The All Progressives Congress (APC) Professionals Council has knocked the opposition parties in the country over planned coalition, ahead of 2027 General Elections to wrest power from the governing party, declaring the move as dead on arrival. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who was the Presidential Candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party […]

  The supreme court says there is no law in Nigeria that concerns itself about membership of a political party. Delivering judgment on the Kano state governorship appeal on Friday, John Okoro who led a five-member panel of the apex court, said as long as a political party agrees to sponsor a candidate, he is […]

  The fate of 16 members of the Plateau State House of Assembly hangs in the balance as the Speaker, Gabriel Dewan, said he’s only recognising eight members of the House. Dewan, the only member of the Young Peoples Party (YPP) was elected speaker in the wake of the sack of the 16 PDP lawmakers. […]

  Former Military President of Nigeria, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), who ruled the country between 1985 and 1993, has reiterated his call for the country to operate a two party system. This is as he said Nigerians won’t allow a one-party state. “I have been in a military regime and the Nigerians I know won’t […]

  The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 Election, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed willingness to lead a coalition of opposition parties to oust the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), come 2027. He said this in a congratulatory message to governors of the PDP whose elections were upheld by the Supreme Court […]

  The Peoples Democratic Party has revealed that it will be difficult to dislodge the All Progressives Congress in the 2027 presidential election without a genuine coalition. PDP 2023 Presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, had made a merger proposition, while hosting the National Executive Committee of the Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria. The […]

  Governors of Plateau, Bauchi, Kano and Zamfara states have arrived at the Supreme Court in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, as the apex court delivers verdicts in the governorship election disputes involving at least eight sitting governors elected last March and sworn in on May 29, 2023. Governors Abba Yusuf (Kano), Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau), Bala […]

  A political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, has revealed a plan by some opposition leaders to come together and form a new political party that will challenge and possibly displace the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The Labour Party chieftain, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, also disclosed that he […]

  The Independent National Electoral Commission is expected to deploy no fewer than 8,500 Bimodal Verification Accreditation System machines for the February 3 re-rerun and by-elections on February 3 2024, The PUNCH gathered on Wednesday. The elections will be conducted in a total of 8,890 polling units, according to a document posted by INEC on […]

  The senator representing Anambra South, Ifeanyi Ubah, has reacted to the suspension of the traditional ruler of Neni in the Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, Igwe Damian O. Ezeani. Ezeani was suspended by the Anambra State Government, through the state Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, on Monday, for conferring […]