Day: May 28, 2026

Photo: Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, Former Dep. Senate President By: Mandy Park The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has granted waivers to former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, and former Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei, to contest the Delta Central and Delta North Senatorial seats respectively in the 2027 general elections under the platform of the party. The development comes shortly after the formal defection of both political heavyweights from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the NDC, a move seen by political…

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Photo: Peter Obi By: Daniel Kanu Since the end of the 2023 presidential election, one of the most repeated political talking points in Nigeria has been: “Peter Obi is a good man, but we cannot vote for him because Obidients are disrespectful.” At face value, it sounds morally upright. It sounds like a principled stand against toxic political culture. But a closer look at Nigeria’s political history reveals something else entirely — hypocrisy, selective outrage, and tribal political convenience. Many of the people preaching “respect” today were among the loudest…

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Photo: Atiku and Amaechi during the visit By: Daniel Kanu Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday visited former Minister of Transportation and ex-Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, at his Abuja residence in what political observers see as a strategic reconciliation move ahead of the next general election. The visit comes days after tensions emerged within the ADC following the party’s presidential primaries, where Amaechi and former presidential aspirant Mohammed Hayatu-Deen rejected the outcome that produced Atiku as the party’s…

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Photo: Atiku Abubakar receiving flag of authority from David Mark, ADC National Chairman By: Daniel Kanu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accepted his nomination as the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress ahead of the next general election, declaring that it was time to “rescue” Nigeria from what he described as the “destructive grip” of the ruling All Progressives Congress. Speaking on Wednesday at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja after emerging victorious in the party’s presidential primary, Atiku said he was honoured by the confidence reposed in him…

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Photo : Atiku Abubakar ADC presidential candidate By: Mandy Park Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has won the presidential primary election of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Tunde Ogbeha, the returning officer of the ADC presidential primary election, announced Abubakar as the winner of the primary poll on Wednesday night. Abubakar polled 1,846,370 votes to defeat two other contenders — Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, former managing director of the defunct FSB International Bank, and Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers. Amaechi polled 504,117 votes while Hayatu-Deen got 177,120 votes.

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