Former President Goodluck Jonathan has challenged a lawsuit seeking to bar him from the 2027 presidential election, filed by a lawyer, Johnmary Jideobi. Jonathan, in a preliminary objection filed by his lawyer, Chief Chris Uche, SAN, to challenge Jideobi’s originating summons, prayed Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court
Seventeen members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday defected from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to the National Democratic Congress (NDC). In separate letters read by the Deputy Speaker, Rep. Benjamin Kalu at plenary, the members cited the ongoing leadership crisis in the ADC as reason for their actions.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in Ebonyi have declared that there would be no contest in any of the constituencies with consensus applied to determine candidates for various political positions. Former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim, made the declaration on Saturday while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the
President Bola Tinubu has formally joined the presidential race to re-contest his position in the forthcoming 2027 presidential election, following the purchase of the APC Expression of Interest and Nomination forms. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the forms, valued at N100 million, were picked for the president
Senator Nenadi Usman has emerged the National Chairman of Labour Party. Usman, the immediate past Interim National Chairman of Labour Party, was elected through consensus, at the party’s 2026 Elective National Convention held in Umuahia on Tuesday. In her remarks, the new national chairman extended an olive branch to aggrieved
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday endorsed his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, describing him as competent, prepared and deserving to lead. The endorsement signals continuity within the administration and strengthens early political positioning ahead of the next governorship race in the state. Sanwo-Olu said Hamzat formally declared his
By Dr Patrick Akhere Ebojele A high-level delegation of governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) converged on Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday for the official flag-off of the 2026 Ekiti governorship campaign, urging a calm, issue-driven race anchored on continuity and development. The political atmosphere featured Governors
A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chieftain, Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, says agreement by opposition parties to field a single presidential candidate in 2027 will only succeed if key actors subordinate personal ambitions to collective interest. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) recalls that nation’s major opposition parties agreed to field
Senator Gbenga Daniel’s loyalists on Thursday described the senatorial endorsement of Gov. Dapo Abiodun as a “kangaroo arrangement”. The loyalists, known as the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Otunba Gbenga Daniel (BATOGD) Movement, alleged that the endorsement lacked adequate consultation and due process within the party structure. The movement’s Deputy Director-General, Mr
Leaders and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun East Senatorial District have unanimously endorsed Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, as their consensus candidate for the 2027 senatorial election. The endorsement was announced on Monday at a well-attended gathering held at Adeola Odutola Hall in Ijebu-Ode, bringing together