The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the purported suspension of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Senator Adolphus Wabara, describing it as illegal. In a statement on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the Party faulted the suspension, stating that it violated the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017) and …

With political calculations for the 2027 presidential election gaining traction, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has hinted at a possible bid for Nigeria’s top office. Adesina, who served as Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development from 2010 to 2015, is in the final months of his second and last term as AfDB president. …

In the wake of reports that some aggrieved northern elements and politically displaced politicians were gathering against the assumed second-term aspiration of President Bola Tinubu, the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje has said that the President would complete the eight years of the South before power shifts to the North in 2031. Granting …

A former spokesperson for the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council, Barrister Kenneth Okonkwo has resigned his membership of the party. Okonkwo was the LP campaign spokesperson in the 2023 election. In his resignation statement, he said the LP has been afflicted by internal and leadership crises. The Nollywood actor and political activist said: ‘My entrance to politics is for good …

The Edo State Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Tony Aziegbemi has given reasons why the party is confident of victory at the ongoing Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. On Arise News on Monday night, Aziegbemi said that the petition presented by the party, challenging the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo as winner of the 21 September …

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday, dismissed claims that he failed to support President Bola Tinubu during the 2023 presidential election, stating that he has moved on from such allegations. Tinubu, backed by the All Progressives Congress, won the election against the main opposition candidates — Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the …

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, on Monday in Abuja, opened and closed his case at the Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal calling only one witness. At the resumed hearing, the lead counsel to Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Onyechi Ikpeazu, who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), told the tribunal that the business of the …

The National leader of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Saturday met with the former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. Details of what the two men discussed at the meeting held at Aregbesola’s Lagos residence could not be immediately ascertained. But sources in the Osun State chapter of the NNPP, who preferred to remain anonymous since he …

Mohammed El-Rufai, eldest son of the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said he supports the probe of his father’s administration by the Kaduna State Government, provided it is done with clear, unbiased intent. In an interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Saturday, Mohammed stressed that while accountability is crucial, any probe must focus on uncovering facts …

Edo election tribunal: Government House tensed over INEC’s failure to call witnesses Tension has reportedly continued to mount within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State as uncertainty hangs over Governor Monday Okpebholo’s administration. This follows the twists at the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja with the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) to tender the …