Politics

The Kabiru Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party National Working Committee has criticised the Independent National Electoral Commission for recognising the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesome Wike-backed caretaker committee, describing the move as unconstitutional and provocative. The Turaki-led NWC in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, on Thursday, warned that it would pursue all available legal options to challenge the commission’s action. Last Friday, a Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan nullified the PDP National Convention held on November 15, 2025, in Ibadan, Oyo State, and directed Tanimu Turaki (SAN) and several others to cease parading themselves as national officers of the party. Prior to the judgment, PDP gover...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has approved the registration of two new political parties ahead of the 2027 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, announced the decision on Thursday in Abuja at the commission’s first regular consultative meeting with political parties for 2026. Amupitan said the commission has approved the Democratic Leadership Alliance and the Nigeria Democratic Congress as political parties. He said only DLA met all statutory requirements after a rigorous screening of a total of 171 associations that sought registration, while the commission would also comply with a Federal High Court order directing the registration of NDC. According to the new party, it seeks to promote governance reforms, youth participation, an...

The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, alongside its  National Chairman, Abdulrahman Mohammed and National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, is currently attending the Independent National Electoral Commission’s INEC, quarterly consultative meeting with political parties in Abuja. Also present at the meeting being held at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja are the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, and Chairmen of other political parties. A video sighted by our reporter showed the Commission provided a designated seats for the team, with Mohammed occupying the chair reserved for the “PDP Chairman” and Anyanwu seated directly behind him in the spot mark...

As preparations intensify for the 2027 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has widened Nigeria’s political space with the approval of two additional parties, the Democratic Leadership Alliance, DLA, and the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC. However, the Commission expressed concern over the continued registration and retention of political parties plagued by recurring leadership conflicts, warning that persistent internal crises pose a danger to constitutional order. Addressing stakeholders on Thursday during INEC’s first regular consultative meeting with political parties, the Commission’s Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, SAN, formally announced the recognition of the two parties, increasing the total number of registered political parties in the co...

Former Benue State Governor and one-time Senator representing Benue North-East, Gabriel Suswam, has formally withdrawn his membership from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Naija News reports that Suswam announced his resignation in a letter dated Wednesday, February 4, 2026, addressed to the PDP Chairman of Mbagber Council Ward in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. In the letter, the former governor explained that his decision was the result of prolonged and unresolved internal crises within the party. “This decision has not been taken lightly,” Suswam wrote, recalling that the PDP had given him the platform to serve Nigeria as a member of the House of Representatives between 1999 and 2007, Governor of Benue State from 2007 to 2015, and Senator from 2019 to 2023. He ...

Former Edo State Governor and Senator, Adams Oshiomhole, has described electoral fraud as the most damaging offence in a democratic system, warning that practices such as vote buying and result manipulation strike at the heart of the people’s will. Oshiomhole made the remarks on Monday night, February 2, during an appearance on News Central’s Politics HQ, where he spoke on delays surrounding Nigeria’s electoral reforms ahead of the 2027 general elections. Recalling his 2012 re-election in Edo State, Oshiomhole said he won in all 18 local government areas without engaging in vote buying. “I did not give money to anybody,” he said, explaining that he made it clear to voters that he would not participate in inducement. According to him, he told voters they were free to collect...

The Peoples Democratic Party bloc aligned with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has fixed March 28 and 29, 2026, for its national convention in Abuja, where the party will elect a new National Working Committee and other statutory organs. The announcement followed the faction’s 105th meeting of the PDP National Executive Committee held on Monday in Abuja. A communique signed by the factional National Chairman of the Caretaker Committee, Abdulrahman Mohammed, and National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, said the NEC approved a timetable for party congresses nationwide, with ward and local government congresses scheduled for February and state congresses in March. “Pursuant to its constitutional responsibilities and in line with preparations for a smooth transi...

Former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi in the 2023 Presidential election would not have won the election even if he secured 10 million votes. While in a podcast recently, Mohammed who served under the Buhari administration, said Obi still could not get “one-quarter of votes cast in 25 states,” a constitutional requirement for winning the presidency. “Even if Obi had got 10million votes, he wouldn’t have won. This is because he still could not get one-quarter of the votes cast in 25 states. It is even on record that he could not provide agents at about 40,000 polling units,” the ex-minister said. Speaking on factors that shaped the 2023 election, especially in Lagos state, Mohammed said, “For the first time...

The National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Yinusa Tanko Yakasai, has played down concerns that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar could stand in the way of Peter Obi’s emergence as the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate for the 2027 election. Speaking on Politics on Sunday on TVC, Yakasai said Atiku could even throw his weight behind Obi to secure the party’s ticket. He described the former Vice President as a respected leader and father figure who understands that winning an election does not necessarily require being the candidate. According to Yakasai, while Atiku has every right to contest the presidency, he equally has the option of supporting another aspirant he believes can deliver victory for the party. Reacting to questions about the possib...

The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) has thrown its weight behind President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s bid for re-election in 2027, pledging to mobilise support for him across the country’s 774 local government areas. The endorsement was announced on Sunday by the association’s President, Musa Maitakobi, while receiving a delegation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Jagaban Squad during a courtesy visit to Abuja. At the event, Maitakobi was honoured with the title of Life Patron of the Jagaban Squad. He also revealed that RTEAN would donate a fully branded bus to the group to enhance its visibility and operational reach within the Federal Capital Territory. According to him, the bus—branded with the Jagaban Squad’s insignia and images of President Tinubu—will ...