Politics

OTTI stated that no individual governor has the authority to speak for the entire South-East or commit the region to any political stance ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

Former lawmaker,  SHEHU SANI has criticised the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), ATIKU ABUBAKAR, over the reported engagement of a United States lobbying firm to circulate documents relating to President BOLA TINUBU'S past US forfeiture case, describing the move as unpatriotic. In a post on his X handle, SANI argued that involving foreign lobby groups to portray the President and his administration negatively before the US government could damage Nigeria's international reputation and […]

The vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), RABIU KWANKWASO, has defended himself against allegations of extremism, reaffirming his opposition to a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket, and expressed confidence that the NDC ticket of PETER OBI and himself will emerge victorious in the 2027 presidential election. Speaking during an interview yesterday while responding to questions about a proposed United States bill that reportedly mentioned his name in connection with allegations of religious persecution […]

DIRECTOR  revealed that officials of the electoral commission informed the party that they would "get back" to them, preventing the NDC from completing the mandatory upload before the court issued its deregistration order.

SHUAIBU stated that the decision was reached after consultations with key stakeholders of the party and was intended to boost its prospects ahead of the 2027 general elections.

National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and former Governor of Bayelsa State, SERIAKE DICKSON, has acknowledged shortcomings in the conduct of the party’s primary elections while rejecting claims that the party is facing an internal crisis. Speaking during an interview, DICKSONadmitted that certain aspects of the primary election process fell short of expectations and had generated dissatisfaction among some party members, but he attributed many of the challenges to the […]

According to the legal filing, OKONKWOwarned aspirants that OBI intended to defraud them, alleging that the former governor frequently travelled abroad to receive money from undisclosed individuals, and accused himalongside NDC leaders in the South-East of engaging in criminal activities.