Politics

Since Wednesday, August 19, 2026, the official kick-off of the presidential and National Assembly campaigns, and with the approaching September 9, 2026, electioneering date for the governorship and assembly candidates, three major political parties continue to dominate the polity in three vital areas: Issues, personality, and mobilisation.

Without a single party as a rallying platform, the G100 coalition proposed a framework of cooperation among the parties and framed their winning model of governance on a single four-year transition term.

Chairman of the ADC in Omuma Local Government Area, Felix Ekpendu, made the accusation on Saturday, September 5, while condemning a reception organised in honour of Wike at Omagwa in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.

The attack occurred on Thursday as Gubio and members of his entourage were returning to Maiduguri after a thank-you visit to Damasak, the headquarters of Mobbar Local Government Area in northern Borno.

A former Labour Party chieftain and spokesperson for Atiku Abubakar’s presidential campaign, Kenneth Okonkwo, has delivered one of the strongest warnings yet over the consequences of a divided opposition in the 2027 presidential election.

Olayinka, who spoke during an interview on Arise News on Friday, said the emergence of 19 presidential candidates had not necessarily translated into 19 serious contenders for the presidency.

In a statement issued on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Presidency stressed that the case before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia is strictly a civil dispute over access to government records.

The appointment is significant because Von Batten’s firm was hired by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar earlier this year under a $1.2 million, 12-month agreement to provide government-affairs and strategic-advisory services in the United States.

Fubara assented to the budget on Thursday at the State Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Port Harcourt, describing the legislation as a significant departure that could usher in a new phase of development and cooperation between the executive and legislative arms of government.

Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C., in a statement posted on its X account on Wednesday, alleged that its founder, Dr Karl Von Batten, received an unsolicited offer of $3 million “a few days ago”, alongside an invitation to a confidential meeting in London.