Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, the Taminu Turaki-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has endorsed the G-100 (a group of 100 opposition stalwarts) driven process of creating an all-opposition front to challenge the incumbent All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Comrade Ini Ememobong, National Publicity Secretary, Interim National Working Committee of the party, in a statement on Tuesday, hailed the group’s position on a unified candidate, stressing that its participation is anchored...

Leaders of six opposition political parties converged on Monday in Abuja to begin negotiations to forge a common platform ahead of the 2027 general election. The historic meeting, which was held at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Center, brought together presidential and vice-presidential candidates, national officers, and members of the Boards of Trustees (BoT) of the participating parties, in what organizers described as the first summit of Nigeria’s opposition political parties. Though some of the leading...

…Seeks INEC’s Intervention The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has raised objections to the list of candidates released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2027 State Houses of Assembly elections, alleging discrepancies in the names presented as its nominees. The party, in a reaction to the list published on Sunday, said some candidates who emerged from its internal nomination process were not reflected in the commission’s publication, while other names not authorised by...