2027 Presidency

April 20, (THEWILL) — A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Dr Musa Iliyasu Kwankwaso, says President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will get a landslide victory in the North in the 2027 presidential election, despite the...

March 22, (THEWILL) — A wave of realignment looms in the African Democratic Congress, ADC, following the expected entry of a former Governor of Kano State and leader of the factionalised New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPC, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso...

March 01, (THEWILL) — Incumbent President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, looks unstoppable ahead of the 2027 General Election, which the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said in a revised timetable will take between January 16...

January 09, (THEWILL) — Former Labour Party (LP) vice-presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has dismissed reports suggesting that he recently declared his intention to contest the presidency, saying his comments were widely misinterpreted. Speaking on Channels Television on Friday,...

January 07, (THEWILL) — The former Labour Party (LP) vice-presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has declared his intention to contest the 2027 presidential election, stressing that his ambition is independent and not tied to the political path of any...

October 06, (THEWILL) — A lawyer, Johnmary Chukwukasi Jideobi, has filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to stop former President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the 2027 presidential election. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2102/2025, Jideobi is...

October 05, (THEWILL) — A vice presidential candidate is usually the making of a presidential candidate of a political party or the choice of a party caucus after a presidential primary has been held. Vice presidential candidates are usually known...

October 02, (THEWILL) — Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed media reports that he intends to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race to make way for a younger aspirant under the African Democratic Congress (ADC). In a statement issued...

September 29, (THEWILL) — The Presidency has said that former President, Goodluck Jonathan, is free to contest the 2027 elections but warned that Nigerians would not forget what it described as his “dismal record in office”. In a statement on...

September 01, (THEWILL) — There is a word in German—Schlimbesserung—it translates loosely as “an improvement that makes things worse”. It is the kind of irony that explains Nigeria better than all the policy briefs, communiqués, and cabinet memos stacked...