Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, a presidential hopeful and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that nobody or group can pocket the main opposition party ahead of the 2027 presidential election. According to him, the party remains the only truly democratic political party in Nigeria, which can’t be controlled by any individual or group. While speaking in an interview on the AIT programme on Tuesday, Olawepo-Hashim said the PDP’s long-standing tradition of competitive primaries...

The Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria (IPAC) has faulted the scheduled August 30, Rivers State local government election, saying that the Commission, as presently constituted, lacks the legitimate authority to conduct any election. The umbrella body of registered political parties in Nigeria expressed displeasure over what it described as illegality and unconstitutionality of the proposed election by the electoral body. In a press statement on Wednesday, signed by Dr. Yusuf M. Dantalle, National Chairman and...

Gbenga Hashim Vanguard, a political group, has said that no regional warlord can deliver victory for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2027 presidential election. The Coordinator of Gbenga Hashim Vanguard North West, Honorable Aminu  Bala Wudilawa, stated this in a press statement on Wednesday and called on the leadership of the main opposition party to reject blackmail and pressures to hand over the party’s presidential ticket to any regional political warlord under the...