The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced a strategic partnership with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) aimed at ensuring credible, transparent, and violence-free elections in 2027. The collaboration was highlighted during a courtesy visit by the Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Obo Effanga, to the Benin Zonal Directorate of the EFCC…
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has filed a ₦5 billion defamation lawsuit against actor-turned-politician Kenneth Okonkwo over alleged defamatory statements made against him. According to reports, the suit seeks damages and other legal remedies, with Obi maintaining that the statements in question were false, injurious to his reputation, and capable of lowering his…
The national leadership of the Kwankwasiya Movement has held a closed-door meeting with the National Leader of the National Democratic Coalition (NDC), Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, and other party leaders as part of efforts to resolve disagreements between the movement and legacy officials of the party in Kano State. According to a statement issued after…
A former Labour Party (LP) presidential aspirant, Peter Agada, has defected to the Young Progressives Party (YPP) following his disqualification from the party’s presidential primary. Agada announced his defection on Monday in Abuja during an event attended by representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), members of his presidential campaign council,…
The Labour Party has filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court in Abuja against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), over its alleged exclusion from the forthcoming Enugu North Senatorial District by-election scheduled for June 20. The suit follows claims that the party was denied the opportunity to upload its candidate’s details on INEC’s…
The Kwankwasiyya Movement has dismissed reports claiming that its leader, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, threatened to leave the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over alleged replacement of candidates. Speaking on Monday, the group’s spokesman, Habibu Sale Mohammed, described the reports as false and misleading, insisting that there is no crisis within the movement or the party….
Former Iyabo Obasanjo has resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing what she described as persistent disrespect, rejection, and poor treatment by the party’s leadership in Ogun State. In a resignation letter dated May 31 and addressed to the Ogun APC Chairman, Chief Yemi Sanusi, the former senator and epidemiologist expressed dissatisfaction with the…
The Nigeria Democratic Congress has defended the conduct of its recently concluded presidential, governorship, National Assembly, and State House of Assembly primaries, dismissing allegations of irregularities and candidate imposition. In a statement issued in Abuja, the party’s National Secretary, Morgan Enekweizu, described the claims as misleading and rooted in a misunderstanding of the party’s constitution, guidelines, and internal…
The Adamawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has denied reports circulating on social media alleging that candidates linked to Governor Ahmadu Fintiri were replaced after the party’s recent primaries. Reacting to the claims, the party’s spokesperson, Dogo Victor, described the reports as false and politically motivated attempts to sow discord within the party. “There is nothing like that….
Six members of the House of Representatives from Oyo State have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), in a move seen as a significant boost for the party’s growing influence in the state. The defections were announced during plenary on Tuesday as the House resumed legislative activities following…
