The Labour Party (LP) has said there would be no automatic ticket for Mr Peter Obi and Gov. Alex Otti of Abia in the 2027 presidential and governorship elections. Obi was the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential election after defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The...
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Rep. Obi Aguocha (LP-Abia), has advised Rep. Benjamin Kalu, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, against making statements capable of heating up the polity. He said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja, following Kalu’s remark that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia would take...
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, has said that contrary to reports, the party was now more united and popular in the state than before. The Chairman of APC in the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, stated this in a statement on Monday in...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has threatened to unseat Senator Ireti Kingibe (LP-FCT), for criticising his successes as the FCT Minister. Wike made the threat during the inauguration of the construction of Mabushi Bus Terminal, Phase I, in Abuja on Monday. He said...
A former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Deputy Chairman, Chief Bode George, has said the party must stick to its power rotation grundnorm between the North and South to win in 2027. George said this while fielding questions from newsmen during his address to the nation, titled “My...
A renowned political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, has said his plan to form a mega political party with like-minded people and political groups ahead of 2027 general elections is on course. Utomi, who returned to Nigeria on Wednesday after a long stay in the U.S., told the News...
Some Lagos State PDP elders say for the party to return to power and win in the state, stakeholders must stay united, work hard to build and restructure the party. The elders including Dr Abimbola Ogunkelu, a former Minister of Health and PDP Board of Trustees (BOT) member,...
Elders and leaders of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, including Chief Olabode George, on Wednesday held a reconciliation meeting to strengthen unity in the state party chapter ahead of 2027 general elections. At the Leaders and Elders Stakeholders’ Meeting organised in Lagos, the party chieftains emphasised...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has said President Bola Tinubu will remain in office beyond 2027. Ganduje said this on Monday in Abuja at the party’s national secretariat when he addressed a crowd of supporters who paid a solidarity visit to...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, says the most important task at Thursday’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the party should be how to save Nigeria in 2027. Pearse, former member, Atiku Abubakar 2023 Presidential Campaign Council, said this in...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said with the alliances his political camp has formed, the 2027 elections will be a walk in the park for them. The minister spoke of his readiness for the 2027 elections during a thanksgiving service by Senator...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it is optimistic of capturing Bauchi State in the 2027 general election, in spite of its failure to get a favourable ruling at the Supreme Court. The state APC Chairman, Alhaji Hassan Tilde, said this when he spoke with the News...
Renowned Political Economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, says his proposed merger of opposition parties to wrestle power from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027 is not for ‘machine politics’ but for genuine service to the people. Utomi, the Convener of the National Consultative Front (NCFront) and the BIG...
A former House of Representatives member, Isaac Kwallu (PDP-Plateau), whose election was recently nullified by the Court of Appeal has vowed to reclaim his seat from the incumbent in 2027. Kwallu, who represented Shendam, Qua’an-Pan, Mikang federal constituency, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has urged former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and his four other friends in the G5 to come up with another aggrieved group within opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to make winning the 2027 presidential election a smooth ride for the ruling All Progressives...