Rabiu Kwankwaso joins the ADC, a coalition poised to take on President Tinubu in the 2027 elections.

Twenty-eight years after his death, General Sani Abacha, widely regarded as Nigeria’s most repressive dictator, has ...

An important venue for Nigerian politics since the 1999 restoration of civilian government, which followed a generation of military rule, has been the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). While there have ...

A Nigerian journalist and syndicated columnist, Mahmud Jega, has likened the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to the 'Strait of Hormuz', ...

The convener of The Alternative Movement and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Segun Showunmi, on ...

Nigeria’s parties have functioned less as ideological organisations than as electoral vehicles. Politicians routinely switch platforms, often after losing primaries, reinforcing a system driven more ...

As political tensions heighten ahead of the 2027 general election, observers are raising concerns that Nigeria may be ...

These unfolding occurrences expose the magnitude of the country’s gradual slide into a one-party state. Many governors, ...

In legal jurisprudence, such a defect is not a minor irregularity that can be waived or cured. It is fundamental. It goes to the root of jurisdiction and renders the entire proceeding a nullity. The ...

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has taken direct aim at what it describes as deep-rooted flaws in Nigeria’s party system, unveiling sweeping constitutional reforms designed to strengthen ...

The Non-Governmental Organization made the revelation on Friday, February 13 with an illustrative graph via its Twitter account. Nigeria ranks number one on the graph, which is titled “Where most ...

Prologue: The socio-political setting. -- Pt. 1. The rise of political parties. Nationalism and the roots of partisanship in Southern Nigeria ; Regionalism and the emergence of a three-party system. - ...