The President General of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Yerima Shettima, has said the northern region has yet to take a unified position on whether to support or oppose President Bola Tinubu’s second term bid in 2027. Earlier, the suspended National Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum, Mamman Osuman, had last week said the north would support a candidate from the …

The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has appealed to the party’s 2023 presidential flag bearer, Peter Obi, Abia State Governor, Alex Otti and other aggrieved bigwigs to return to the party. Abure made the plea in an exclusive interview with Saturday PUNCH. The embattled chairman had been at loggerheads with chieftains and stakeholders of the party …

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticised Governor Ademola Adeleke’s performance, describing his administration as subpar in the two years since he assumed office. The party also accused the governor of engaging in extra-budgetary spending and dismissed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent commendation of Adeleke’s achievements. At a press briefing in Osogbo on Thursday, APC’s …

The Elders Council of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ogun State Chapter on Tuesday called for the release of Gafar Asaolu, Personal Assistant of the Governorship Candidate of the party in 2023 election, Hon Ladi Adebutu. It is recalled that Asaolu was arrested by the police following alleged political violence which occurred in Iperu town, Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has charged Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke to ignore his predecessors’ shortcomings and continue to work for the progress of Yoruba race. Speaking before the inauguration of 2.7kilometre old garage-Lameco road in Osogbo yesterday, the ex-president said the governor, whom many have underrated is performing well and also dancing gracefully. According to him, the achievements of …

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has stated that Nigeria would have been better off if the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi, had won the 2023 presidential election. Abaribe, who represents Abia South in the Senate, made this assertion on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday. According to him, nepotism, which he claims thrives under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, would have been …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum has stressed the urgent need for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to review his policies, which have thrown many Nigerians into untold hardship. The forum made the call in a communique in Jos, Plateau State capital by its chairman, Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, after their two-day meeting, which ended on Saturday. “The forum …

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that citizens would resist any attempts to impose Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, as the next governor of the state. This statement follows recent endorsements of Seyi as a potential successor to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in 2027 by some groups. One of such groups, the Coalition …

Labour Party (LP) has again denied working clandestinely for President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general election. The National Publicity Secretary of LP, Obiora Ifoh, clarified the party’s position in a statement in Abuja, on Friday. Ifoh’s rebuttal was in response to a viral video where a popular human rights lawyer, Deji …

The South-West Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, tackled the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, over the plot by the ruling party to take over Oyo and Osun states after winning Ondo State in last Saturday’s election. Rising from its three-day meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Thursday, the PDP called on President …