Nigeria 2027

Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, says claims that he said President Bola Tinubu used religion to win the presidential election, are manufactured falsehoods. In June, a Twitter user, Will. E, had posted a video where el-Rufai, flanked by Uba Sani, his successor, was seen addressing a group of Muslims...

The Special Assistant on Public Communication to Atiku Abubakar has warned supporters of the All Progressives Congress and its candidate, Bola Tinubu, from disrupting proceedings at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. Atiku’s aide, Phrank Shaibu, said in a statement that the warning had become imperative following the sponsored protest that...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday told the Presidential Election Petition Court that it would not participate in the whipping of dead horses as it declined to open defence in the petition of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku, challenging the conduct and declaration...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima have tendered a copy of the Labour Party (LP) membership register for Anambra State as evidence of their claim that Peter Obi is not a registered member of the party. Obi and the Labour Party are challenging the victory of Bola...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has closed its defence in the petition filed by the Labour Party after calling one witness at the Presidential Election Petitions Court. At the resumed hearing of the petition filed by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Tuesday, the electoral...

Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy has described the silence of National Peace Committee (NPC) as deafening in spite the avalanche of election petitions and likely far-reaching outcomes that could follow the decisions. The group in a statement released Sunday in Abuja, and signed by Ifeanyi Okechukwu on behalf of...

A group under the aegis of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Action 2023 has warned the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio to steer clear of the Minority leadership issue. Speaking via a statement by its Chairman, Hon Dr Rufus Omeire, titled “Who is afraid of Tambuwal,” the group urged Akpabio to...

The Campaign Manager of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign in the February 25, 2023 election, Oseloka H. Obaze has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against tempering with IRev as it concerns the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was made known in a press statement on Saturday signed by the...

Sen. Adams Oshiomhole (APC-Edo) has said that if he lost his senatorial ambition, his blood pressure would have risen to 360 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) Oshiomhole said this during the post inauguration/thank you party hosted in his honour by friends and well-wishers at his country home, Iyamho, Etsako, Edo,...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has advised Nigerian leaders at all levels of government to lead by example in sacrificing for a better Nigeria. He was commenting on a viral video allegedly showing President Bola Tinubu with about 120-car convoy in Lagos...