The Peoples Democratic Party says it has zoned its party’s presidential ticket for the 2027 general elections to the Southern Nigeria and the national chairman to the North. The resolution was reached during the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) 102nd convention held at the PDP’s national headquarters in Abuja on Monday. The party’s National Publicity…
Mr Daniel Okorie, a former chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the outcome of the 2027 elections would not hinge solely on party affiliation but a combination of other factors, including viability of candidates. Okorie, a former Technical Assistant to former Gov. David Umahi on Students Affairs, stated this in an…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has rejected the membership claim of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, and has announced his 30-year expulsion from the party. The decision was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Araba Rufus Aiyenigba, following reports submitted…
Interim National Chairperson of the Labour Party (LP), Senator Nenadi Usman, has reaffirmed the party’s status as the most credible alternative to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), urging Nigerians to remain steadfast in their support. Speaking with journalists on Sunday in Kafanchan, the headquarters of Jema’a Local Government Area, Usman described the Labour Party…
The leadership of Nigeria’s Labour Party, under Senator Nenadi Usman, has called for unity and adherence to the rule of law after recent comments by Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed appeared to reignite internal leadership tensions. Speaking at an event earlier this week and again on a national television broadcast, the party’s 2023 vice-presidential candidate reportedly identified…
Nigeria’s Labour Party has reaffirmed its respect for the Supreme Court ruling that resolved its leadership crisis, in response to recent remarks by Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the party’s 2023 vice-presidential candidate. In a press release signed by Ken Asogwa, media aide to Interim National Chairman Senator Nenadi Usman, the party clarified that the apex…
As Nigeria looks ahead to the 2027 general elections, one of the country’s prominent opposition parties, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has warned that unresolved issues around party leadership recognition could sow seeds of political turmoil. In a press release from Lagos, Dr Ogini Olaposi, the NNPP’s National Secretary, criticised the Independent National Electoral…
A prominent founding member of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Waziri, has announced his resignation from the party to join the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Speaking on Monday at the Dogo Tebo Ward Centre in Potiskum Local Government Area of Yobe State, Waziri said his decision stemmed from a desire to “restore democratic…
Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared it remains confident and unthreatened, even as high-profile opposition figures unite in a fresh bid to unseat President Bola Tinubu in the upcoming 2027 elections. Acting APC national chairman, Ali Bukar Dalori, downplayed the significance of an emerging opposition coalition, which includes senior members of the country’s main…
The Nigerian electoral authority, INEC, has confirmed that 110 associations have submitted formal applications to be registered as political parties in anticipation of the country’s 2027 general elections. Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, revealed the development at a media briefing held in Abuja on Wednesday. According to Yakubu, the commission…
