Politics

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has joined the Nigeria Democratic Congress, three months after resigning from the African Democratic Congress over alleged manipulation of its presidential primary. Lawal announced his defection to the NDC in Abuja on Tuesday, declaring his support for the party’s presidential ticket of Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking after he was received into the opposition party, the former SGF said Nigerians concerned about insecurity, hunger and other challenges facing the country should support the NDC. He said, “Anybody in Nigeria who has the interest of our country at heart and sympathy for the suffering that is ongoing in our country, along with insecurity, hunger, i...

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, says it does not trust the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to protect its votes in the forthcoming 2027 general elections. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Bolaji Abdullahi, made this statement on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. According to him, the party is making arrangements to collate its votes, warning that INEC’s technical failures undermine trust. “Don’t forget that I ran for Senate in the 2023 election. What many of us did, and not only myself, was that we trusted INEC when they told us there would be automatic transmission of results to the IReV. “Then what happened afterwards? They said that, due to some technical glitch, the results could not be transmitted au...

The Obi-Kwankwaso Movement on Thursday unveiled a 59-member presidential campaign council comprising zonal and state coordinators as well as directors for mobilisation, women’s affairs, strategy, security, legal affairs and other key areas ahead of the 2027 general elections. The council, as announced in a statement on Thursday, has the Director-General of the movement, John Ughulu, as Director-General of the campaign, while National Secretary, Saadatu Sani, is also listed among the campaign leadership. The structure has representatives from the six geopolitical zones and the Federal Capital Territory, with state coordinators appointed for the 36 states. The council also includes directors responsible for grassroots mobilisation, women affairs, contact and engagement, sp...

Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo has again, publicly criticized NDC presidential candidate and former governor of his state, Peter Obi. While speaking at a campaign rally in the state on Saturday, September 19, Soludo questioned Obi's political relevance to the state, Speaking in Igbo, Soludo said “Ask him, since he has been in politics, what has he brought to the Igbos? Look atthe bad state and erosion on Anambra for a long time? Since he started politics, what has he done about it? Then, when it is time for election, you come and start playing with our emotions and sill want us to waste our votes on you and remain where we are. It won't happen again. 2026, will be different. We Igbos will get our share this time around by voting right'' https://youtu.b...

Abia State  Governor, Alex Otti, has said he will neither become a political godfather nor impose a successor on the state after completing his second term in office in 2031. Otti made the declaration in Umuahia while receiving the former Social Democratic Party, SDP, governorship candidate, Mrs Ngozi Johnson Chukwunenye, and her supporters into the Labour Party, LP. According to the governor, leadership succession should be based on merit and competence rather than a “sit-tight” culture. He expressed confidence that whoever succeeds him would be better equipped to provide quality leadership for the people of Abia State. “The most important thing you can give a people is good governance.“And once people test good governance, it will be very difficult for them to allow you...

The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced that it will participate in the 2027 general elections following a Court of Appeal judgment setting aside a Federal High Court ruling that ordered its deregistration. GeographicReference The party’s National Leader, Seriake Dickson, disclosed this in a statement reacting to the appellate court’s decision in Abuja. Dickson said the Court of Appeal set aside the judgment delivered by Justice Isah Dashen of the Federal High Court in Lokoja. The statement reads: “Today, the Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, has set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court, Lokoja, delivered by Justice Isah Dashen, which purported to order the deregistration of our party, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). “In a judgment delivered...

The national leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Seriake Dickson, has attributed his refusal to join the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to his unwillingness to support a political arrangement that could turn Nigeria into a one-party state Speaking when the management of Leadership Newspaper paid him a visit on Thursday, Dickson said the crisis and decline within his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, made him decide to establish a new political platform. Reflecting on the political developments that led to the formation of the NDC, the former Bayelsa State governor stated that the decision was taken at a difficult period when the possibility of building a strong opposition party appeared uncertain. According to him, the situation within the P...

A Kano-based political affairs commentator, Comrade Kabiru Sani Mai Kwanuka, says FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has made a significant contribution to President Bola Tinubu’s political fortunes and should therefore not be treated as less important than APC governors ahead of the 2027 elections. Mai Kwanuka was speaking against the backdrop of the growing disagreement between Wike and governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress over the minister’s proposed Rainbow Coalition. The APC Governors’ Forum recently said its members would not support any political arrangement that could weaken the APC or its candidates in the 2027 elections. Its chairman, Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, said the governors’ campaign commitment remained focused on APC candidates at al...

Ahead of the 2027 general election, several Nollywood actors including Toyin Abraham, Jide Kosoko, Bukky Wright, Oga Bello, Bimbo Akintola and Eniola Badmus have been named as members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Campaign Council in Lagos State. The actors were listed under Entertainment and Creative Economy Directorate in the list of the APC Campaign Council released on Thursday by the Kadri Obafemi Hamzat Media Centre. Toke Benson-Awoyinka was appointed as Director of the Directorate, while Kosoko is named Co-Director and Eniola Badmus as Deputy Director. Ajala Jalingo is listed as Secretary and Dare Olateju as Assistant Secretary. Other actors on the list include Saheed Balogun, Biola Adebayo, Foluke Daramola, Remi Oshodi, Faithia Balogun, Yinka Q...

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, disclosed that he never promised President Bola Tinubu that he would defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC).Wike clarified that the only commitment he made was to support President Tinubu’s re-election bid.Speaking during an interview on Arise Television’s Prime Time show, the minister stated:  “I told them I would support the President right from the start.“I never told Mr. President I will join APC. Go and ask him. If I want to join APC, it’s not people like Hope who will tell me to join APC.“In fact, he is lucky I’m not in APC because I wouldn’t put up with that kind of nonsense he’s doing in APC.” https://youtu.be/B8OZHw-V6Go?si=AOGnS7RoFPzCSN68