Socialist Party of Nigeria releases statement on Peter Obi’s exit from the...
Peter Obi’s exit from the Labour Party Lessons and way forward for the working people SPN Reiterates Call on the NLC and TUC to Convene National Conference of Trade Unions, Socialists and Left...
View Article2027 Nigerian poll could trigger unrest unless electoral commission is fixed
Political activities heralding Nigeria’s 2027 general elections are beginning to pick up. Politicians are limbering up, alliances are being whispered about, political war chests are being filled, and...
View ArticleWhy the ADC coalition against Tinubu is DOA (Dead On Arrival)
The BBC referred to them as “heavyweights”, as the two main candidates that ran against President Bola Tinubu in 2023, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, joined several others to form the African Democratic...
View ArticleWhat chance does Nigeria’s new opposition coalition have?
Faced with increasing defections to the ruling APC, Nigerian opposition leaders have formed the All Democratic Alliance (ADA) to challenge President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 elections. But can the...
View ArticleTinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State stretches the...
President Bola Tinubu has this evening in a nationwide TV broadcast declared a state of emergency in Rivers state effective immediately, and suspended Governor Simi Fubara, his deputy governor Ngozi...
View ArticleAtiku’s attempt to expose the truth about Tinubu
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked Nigeria’s Supreme Court for leave to bring in fresh evidence to prove that President Bola Tinubu forged the...
View ArticleAtiku: Tinubu’s certificates are not credible.
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, at a press conference today in Abuja said: “Today, we are called upon again as a people to uphold and defend the ground rules...
View ArticleNigeria’s new president faces the task of national integration
Nigeria is a diverse society divided along ethnic and religious lines. The 1914 colonial amalgamation that created the borders of the country was more of a geographical merger than an effective...
View ArticleNigeria’s electoral system is still broken. Here’s a list of what’s urgent
10 May 2021 The chairman of Nigeria’s electoral commission, Mahmood Yakubu, was sworn in for a second term nearly six months ago. His second term will be defined by how much he’s able to improve the...
View ArticleLetter from Abuja: Malami v Magu
4 August 2020 Nigeria, already Africa’s biggest country, is set to overtake China in the world population stakes by the end of the century, according to a study by The Lancet. The prospect does not...
View ArticleThe long shadow of Biafra lingers over Nigeria
14 January 2020 The Biafra War led to the deaths of at least 1-2 million people in just 30 months — many of them children. January 15 marks 50 years since the end of the brutal conflict. The...
View ArticleNigerian tribunal upholds President Buhari’s re-election
11 September 2019 A Nigerian election tribunal has rejected a bid by the main opposition candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to overturn the February presidential election. The ruling means there is no further...
View ArticleHow Atiku atikulated the VP position to Peter Obi
18 November 2019 The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar’s choice of Peter Obi as his running mate during the (s)election in February was quite controversial,...
View ArticleEbelechukwu Obiano, First Lady of Anambra State, plotting to succeed husband...
15 June 2019 Ebelechukwu Obiano, the very combative wife of Anambra State governor Willie Obiano, has set her sights at succeeding her husband at the expiry of his second term in 2021. Mrs Obiano, who...
View ArticleNigeria: Widespread violence ushers in President’s new term
10 June 2019 The Nigeria elections in 2019 that brought President Muhammadu Buhari back into office for a second term were marred by political violence, some of it by soldiers and police officers,...
View ArticleNigeria tribunal to hear petitions on president’s election win
9 May 2019 Election tribunal starts discussing legal challenges to the February vote filed by the main opposition. A panel of five judges at Nigeria‘s appellate court opened a hearing on Wednesday...
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