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Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has congratulated Senegal’s newly elected Speaker, Ousmane Sonko, while accusing President Bassirou Diomaye Faye of betraying the trust of the Senegalese people and abandoning the reform ideals that brought his administration to power. Frank, in a statement on Wednesday, said the growing political crisis in Senegal reflects what he described as a painful betrayal of the revolutionary vision championed by former Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and the PASTEF movement. According to him, millions of Senegalese youths who supported the movement in pursuit of accountability, sovereignty and institutional reforms are now disillusioned by what they see as a gradual return to the old political order. Frank noted that Sonko played the central role in reshaping Senegal’s political landscape long before President Faye emerged on the national stage, describing the Prime Minister as the s...

*Calls for urgent national security reforms on Children’s Day A Presidential Aspirant under the  Action Democratic Party (ADP), Ambassador Aliyu Bin Abbas has strongly condemned the deliberate target of school children by criminals as easy bait for kidnapping. He expressed this in a statement he personally signed, and made available to commemorate the Children's Day celebration. According to the statement issued to newsmen in Kaduna on May 27, 2026 by his SA Media and Publicity, Okpani Jacob Onjewu Dickson, more needs to be done in ensuring safety of children in their various schools. "As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate this year’s Children’s Day, my heart is heavy over the painful and deeply disturbing rise in the kidnapping of innocent schoolchildren and minors across various parts of our nation. "Children’s Day ought to be a moment of laughter, hope, dreams, and renewed commitment to the future of our dear country, sadly, for too many Niger...

By; OLUSOLA SANNI As Nigeria inches toward the 2027 presidential election, the political terrain has changed significantly from the emotionally charged battlefield of 2023. The protest-fuelled momentum that powered Peter Obi and the Labour Party has largely waned, giving way to a more conventional electoral environment where structure, experience, resilience, and national reach will matter far more than social media enthusiasm or grievance-driven mobilization. In that emerging reality, one name stands out unmistakably: Atiku Abubakar. If 2023 was a contest shaped by emotion, identity anxieties, and protest energy, 2027 will be a referendum on competence, coalition-building, and the ability to convert public frustration into a viable governing alternative. By that measure, Atiku Abubakar remains the opposition’s most formidable asset and the African Democratic Congress’ most credible path to victory. The 2023 election was unlike any before it. The lingering anger from the #E...

*Says NDC committed to serving Nigerians. *NDC Guber Aspirant likens 2027 to another independence  for Nigerians  There was overwhelming support from constituents as Dr. Matthew Moses, popularly known as Dr. Matt on Saturday, publicly declared his ambition to contest for the Chikun Constituency, Kaduna State House of Assembly under the NDC Party. It was a carnival-like procession as supporters escorted him with fanfare from the bridge linking Narayi with Barnawa to the Narayi LEA  Primary School where his official declaration took place.  Gubernatorial aspirant of NDC in Kaduna State, Ibrahim H. Abdulkarim in his remarks at the well attended gathering, described the attendance as encouraging. He said, "Nigeria is a blessed country. Kaduna is a blessed state, but they are not allowing us to enjoy this country. All they do is divide and rule." He explained that he has been actively participating in politics since 2003, but is disappointed by those elec...

*Calls NBA, religious leaders, northern elders, traditional rulers,  youths, CSOs,   international community to  demand  immediate release  Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has raised fresh alarm over the health and safety of former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, alleging that a foreign doctor of Russian origin was secretly brought in to examine him while in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Frank, in a statement on Friday, claimed that a DSS official contacted him to “reliably confirm” that a Russian doctor visited el-Rufai around 9:45p.m. after authorities allegedly claimed that the former governor was ill and required urgent medical attention. According to him, el-Rufai initially resisted the medical examination but was allegedly compelled to undergo it. “A DSS official reached out to me to reliably confirm that a Russian doctor visited M...

An aspirant for the Zamfara North Senatorial District ticket on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Dr. Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, has petitioned the APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, over what he described as the imposition of Senator Sahabi Alhaji Yau as the sole candidate and his exclusion from the primary election. In a letter  signed and made available to Newsmen Dr, Shinkafi  appeal,  accused the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, former Governor Senator Ahmed Rufai Sani, Alhaji Mamuda Aliyu Shinkafi, and Governor Dauda Lawal of orchestrating the process in violation of the 1999 Constitution, the Electoral Act 2026, and the APC constitution. Shinkafi alleged that on Monday, 18th May 2026, Matawalle “murdered democracy” in Zamfara State by announcing that all Senate aspirants must withdraw for serving senators ahead of the primaries scheduled for Tuesday, 19th May 2026. He said the directive was issued upon Matawa...