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Former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has rejected the results of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential primaries, alleging widespread voter disenfranchisement and electoral malpractice. Amaechi, in a statement posted on his X handle on Tuesday, described the outcome of the exercise as “concocted results.” He said he had earlier made it clear that he would only accept the outcome of the primaries if the process was free, fair and transparent. “I will not accept results from a process that does not reflect the values that the ADC had pledged to uphold,” he said. Amaechi alleged that about…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has taken an early lead in the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential primary election after securing victories in five states. This online medium reports that the contest is being held across the country to determine the party’s presidential candidate for the 2027 general election. Atiku is contesting against former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and economist Mohammed Hayatu-Deen. Although the ADC national leadership has yet to formally announce the final collated results from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, figures obtained from some states showed Atiku maintaining a strong lead. The former vice president…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has affirmed the powers of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to fix and release timetable for the 2027 general elections, including schedules for party primaries. The judgement was delivered on Tuesday by Justice James Omotosho, who dismissed a suit filed by the Social Democratic Party, SDP, challenging the electoral body’s authority to issue election timetable and guidelines ahead of the 2027 polls. The court held that INEC acted within the powers granted to it by the Constitution and the Electoral Act, 2026, when it released the timetable for political parties and the conduct…

Mustapha Bala Dawaki, former Chief of Staff to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has defected to the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC. Dawaki, a former member of the House of Representatives from Kano State, defected to the opposition party just a week after he lost the APC ticket for the 2027 election following a consensus decision. Saifullahi Hassan, a media assistant to Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, a leader of the NDC and the Kwankwasiyya Movement, confirmed the development on Monday. Hassan said the defection was formalized at Kwankwaso’s Kano Miller Rose residence. “Today, Leader Kwankwaso welcomed Mustapha Bala…

President Bola Tinubu’s ally and elder statesman, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, has alleged a gang-up against the President in Southern Nigeria ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The gang-up, he alleged, is aimed at fielding different presidential candidates from the region with a view to dividing votes and drastically reducing Tinubu’s margin. Osoba, a veteran journalist and former Governor of Ogun State, spoke at the Presidential Lodge, Abeokuta, during the announcement of the result of the APC presidential primaries. In the primaries held across the 20 local government areas of Ogun State, Tinubu polled 322,485 votes to emerge winner. Governor Dapo…

The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, May 27, and Thursday, May 28, 2026, as public holidays in celebration of Eid-el-Kabir. The announcement was made on Monday by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, through a statement signed by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Magdalene Ajani. According to the statement, the declaration underscores the Federal Government’s recognition of the faith and spiritual significance of the festival to millions of Muslims in Nigeria and across the world. Tunji-Ojo congratulated Muslim faithful at home and in the diaspora, describing Eid-ul-Adha as a sacred celebration centred on sacrifice, obedience to God, and compassion for others.…

Leaders of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday held a closed-door meeting with Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, in Ibadan amid growing tension within the opposition party. The meeting took place at the Governor’s Office and was attended by members of the factional PDP BoT led by Adolphus Wabara as well as officials of the party’s interim National Working Committee headed by Kabiru Tanimu Turaki. Although party leaders kept details of the discussions away from the public, insiders disclosed that the talks were centred on recent political developments surrounding Governor Makinde and the future…

For more than a year, a conscientious, cosmopolitan retired senior military officer from the North has told me that his worst fear for Nigeria is the prospect of terrorists and bandits from the North extending their bloodstained tentacles into Yorubaland. He said it would provoke the sort of communal convulsion that would take on a regional and ethnic hue. He doubts Nigeria can survive it. When news emerged of the abduction of students, teachers and other residents, including the chilling, tear-jerking slaughter of a teacher known as Michael Oyedokun in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State by armed terrorists, he reached…

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has listed the qualities of the presidential candidate that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) must present ahead of the 2027 general elections. According to him, the candidate should be competent, experienced and capable of addressing Nigeria’s economic challenges and institutional decline. In a statement issued on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said the choice before delegates of the ADC goes beyond politics, describing it as a historic responsibility. According to him, the ADC was founded on the principles of transparency, accountability, inclusion and democratic renewal, stressing that Nigeria…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has stated that it cannot take immediate action following a Federal High Court judgment in Abuja which nullified its directive regarding the 2027 general elections. The electoral umpire had previously ordered all political parties in the country to submit their official membership registers by May 10, 2026. However, the court ruled against this directive, sparking intense debate and diverse reactions across the nation’s political landscape. In the legal action cited as suit FHC/ABJ/CS/517/2016, the presiding judge clarified the limits of the commission’s powers. The court affirmed that while the electoral body retains the authority to…