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...

Residents of the Federal Housing estate in Bauchi have protested an alleged plan to evict them from their homes by the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, along with the Nigerian Air Force. The peaceful protest took place on Tuesday at the estate built in 2016 for low-income earners, where many of the residents live in two-bedroom bungalows. They appealed to President Bola Tinubu to stop the move and protect them from being forced...