Politics

The Kaduna State chapter of the Social Democratic Party has disowned former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, over what it described as an “unauthorized” association with the party. At a press conference in Kaduna on Friday, the SDP’s North-West Zonal Secretary, Alhaji Idris Inuwa, said El-Rufai was neither …

The Presidency has said the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, is wrong to have claimed that the north has been neglected by the Bola Tinubu-led administration. Kwankwaso had alleged while speaking at Coronation Hall, Kano Government House, on Thursday, during a stakeholders’ engagement …

In what appears to be a fresh blow to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), four senators and three members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday formally announced their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Senators Sampson Ekong, representing Akwa Ibom South, and Aniekan Bassey, representing Akwa Ibom North-East, …

A former chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Peter Ameh, has said that former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, remains the strongest opposition figure capable of defeating President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general election. Ameh, who spoke during an interview with Arise TV on Wednesday, argued that …

A member representing Ife Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Taofeek Ajilesoro, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The resignation letter, dated July 22, 2025, and obtained on Wednesday in Osogbo, was addressed to the PDP chairman of Ilare Ward II in Ife Central Local Government Area …

Four senators, two each from Akwa Ibom and Osun states, have announced their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Their defection letters were read by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio during plenary on Wednesday. The four senators are Ekong Samson …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has condemned opposition parties over their claims of electoral malpractice in the recently concluded local government elections, describing the allegations as an insult to the intelligence and will of Lagosians. In a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by the party’s spokesperson, …

Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President of Nigeria, has officially resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku announced his resignation in a letter dated July 14, stating that his decision was necessitated by what he described as a departure from the founding ideals of the party. “I am …

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has showered encomium on residents for turning out to vote in the local government elections held across the state on Saturday. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement shared on his official X (formerly Twitter) handle, expressed appreciation to Lagosians for what he described as a peaceful …

In a surprising turn during the Lagos State Local Government elections, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) secured one councillorship seat out of the 376 positions contested across the state. The PDP scored a rare victory in Ward D of the Yaba Local Council Development Area (LCDA), defeating the candidate of …