The Peter Obi convoy blocked in Benue incident has opened a fresh political and security dispute ahead of the 2027 elections, with the former Anambra governor’s team and the Benue State Government giving different accounts of what happened. Obi’s convoy was stopped by youths along Gboko Road in Makurdi on Tuesday while he was travelling…
The Nigeria 2027 presidential election is already producing a major debate over what opposition candidates would do differently, with fuel prices and the future of petrol pricing emerging as key issues. Oyo State Governor and Allied Peoples Movement presidential candidate Seyi Makinde has rejected a return to the old fuel subsidy system, instead proposing cheaper…
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke begins UK medical trip for health checks and rest, just as his victory in the 2026 governorship election enters a new phase. The trip comes shortly after the 21-day deadline for challenging the election result expired without any petition being filed. Adeleke, who contested under the Accord Party, defeated APC…
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has accused the governors of Imo and Kwara, Hope Uzodinma and AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, of working against him as political alliances take shape ahead of the 2027 elections. Wike made the allegations during a media chat in Port Harcourt, where he also repeated his support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election. He said…
Newly inaugurated Ebonyi council chairmen have been given a political target that could shape their time in office. Governor Francis Nwifuru has warned that any chairman who fails to deliver his local government area to the APC in the 2027 elections could lose his position. The warning came as Nwifuru inaugurated chairmen and vice chairmen…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has made local government autonomy in Nigeria a fresh part of his 2027 campaign message, promising that his administration would pay allocations directly to the country’s 774 councils if elected. The pledge comes at a sensitive time. Two years after the Supreme Court local government ruling, many councils are still…
Nigeria’s opposition is entering a more intense phase ahead of the 2027 election, with two developments putting pressure on the ruling APC from different directions. Atiku Abubakar’s claim that President Bola Tinubu is 90 has created a fresh political controversy, while former Bayelsa governor Timipre Sylva has left the APC and opposition groups are meeting…
The Anambra local government election is taking place across the state today, but the most unusual part of the ANSIEC election is not the number of candidates on the ballot. In 20 of the state’s 21 local government areas, voters are being asked a much simpler question: Do you accept the candidate? The arrangement means…
Nigeria’s 2027 election story is becoming more intense even before the major campaign battles begin, with fresh controversy involving African Action Congress candidate Omoyele Sowore and the ruling All Progressives Congress. Sowore has accused the Department of State Services of placing a tracking device under a security vehicle used by his team during his visit…
The 2027 election is already exposing one of the biggest challenges facing Nigeria’s opposition: getting major political figures to agree on who should lead a united challenge to President Bola Tinubu. The camps of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Anambra State governor Peter Obi have rejected a proposal by the G-100 political pressure…
