Former Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has explained his decision to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, despite backing Peter Obi in the 2023 presidential election.
Abubakar Labbo Gwandu, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate for Gwandu Federal Constituency in Kebbi State, has approached the Federal High Court in Birnin Kebbi to challenge his alleged replacement as the party’s candidate ahead of the 2027 general election.
A comment by former Anambra State Governor and Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate Peter Obi about Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has triggered political reactions, with an All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain and an aide to Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, offering sharply different interpretations of the development.
Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, and the party’s Kogi East senatorial candidate, Peter Ameh, have called for a credible electoral process ahead of the 2027 general elections, urging Nigerians to remain vigilant and ensure their votes are properly counted.
African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has questioned the Bola Tinubu administration’s management of billions of naira reportedly disbursed through the federal government’s cash transfer programme, arguing that the intervention was both inadequate for struggling households and insufficiently accounted for.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Abia State, Kelechi Anosike, has promised to recall about 15,000 civil servants he alleged were sacked or prematurely retired by the present administration if elected governor in the 2027 election.
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo State has formally presented its candidates for the 2027 general elections, with Senator Sharafadeen Alli emerging as the party’s governorship standard-bearer.
African Democratic Congress, ADC, has released the names of its governorship and deputy governorship candidates for the 2027 general elections, with the party fielding candidates across 28 states.
former Kano State governor made the remarks on Thursday during a town hall meeting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where he challenged the assumption that the number of governors controlled by a political party determines the outcome of a presidential election.
According to Okonkwo, the opposition coalition had initially selected the ADC as its political platform on July 2, 2026, with several opposition figures, including Obi, participating in the process. He said Obi subsequently left the ADC arrangement for the NDC, which he described as a political trap.
Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi has declared that the outcome of the 2027 general election must reflect the genuine votes of Nigerians, warning that efforts to prevent citizens’ ballots from counting must come to an end.
Presidency has moved to clarify the nature of an ongoing legal dispute involving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu before a United States federal court, stressing that the proceedings concern the disclosure of government records under the US Freedom of Information Act and do not amount to a criminal trial against the Nigerian President.
African Democratic Congress presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has accused the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of preparing to reintroduce fuel subsidy through what he described as a “back door” ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger formally left ECOWAS in January 2025 after announcing their intention to withdraw from the regional bloc in 2024. The three countries subsequently strengthened their cooperation through the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), creating a separate regional framework outside ECOWAS.
Sanwo-Olu said Tinubu’s reaction to the election, which was won by incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke of another political party, demonstrated what he described as the growing maturity of Nigeria’s democracy under the current administration.