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Kwara 2027 and the Limits of Zoning: Why PWS Is Emerging as the Candidate to Watch

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Kwara 2027 and the Limits of Zoning: Why PWS Is Emerging as the Candidate to Watch

By Oyez Olatunde Rex As conversations around the 2027 governorship election quietly intensify across Kwara State, on WhatsApp groups, political salons, professional circles, and community meetings, one thing is clear: zoning has returned to the centre of debate, but in a far more complicated form than before. The old certainties are weakening. Familiar arguments are…

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Courtroom Earthquake: Abuja High Court Boots Abure, Orders INEC to Recognise Nenadi Usman Led Labour Party Exco

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Courtroom Earthquake: Abuja High Court Boots Abure, Orders INEC to Recognise Nenadi Usman Led Labour Party Exco

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has delivered a landmark judgment that has reshaped the leadership structure of the Labour Party (LP), formally removing Barrister Julius Abure as the party’s national chairman and directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise the Senator Nenadi Usman–led executive as the legitimate leadership of the party….

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Rivers Assembly Says Chief Judge Acknowledged Impeachment Request Despite Court Order

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Rivers Assembly Says Chief Judge Acknowledged Impeachment Request Despite Court Order

The Rivers State House of Assembly on Friday confirmed that the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Simeon Chibuzor-Amadi, has received and acknowledged impeachment-related correspondence from lawmakers concerning Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu, despite a recent court injunction restraining impeachment actions. In an official statement, the Assembly’s spokesperson, Hon. Enemi George,…

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Abba Atiku Defection to APC: It’s “Entirely Personal, Nothing Alarming” – Former VP Atiku

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Abba Atiku Defection to APC: It’s “Entirely Personal, Nothing Alarming” – Former VP Atiku

Abba Abubakar, son of former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, has officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), pledging his support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. The announcement, made on January 15, 2026, has attracted widespread attention across Nigeria’s political landscape,…

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Rivers State Assembly Fails to Resume Plenary After Impeachment Notice Against Governor Fubara

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Rivers State Assembly Fails to Resume Plenary After Impeachment Notice Against Governor Fubara

Political uncertainty heightened in Rivers State on Thursday as the Rivers State House of Assembly failed to resume its scheduled plenary sitting, days after issuing an impeachment notice against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu. The development has further deepened the ongoing power struggle within the state’s political structure. The Assembly had…

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“Outright Lie and Political Mischief” – NNPP Slams Claim Kwankwaso Backed Gov Yusuf’s Defection

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“Outright Lie and Political Mischief” – NNPP Slams Claim Kwankwaso Backed Gov Yusuf’s Defection

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has forcefully dismissed reports claiming that its national leader, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has endorsed an alleged plan by Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Describing the report as a fabrication, the party said Kwankwaso’s position has neither changed nor wavered…

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Kwankwaso Reverses Course, Backs Abba Yusuf as NNPP Members Defect to APC

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Kwankwaso Reverses Course, Backs Abba Yusuf as NNPP Members Defect to APC

Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, national leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and a former governor of Kano State, has made a dramatic political U-turn by endorsing Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf amid the ongoing defection of NNPP members to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The endorsement marks a sharp reversal of Kwankwaso’s earlier hardline…

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BREAKING: Two Rivers Assembly Members Withdraw From Impeachment Process Against Governor Fubara and Deputy

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BREAKING: Two Rivers Assembly Members Withdraw From Impeachment Process Against Governor Fubara and Deputy

Two members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have formally withdrawn from the impeachment process initiated against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu, marking a notable development in the deepening political crisis rocking the oil-rich state. The lawmakers, Hon. Sylvanus Nwankwo, who represents Omuma State Constituency and serves as the Minority…

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Midnight Politics and Acceptance Scare: How Gov. Yusuf’s Secret Kano Meeting Preceded His Visit to Tinubu in France

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Midnight Politics and Acceptance Scare: How Gov. Yusuf’s Secret Kano Meeting Preceded His Visit to Tinubu in France

Fresh political tremors are rippling through Kano State following revelations that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf held a late-night, closed-door meeting with his political benefactor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, before quietly flying out of the country to meet President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in France. According to multiple sources familiar with the development, the governor paid a…

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Impeachment Tension: Rivers Assembly Alleges Plot to Secure Ex-Parte Orders Outside Port Harcourt

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Impeachment Tension: Rivers Assembly Alleges Plot to Secure Ex-Parte Orders Outside Port Harcourt

The Rivers State House of Assembly has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by unnamed individuals to obtain ex-parte court orders from High Courts outside the Port Harcourt Judicial Division to frustrate the Assembly’s constitutional duties. The allegation comes amid the impeachment process recently initiated by the Assembly against Governor Siminalayi Fubara, a development…

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