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...

The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has sweeps all the 21 local government chairmanship seats in Anambra State in the local government elections conducted on Saturday, August 29. The Chairman of the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission, ANSIEC, Mrs Genevieve Osakwe, who declared the results on Sunday in Awka, said the election was free, fair and credible and was conducted peacefully in accordance with the state electoral laws and guidelines. Mrs Osakwe stated that APGA...