The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned party leaders to desist from engaging in anti-party activities or face sanctions. The party’s leadership said it reached the resolution after it reviewed the anti-party activities of certain members of the party “particularly those endorsing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for re-election in 2027.” The PDP national publicity secretary,…
Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has recommended a single term of five years for the presidency in Nigeria. Obi said this when he visited the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, at the government house, Bauchi, on Friday. According to him, a five-year term, which is the practice in South Korea,…
Former presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu has claimed that former President Goodluck Jonathan offered ex-Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, a slot of Coordinating Minister of the Economy, if he withdraws from the 2027 race to support him. Kachikwu made the claim at a press conference in Abuja on Friday….
Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has said his principal’s achievements in the past two years have exceeded what the Peoples Democratic Party recorded during its first eight years in power between 1999 and 2007. In a post via his X handle on Friday, Bwala argued that Tinubu assumed office…
The Federal Government has said Nigeria’s economy is on a steady growth path, driven by ongoing reforms and increasing investor confidence, despite the United States’ decision to impose a 15 per cent tariff on Nigerian exports. Speaking during an interview on CNN on Thursday, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Jumoke Oduwole, said the country…
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Yakubu Mahmood has said that inmates of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) will be given to opportunity to vote during elections in Nigeria. Mahmood made the disclosure while playing host to the Comptroller General of the NCoS, Sylvester Nwakuche at the commission headquarters in Abuja. During…
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is facing a difficult battle to maintain political influence within the African Democratic Congress (ADC)-led opposition coalition, as loyalists of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar tighten their grip on the party’s structures ahead of the 2027 general elections. Multiple sources within the coalition say Atiku’s allies have been…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio was on Thursday night seen attending the birthday celebration of Nela Duke Ekpenyong, wife of Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong, in London. His appearance comes amid recent speculation about his health, following reports that he had been hospitalised in London. The claims were trended by former presidential spokesman Jackson Ude, who, in a…
Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate for the Labour Party has condemned the detention of Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters by the Nigeria Police Force. Obi, in a post titled “On the Arrest of Omoyele Sowore,” noted that the detention of a citizen shortly after he voluntarily honoured an invitation by the Inspector…
Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, will be one of the leading candidates to confront incumbent President Bola Tinubu, in the 2027 presidential poll, a close ally of the Bayelsa-born politician confirmed to Vanguard yesterday. The ally, who is also in the People Democratic Party, PDP, as Jonathan, told Vanguard that the plan to draft…
