The National Youth Leader of the Labour Party (LP), Kennedy Ahanotu, has declared his intention to contest the 2027 presidential election. Ahanotu, 41, becomes the first member of the party to publicly announce interest in the race. Speaking in an interview on Tuesday, the LP youth leader said Nigeria needs a generational shift and institutional…
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), declaring it an “empty shell” and taunting its members as “Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)” seeking refuge after a wave of defections to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Abiodun made these remarks that the opposition party nationwide is an…
Speaker of the House of Representatives Abbas Tajudeen has raised concerns over the alarming rate of youth unemployment and underemployment in Nigeria, attributing it to a lack of practical and technical skills required by the modern labour market. Speaking on Wednesday at a public hearing organised by the House Committee on Polytechnic and Higher Technical…
Umar Farouk Ibrahim, factional national secretary of the Labour Party (LP), says Peter Obi may be disqualified from seeking the party’s presidential ticket in 2027 if he continues to associate with other political platforms. Speaking during an interview with Trust TV, Ibrahim said no individual has an automatic claim to the party’s presidential ticket, and…
The Presidency has denied allegations that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration offered ministerial slots to former African Democratic Congress (ADC) National Chairman, Chief Ralphs Okey Nwosu, in a bid to halt the formation of an opposition coalition. Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Tinubu, dismissed the claim on Wednesday in a statement…
The immediate past National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Ralph Nwosu, says he rejected three ministerial appointments from the Bola Tinubu-led government meant to dissuade him from transforming the party into a coalition opposition platform. Nwosu made the revelation during the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the ADC on Tuesday, where former…
LFormer Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, warns northern governors to defect to ADC to be re-elected, Babachir Lawal speak about Nigeria’s 2027 general elections Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has warned that governors and other elected officials from northern Nigeria may not secure re-election…
First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Tuesday donated N1 billion to victims of armed invaders attack in Yelwata community of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. Our correspondent reports that over 100 people were reportedly killed in the night of June 13 and early hours of June 14, 2025 in the rural Yelwata community,…
The Founder and pioneer National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Ralph Nwosu, has declared that the party now have 28 senators and over 100 elected officials, including members of the National and State Assemblies. Nwosu made the revelation during the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. According to him,…
Former Senate President David Mark; ex-Minister Rauf Aregbesola; former Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir Lawal; former Minister Bolaji Abdullahi and General Tunde Ogbeha (rtd) have assumed key leadership roles in the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as members of the party’s newly inaugurated National Executive Committee (NEC). Their emergence followed the formal swearing-in…