Nigeria 2027

The Minister of State Labour and Employment Nkiruka Onyejeocha has been fingered at the centre of an alleged plot to compromise the outcome of the Bende Federal Constituency election. To achieve this, Onyejeocha has reportedly given $100,000 as a kickback to factional Action Alliance leadership to thwart the mandate of...

…Ganduje, Masari laud stakeholders Ondo State House of Assembly has agreed to suspend the ongoing impeachment process against the state deputy governor, Lucky Ayiedatiwa. The Deputy governor has been under the threat of impeachment by the State House of Assembly over allegations of gross misconduct and has been served with...

Some Senior Lawyers who have been following the Kaduna State Election Petition Tribunal’s judgment that affirmed Senator Uba Sani as the Governor of Kaduna State, have denounced a recent report of an online media platform, Premium Times Hausa on the appeal by Kaduna State PDP and her candidate Hon. Isa...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has reversed the election of the Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Ishaku Abbo. Abbo was elected in February 2023 under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). The court, ruled in favour of the candidate of...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has no plans to extend the Oct. 10 deadline for political parties to upload the list of their agents for polling units and collation centres for the Nov.11 Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo governorship election. Mr Sam Olumekun, INEC National Commissioner and the...

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Atiku Abubakar has filed a fresh evidence of forgery from Chicago at the Supreme Court of Nigeria against the qualifications of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the February 25, 2023 presidential election. Atiku, a former Vice President asserted categorically and authoritatively...

…Asks judge to speed up process to beat time limit The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the last presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, that he cannot use the excuse of privacy law to stop the release of his academic records...

*Says justices exhibited bias through uncomplimentary remarks Amongst the grounds upon which the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the last presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is seeking an overturn of the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Court is its failure to take into cognisance the “Doctrine...

…says former Governor out to persecute Christians The Civil Rights Movement in Nigeria (CRMN) has accused Mallam Nasir El-Rufai of a plot to join President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet through the backdoor. Describing the former governor as an evil genius, the group said he is out to continue the persecution of...

Following the outstanding victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), a rights group, Rising-Up for United Nigeria (RUN) has accused the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi who lost at the Tribunal of inciting the public by instigating armed groups and...