•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State The political landscape in Nigeria is taking a new shape as Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has officially declared his intention to run for the office of president in 2027. Makinde made the official declaration at the Unity rally jointly organised by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and […]
•Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso (R) Former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has backed the decision of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South. Speaking at the party’s convention yesterday in Abuja, Kwankwaso said the move aligned with the party’s established power-sharing arrangement, report...
•Jonathan Former President Goodluck Jonathan says he is still consulting whether or not to join the 2027 presidential race. The former president said this when a group of young persons under the auspices of Coalition for Jonathan 2027, visited him in his office in Abuja, today. Addressing the coalition and the mammoth crowd of supporters, [&he...
•Rotimi Amaechi Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has advised the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to consider a southern presidential candidate ahead of the 2027 elections, stressing that competence, age, and the country’s power rotation tradition should guide the party’s choice. Speaking yesterday in Kano, the former Rivers...
•Former President Goodluck Jonathan Former President Goodluck Jonathan is said to be considering aligning with the African Democratic Congress ahead of the 2027 general elections, as the party’s coalition of opposition forces gathers strength and intensifies consultations with key political stakeholders across the country. Multiple members of ...
•Atiku and Peter Obi The leadership of the opposition coalition has demanded that its members resigned from their current political parties and join the African Democratic Congress fully, although it gave no specific deadline for the transition. The National Publicity Secretary of the ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, stated this in Abuja yesterday follo...
•Peter Obi and Goodluck Jonathan The Obidient Movement has called on former President Goodluck Jonathan to support Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, instead of contesting against him in the build-up to the 2027 presidential election. This comes after Obi and Jonathan held a closed-door meeting in Abuja yesterday amid gro...
•Goodluck Jonathan Former President Goodluck Jonathan has criticised Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo (SAN), and legal scholar, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, for opposing his speculated 2027 presidential ambition, warning them to stay away from his political decisions. Keyamo and Odinkalu had urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to hand its...
•Prof K’tso Nghargbu A political scholar and leader of the North Central stakeholders agitating for power shift to the region, Prof K’tso Nghargbu, says the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the leading opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) may lose the 2027 presidential election for ignoring the North and ceding their tickets to...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State The Peoples Democratic Party’s 102nd National Executive Committee meeting resolved to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South, paving the way for Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and other southerners to challenge President Bola Tinubu in the next election. The party’s NEC also upheld the current Natio...

