2027: No Patriotic Nigerian Will Support Tinubu — PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described President Bola Tinubu as a "bad market" and an unsuitable choice for Nigerians ahead of the 2027 presidential election, expressing confidence in its ability to defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Monday, PDP National Publicity Secretary Debo Ologunagba claimed the party remains the only viable political...
Bangladesh Fighter Jet Crashes Into School, Kills19
A Bangladeshi Air Force training jet crashed into a school in Dhaka on Monday, leaving at least 19 people dead and dozens injured, marking the country's most devastating aviation disaster in decades. According to an AFP photographer at the scene, emergency responders rushed to evacuate wounded students on stretchers while military personnel worked to clear debris from the crash site. The...
NNPP Refutes Reports Of Members Defecting To ADC In Katsina
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has dismissed reports claiming that its local government chairmen in Katsina State have defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) or any other political party. In a statement issued on Monday in Katsina, the NNPP State Chairman, Alhaji Armaya’u Abdulkadir, firmly denied the claims, stating that none of the party's chairmen across the 34...
Peter Obi Planning ADC Exit — Kachikwu
Dumebi Kachikwu, the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has alleged that former Labour Party (LP) presidential flagbearer Peter Obi is considering leaving the recently formed ADC-led opposition coalition. In early July, Obi joined other prominent opposition politicians to launch the ADC coalition as a platform to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027...
Gov. Otti Opposes New States Creation, Backs State Police, Women’s Inclusion In Parliament (Video)
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has expressed strong opposition to the creation of new states in Nigeria, citing economic concerns and the burden of a bloated bureaucracy. https://youtu.be/kJLAegaJyb8 During the zonal public hearing on constitutional amendment in Owerri, Governor Otti stated that while the call for new states is rooted in valid concerns about marginalization, it risks worsening the...
2027: Mayor Igbokwe Hosts Ex-Abia Speaker Engr. Orji In Abuja, Defection Rumours Intensify (Photos)
The political atmosphere in Abia State is beginning to heat up ahead of the 2027 general elections, as former governorship aspirant and media entrepreneur, Mayor Lucky Igbokwe, popularly known as Don Lulu, on Sunday, July 20, 2025, hosted the former Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Chinedum Orji, at his residence in Abuja, ABN...
Former PDP Governors’ Forum DG, C.I.D Maduabum, Defects To ADC
Hon. C.I.D Maduabum, the immediate past Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) and a former two-term member of the House of Representatives, has announced his defection to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Maduabum made the announcement on Sunday through a statement issued in Abuja, citing the alleged hijack of the PDP by self-serving interests as the primary...
Ekiti APC Dismisses Claims Of Fayemi’s Defection Plan
The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has dismissed claims that former Governor Kayode Fayemi is plotting to destabilise the party or lure members away through a secret stakeholders’ meeting. The party’s State Publicity Secretary, Segun Dipe, in a statement on Sunday, dismissed the report in circulation, stating that it was a fabrication by rumour peddlers bent on creating internal...
“ADC’s Criticism Of President Tinubu’s Appointments Baseless” — APC
The APC in Lagos State has described the African Democratic Congress’s (ADC) criticism of President Bola Tinubu’s appointments as “a baseless tirade from the political sidelines”. The Lagos State APC Publicity Secretary, Mr Seye Oladejo, said this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. Oladejo said that the party found the recent statement by ADC, criticising Tinubu’s appointments, “as not only...
Push for Etiti State Gains Momentum As Proposal Highlights Economic, Cultural, Strategic Benefits
A fresh proposal for the creation of Etiti State from parts of the five South-East states of Nigeria has been unveiled, reigniting the long-standing call for balancing state representation in the geo-political zones of the country. The comprehensive proposal, which aligns with the recommendation of the 2004 National Political Reform Conference, advocates for the establishment of a sixth state in...
