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What PDP’s Meltdown Says About Nigeria’s Ruling Class

Daily Dispatch November 4, 2026

BY IDUH ONAH THE APPARENT meltdown of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is profoundly instructive not merely as a political epic but more as a tragic drama of the contradictions, vanities and historical amnesia of Nigeria’s ruling class. Here was a party conceived in the crucible of the

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It’s Fake, Wike Debunks Reported Support For Adamawa LP Guber Candidate

Daily Dispatch October 23, 2026

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has described as fake, report on the social media indicating his support for the Labour Party (LP) Governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Senator Ishaku Abbo. The FCT Minister, who spoke through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, said he […]

Politics

Kwara 2027: The Chessboard Is Set-Zonal Equity, Power Shift And The Battle For The Soul Of The State

Daily Dispatch September 23, 2026

By Tunji Prof Kwara politics has entered a new season, and the political chessboard is no longer being quietly arranged behind closed doors. The major pieces are increasingly visible, the alliances are taking shape, and the road to the 2027 governorship election is beginning to look less like a straight highway and more like a […]

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2027: Akwa Ibom APC/PDP, Others, Collapse Structures For Tinubu, Akpabio and Eno

Daily Dispatch August 23, 2026

The re-election bids of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State, received a major boost on Saturday, with their unanimous endorsement by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Rising from a meeting of its critical […]

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Abiodun Receives Thousands of PDP, ADC Defectors into APC, Mobilises Ogun East for 2027

Daily Dispatch August 21, 2026

…Says opposition has nothing to campaign with, set to flag off Ago-Iwoye–Ibadan road Monday Ogun State Governor and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Friday formally welcomed hundreds of former members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and African Democratic Congress (ADC), including party leaders across the nine local government

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2027: Cancel Rivers From Your Calculations, Only Tinubu Can Win There — Wike

Daily Dispatch August 4, 2026

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr. Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday declared that President Bola Tinubu is the only presidential candidate who can win Rivers State in the 2027 general election, urging political observers to “cancel Rivers” from their electoral calculations if they are not counting votes for the President. Wike, who spoke during […]