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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has debunked reports that he had a meeting where he was said to have rejected calls to step down for a southern candidate ahead of the 2027 presidential election. The Atiku Media Office debunked the report in a statement on Tuesday, describing it as delusional and a distraction. “In response to recent inquiries from journalists and concerned Nigerians regarding a phantom meeting where His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar, was said to have ‘rejected calls to step down for a southern candidate,’ we are compelled to set the record straight in the strongest possible terms,” the statement…

The African Democratic Congress (ADC), which is at the centre of a newly formed political coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections, says 97 lawyers have been mobilised to defend the party and its interim leadership in court. In a statement issued by its media office on Tuesday, the party accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of backing a lawsuit intended to discredit the ADC’s interim leadership. The ADC claimed that the plaintiffs in the case were not members of the party and were acting under false representation. The suit, filed on Monday at the Federal High Court in…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, arrested 12 individuals in Lagos for alleged involvement in internet-related fraud. According to a statement from the Commission’s Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, the suspects were apprehended during a sting operation in the Ajegunle Apapa area. Their arrest followed credible intelligence received about the activities of persons suspected to be engaging in computer-related offenses. The EFCC stated that investigations are ongoing and that the suspects will be charged in court as soon as they are profiled and evidence is consolidated. In a related development, the EFCC secured a conviction…

Adeleke renews commitment to school feeding programme, seeks partnershipsThe Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, protested in Abuja, calling on the Federal Government to cease financial allocations to individuals illegally occupying local council positions in Osun State under the banner of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The protest march kicked off at the Unity Fountain and proceeded to the offices of the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Minister of Finance, where letters were presented demanding strict adherence to court judgments and the rule of law. National Coordinator of HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko, who addressed journalists during the march,…

We’ve got his back in coalition talks, says Usman-led caretaker committeeThe warring groups in the Labour Party (LP), yesterday, disagreed on an alleged plot to expel the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, from the party. The sin of the former governor of Anambra State, according to a splinter group of the party controlled by Julius Abure, is his decision to join other politicians in the coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC). However, the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee (NCC) of the party, Sen Nenadi Usman, dismissed the threat, saying the LP had no intention of expelling Obi.…

The three governors of Borno, Osun and Zamfara States had very little in common until the idea of a coalition opposition platform came into the picture. Now, they all have their political future in what they make of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition ahead of 2027 polls, LEO SOBECHI and NDJAVARA MUSA report. Governors of Borno, Osun and Zamfara States – Prof. Babagana Zulum, Ademola Adeleke and Dr Dauda Lawal, in that order – are faced with similar political circumstances in the face of the recent adoption of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as a platform by a conglomeration of…

• Tackles Kachikwu over hijack claim, insists due process followed• Alleges legal plot by APC, mobilises 98 lawyers for defence• ADC decries Nigeria’s absence from U.S. trade meeting, cites failed diplomacy• APC blasts ADC as coalition of inept politicians• Onanuga alleges plot to oust Tinubu, says haters of Nigeria’s progress conspiring The Interim National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), David Mark, has pledged total transparency under his leadership, assuring that no presidential aspirant will be given preferential treatment. This came as the party directed all its leaders with presidential ambitions to suspend any public expression of interest until…

A 47-year-old woman, Victoria Oaikhena, is appealing for public support to raise N71.9 million (approximately $47,000) for corrective and reconstructive surgery in India. She has been battling a recurring facial tumour for over 11 years, which first appeared during her first pregnancy. Despite undergoing four major surgeries — three at the Lagos University Oaikhena Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and one at the Naval Hospital, Ojo — she continues to suffer complications, including inflammation and persistent discharge from her face. She explained that after sending her medical test results to a hospital in India, doctors recommended a three-stage surgical procedure involving tumour…

The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro, has urged the people of the Niger Delta to support the declaration of the leaders of the South-South All Progressives Congress (APC) to support President Bola Tinubu for a second term.   Otuaro spoke while reacting to the position of the South-South APC leaders and governors to adopt Tinubu as their sole candidate in the 2027 presidential election in an interview with a select journalists in Abuja yesterday.   Otuaro said that what the South-South APC leaders and the governors did was the right way to reward a sincere and committed leader…

Prophet Joshua Iginla, leader of the Champion Royal Assembly, has advised former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, not to accept a secondary role in any emerging political alliance ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking during a live church service on Sunday, July 6, Iginla said ongoing efforts to form a coalition of opposition parties must not come at the cost of Obi’s political standing. He warned that accepting a deputy role would weaken Obi’s influence and diminish the value of the political support he currently commands. “The new coalition that we are doing — don’t go for a…