that although they are looking for a party to merge with…