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Followers of former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, and ex-Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, have launched a new political pressure group, the Obi–Kwankwaso Movement, as permutations intensify ahead of the presidential primaries of the African Democratic Congress. The group, which announced its emergence in Abuja on Monday, said it had established structures across the 36 […]
Continue ReadingLeaders and members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) joined a large demonstration in Abuja on Wednesday, protesting decisions by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that they said undermined democracy and the party’s internal leadership. The protest, tagged #OccupyINEC, the protesters, who included former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso and […]
Continue ReadingAPC’S Extended Insomnia: It becomes obvious each day that Mr Peter Obi is the abiding nightmare of the ruling party. Indications are clear that the All Progressives Congress has switched into a panic mode in the last few weeks. Like a man who’s suffering acute nightmares, the party’s top echelon seems to be in severe […]
Continue ReadingAfrican Democratic Congress (ADC) leaders have raised the alarm over what they described as a calculated plot to impose a one-party state on Nigeria ahead of the 2027 general elections, accusing the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Bola Tinubu of using the Independent National Electoral Commission to weaken opposition parties. National chairman of […]
Continue ReadingKwankwaso Support Group 2027 has proposed a joint presidential ticket pairing former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, with Senator Rabi’u Kwankwaso. Leader of the group, Abba Gwale, while speaking in Kano on Friday, stated that as loyal supporters of Senator Kwankwaso, they found it necessary to appeal to Nigerians to support the Obi-Kwankwaso alliance, describing […]
Continue ReadingThere are reports that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has met with the National Chairman of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Yabagi Yusuf Sani, and other senior executives. The meeting reportedly took place at Atiku’s residence in Abuja on Saturday. The meeting is coming on the heels of rumours of an alliance between some opposition […]
Continue ReadingIntended alliance between the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, and a former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, for a joint 2027 presidential ticket has reached an advanced stage. Punch reports that its finding revealed that both Obi and Kwankwaso have jointly set up a committee for the actualisation […]
Continue ReadingThose of us who love competitive democracy can only take a positive view of the defection of Mr Peter Obi to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the platform adopted by key opposition figures for the 2027 elections after the cannibalisation and factionalisation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party by a blend […]
Continue ReadingA Rock and a Hard Place: It was a hard decision. But it had to be made, and very quickly too. And on the 31st of December, 2025, Peter Obi decided to formally join Nigeria’s coalition political group, the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Let’s say he bit the bullet. It’s symbolic he chose the last […]
Continue ReadingThe epidemic of crisis afflicting major political parties in Nigeria in the current political dispensation appears to have infected the African Democratic Congress (ADC) too, as a faction of the party, led by its National Chairman, Nafiu Gombe, on Thursday distanced itself from the reported defection and registration of former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has stated that he will never look down on any Nigerian, emphasising that his politics are rooted in empathy, inclusion, and respect for human dignity. He made this statement on Wednesday via his X (Formerly Twitter) handle, while reacting to comments […]
Continue ReadingIn what irreverently humorous social media denizens are calling the battle between the “social media president” and the “Temu lawyer” (unflattering epithets to suggest that Peter Obi rules the Nigerian social media space while Deji Adeyanju is a baby lawyer who makes up for his inexperience through loud exhibitionism), Nigerian media law is about to […]
Continue ReadingThe pace and energy with which President Bola Tinubu’s foot soldiers sped to Kaduna last week to defend his stewardship at an engagement organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation (SABMF) should confirm an obvious thing: that the president knows the importance of getting northern support again in his bid for a second term […]
Continue ReadingThe camp of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has distanced itself from Monday’s reconciliation meeting between his former running mate, Dr. Datti Baba-Ahmed, and the Julius Abure-led leadership. Labour Party has been engulfed in a leadership crisis, which intensified in April after three members insisted they were the rightful […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu over his visit to Saint Lucia, describing it as ill-timed and insensitive to the current hardship and insecurity ravaging the country. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to Tinubu, said on Friday that the President […]
Continue ReadingLeader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo has been laid to rest in his native country home, Isanya Ogbo, Ijebu Ode, Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, on May 3, 2025. The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, at the funeral service held for Adebanjo at St Phillip Anglican Church, Isanya […]
Continue ReadingLagos today, Jakarta tomorrow. You will hardly see Peter Obi relying entirely on second hand news, for the Labour Party leader is a man of the globe, flying across continents in search of knowledge and solution to basic problems that turn nations to tigers. When you see Obi wearing the trademark black Indonesian cap with a matching […]
Continue ReadingThe struggle for the leadership of the Labour Party (LP) took a different twist on Monday after the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure and LP presidential candidate in 2023, Peter Obi election simultaneously called for separate meetings of the National Executive Committee to discuss the future of the party following Friday’s judgement by […]
Continue ReadingMany eminent Nigerians, former governors and past public office holders expressed fears on Monday over the falling standards of democracy in Nigeria, arguing that it left much to be desired. They voiced their fears at a colloquium held at the Abuja Intercontinental Hotel to mark the 60th birthday celebration of former Governor of Imo State, […]
Continue ReadingIn a combat of words on Monday over an alleged threat to the life of the former Anambra State governor, Mr. Peter Obi, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and supporters of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, engaged themselves. The hostility was a fallout of Sunday’s interview on Arise Television, […]
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