Social media influencer Daniel Regha has delivered a scathing takedown of Peter Obi, branding him a “loud hypocrite” for what Regha describes as a series of contradictory and misleading statements in a recent campaign appearance. In a viral post on X, Regha systematically dismantled Obi’s rhetoric point by point, highlighting alleged inconsistencies between Obi’s current promises and his past record, associations, and political shifts. The critique comes as Obi appears to pivot toward the African Democratic Congress (ADC) after his 2023 Labour Party run. Regha highlighted the following contradictions in Obi’s remarks: Obi claimed: “We are introducing a new Nigeria…
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Former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam has formally joined the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s governing political party. Suswam’s move to the APC came on Wednesday, 4 February 2026, about a day after he announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), one of Nigeria’s major opposition parties. As his first public step in the APC, the former governor completed his membership registration in Mbagber Council Ward in Logo Local Government Area, a local government in Benue State, located in Nigeria’s North Central region. Suswam had earlier said he was leaving the PDP because of what he described as…
A member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Muhammed Basil, has advised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to withdraw from partisan politics and instead play a national elder statesman role. Basil, who represents Jada, Ganye, Toungo and Mayo Belwa Federal Constituency in Adamawa State, northeastern Nigeria, under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), spoke about the issue in a telephone interview from Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. His comments came about two weeks after one of Atiku’s sons, Abba Atiku, publicly declared support for Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Basil said Atiku, a long-time political figure and former…
Former Benue State Governor and ex-Senator, Gabriel Suswam, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), one of Nigeria’s major opposition parties, saying the party has remained trapped in unresolved internal crises. Suswam, a long-time figure in Nigerian politics in Africa’s most populous country, announced his decision in a resignation letter dated Wednesday, 4 February 2026. The letter was addressed to the PDP chairman in Mbagber Council Ward, in Logo Local Government Area, Benue State, a state in north-central Nigeria. The letter later surfaced online after Suswam’s Chief of Staff, Moses Ukeyima, shared it on Facebook. In the letter, Suswam…
Department of State Services (DSS) has brought Nigeria’s former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and his son, Abdulazeez Malami, before a court on allegations of terrorism financing and illegal possession of firearms. The two were arraigned on Tuesday before Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, with the case handled by Justice Joyce Abdumalik. According to a report by Channels Television, the DSS filed a five-count charge against Malami and his son. The counts include allegations linked to terrorism financing as well as illegal firearm possession. The DSS is Nigeria’s main domestic intelligence and security agency, and arraignment is the…
Public debate has grown on social media in Nigeria after the African Democratic Congress, also known as ADC, pushed messaging around the country’s “common wealth”, a phrase often used to describe national resources that should benefit all citizens. Many Nigerians posting online said they were not convinced by the party’s message. Some users argued that a number of politicians now speaking in reform language through the ADC were previously linked, in public perception, to poor governance or the misuse of public resources. They claimed the party was giving old political actors a fresh platform, and they questioned whether the new…
Former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has told a court that his wealth came from salaries, business earnings, asset sales, loans and gifts from friends, as he tries to overturn an interim court order connected to the seizure of 57 properties allegedly linked to him. Malami, who served as Nigeria’s chief law officer and justice minister, presented the details through his lawyer, Joseph Daudu. The lawyer made the disclosure in a motion on notice filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, asking the court to set aside an interim order affecting three out of the 57…
A social media user who identified herself as a former supporter of Nigeria’s opposition “Obidient” movement has said she quit the group after she was attacked online for praising President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Nigeria’s leader, over the federal student loan programme. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the user, Ayo (@mariolexxx), said she had commented on a post by Tunde Ednut, a Nigerian entertainment blogger and influencer, describing the student loan initiative as “a great move from the president” after the government introduced the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). She alleged that other “Obidients”, a label widely used for…
A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, a major city in south western Nigeria and the capital of Oyo State, has nullified the national convention held by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), one of Nigeria’s main opposition parties, on Saturday, 15 November, 2025. Reports said the court also barred Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, a Nigerian lawyer with the Senior Advocate of Nigeria rank, and other officials elected at the convention from presenting themselves as the party’s national officers. The decision affects the convention held at the Lekan Salami Stadium in Adamasingba, Ibadan, where delegates gathered for the party’s elective national convention…
Prominent Nigerian activist and African Democratic Congress (ADC) member, Aisha Yesufu, has apologised to fellow civic advocate Yemi Adamolekun after Adamolekun complained that her name was published as a member of the party’s Wise Men and Women Policy and Manifesto Committee without her knowledge or consent. The issue surfaced earlier in the week when Adamolekun, who previously served as Executive Director of Enough is Enough Nigeria, a citizen-led accountability group in Nigeria, said she was surprised to see her name on a list of committee members released by the opposition political party. In a post on X, formerly known as…