The Edo State Government and the state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday traded words over Governor Monday Okpebholo’s re-election campaign for President Bola Tinubu. The Presidency, on Saturday, called for a halt to any of such campaigns and disclaimed any campaign material. Reacting through a press statement on Monday, the state PDP Publicity Secretary, Chris Nehikhare, said the Federal …

Governors elected under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday dismissed speculations of a possible merger of parties ahead of the 2027 general elections. The Forum also lamented the alarming worsening security situation in Nigeria as evidenced in parts of the country, especially in Borno, Katsina and Edo States. The Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum and Governor of Bauchi …

The Presidency has observed, with dismay, the increasing number of billboards in some cities promoting the 2027 campaign for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Worth noting is that some of these billboards with pictures of the President and his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, emblazoned on them are springing up in Abuja and Kano in particular. While …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday reaffirmed its commitment to improving Nigeria’s electoral processed ahead of the 2027 general elections, even as it welcomed public scrutiny through election petitions. Speaking at the presentation of the report ‘From Ballot to the Court’, an analysis of election petition litigation from the 2023 general elections, INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, commended …

The National Vice Chairman (North West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Garba Datti Muhammad has advised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Kaduna Governor Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai to reconsider their political paths ahead of the 2027 general elections. Datti, a former member of the House of Representatives, specifically urged Atiku to forgo another presidential bid, stating: ‘As we …

A group of stakeholders from the North-Central zone of the party has called on President Bola Tinubu to drop Vice President Kashim Shettima as running mate in 2027. The stakeholders asked the President to choose his running mate from their zone if the President wants their support for his re-election. Sunday PUNCH gathered that the stakeholders have begun consultation with …

A member of the National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Diran Odeyemi, and a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), Anslem Eragbe, have warned former Vice President Atiku Abubakar against contesting the 2027 presidential election. Both Odeyemi and Eragbe said the South should be allowed to rule for eight years. They said the 2027 southern president might …

Shehu Gabam, the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has said President Bola Tinubu would lose the 2027 election if he doesn’t change his economic policies. Tinubu has been roundly criticised especially by opposition parties, for his economic policies, which include the unification of forex rates and fuel subsidy removal. While critics claim that Tinubu’s policies has subjected …

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)  has described the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a political platform that is gradually going into extinction amid its perennial leadership crisis. APC urged Nigerians to ensure that the PDP did not return to power following the alleged rot it left behind after ruling the country for 16 years The appeal was made …

The nation’s political elite has started the process of rigging the 2027 general elections, Prof Adele Jinadu has said. Delivering his keynote address at the Policy Dialogue on “State of Anti-Corruption Policy and Practice in Nigeria”, in Abuja, yesterday, the Professor of Political Science said known party members were being appointed as commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). …