Politics

There are few spectacles more embarrassing in politics than a man arguing passionately against himself while pretending to be attacking someone else. Psychologists call this cognitive dissonance. The rest of us call it eating your […]

Wole Oluyede, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Ekiti governorship election, has alleged voter suppression and harassment of party supporters by security operatives. Oluyede spoke on Saturday after arriving at Polling Unit […]

With less than two months until the August 15, 2026, governorship election in Osun State, political campaigns are increasingly being overshadowed by violence, fear and mutual accusations among rival political camps, OLUWOLE IGE reports. What […]

Former Kano State Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has reportedly threatened to leave the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) after the party replaced several Kwankwasiyya faction candidates in Kano to enforce a pre-agreed 60/40 power-sharing formula favoring […]

As the dust settles on the NDC Primaries, I want to set the record straight: I did not quit, I did not drop out of the race. I stayed to the end. I also do […]

Several serving All Progressives Congress (APC) senators lost their return tickets in yesterday’s primaries ahead of the 2027 National Assembly elections, as the anti-defection provisions embedded in the Electoral Act 2026 came back to haunt […]

Fresh tensions have erupted across several states as the ruling All Progressives Congress commences its primaries on Saturday ahead of the 2027 general elections, forcing party leaders and key stakeholders loyal to President Bola Tinubu […]

The APC screening exercise ahead of the 2027 general elections recorded the absence of Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, even as the party assessed 14 governors seeking re-election and other elective positions. Also, President Bola […]

Purchases his N50 m nomination forms The apex decision-making body of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), has endorsed the Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, as […]

President Bola Tinubu has formally signalled the start of his re-election bid for the 2027 general elections, following the purchase of the All Progressives Congress (APC) expression of interest and nomination forms valued at N100 […]

Paul Mumeh writes about ex-Senate President, Senator David Mark, a man widely regarded as a public servant defined by discipline, purpose, and enduring accomplishments – an enduring symbol of leadership – whose imprint on Nigeria’s […]

Remi Adefulu writes that the Chairman of the Senate committee on Appropriations, Olamilekan Adeola, a ranking Senator from Ogun West, has all the potentials including political experience to emerge as next governor of Ogun state […]

Rival factions within the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have escalated their leadership crisis to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), with the Nafiu Bala-led camp making a fresh push to take control of the party. […]

In a political landscape where party congresses often ignite disputes and factional rivalries, the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress charted a different course on March 3, 2026, re-electing Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi for […]

Crisis is brewing in the African Democratic Congress, Ogun State Charpter, as executive members are divided over the suspension of Hon. Jimi Lawal, a former aide to ex-Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. This was […]

IBADAN— IN a veiled response to the tirade of Mr Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Monday, Governor SeyiMakinde of Oyo State, yesterday, declared that expelled elements he described as “vagabonds” […]

Abba Abubakar, son of former Vice President and 2023 Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has defected from the PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress, pledging to work for the re-election of President […]