Politics

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 […]

Four members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who recently withdrew from the impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara have reversed their decision and declared support for the process. The lawmakers are the Minority […]

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says the decision of his son, Abba, to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was entirely personal. Abubakar added that as a democrat, he does not coerce his children on […]

A political anthem, On Your Mandate We Shall Stand, rang out recently during the opening ceremony of the 2025 All Nigeria Judges Conference in Abuja, unsettling many who expected a strictly judicial atmosphere. Wale Igbintade […]

Kemi Olaitan reports that despite litigations, five state governors and other leaders of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, stormed Ibadan at the weekend to elect members of the party’s National Working Committee […]

Who are former President Goodluck Jonathan’s marketers in his South/South and South East former vote territories? LEO SOBECHI and ANN GODWIN write that the defection of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors from the two geopolitical […]