THE national leadership of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), led by Senator Seriake Dickson, on Saturday unveiled a former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections. News Point Nigeria reports that following his adoption as the presidential candidate of the NDC, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party announced a former Kano governor and former Minister of Defence, Musa Kwakwanso, as his running mate. It came days after President Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu secured the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress, after a landslide victory in the party’s nationwide…
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THE faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Kabiru Turaki has announced former President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general election. News Point Nigeria reports that Jonathan’s candidacy was ratified on Saturday during a special national convention held at the party’s office in Area 10, Garki District, Abuja. Although the former president was not physically present at the convention venue, his certificate of return was received on his behalf by Fred Agbedi. The Turaki-led faction had initially scheduled the convention to take place at the A-Class Park and Event Centre in Abuja. However, the…
FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday paid a visit to a former governor of Rivers State and Minister of Transportation, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, at his Abuja residence. News Point Nigeria reports that the visit came hours after the Adamawa politician was declared the winner of the presidential primary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Wednesday, defeating Amaechi and businessman Mohammed Hayatu-Deen. The former vice president said that the visit centred on deep and honest conversations about the troubling state of the nation, the growing economic pain, insecurity, “and the urgent responsibility on patriotic Nigerians to continue engaging in…
THE political atmosphere in Enugu State has once again been thrown into controversy, confusion and deep moral debate following the emergence of parallel governorship candidates from the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the 2027 governorship election. What should ordinarily have been a straightforward democratic process has instead evolved into a troubling spectacle capable of damaging the credibility of the opposition party in one of its traditional strongholds. At the centre of the storm is former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, whose controversial emergence from a parallel factional primary has reopened painful national conversations about integrity, leadership, accountability…
A FORMER Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu State ahead of the 2027 election. News Point Nigeria reports that Nnaji secured victory after polling 7,424 votes to defeat Mr Samson Nnamani, who garnered 600 votes in the primary election conducted in Enugu on Monday. The exercise was conducted by the Chairman of the State Gubernatorial Committee of the PDP, Austin Nwachukwu, according to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria. In his acceptance speech shortly after emerging victorious, Nnaji expressed gratitude to party members…
FORMER Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has challenged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s repeated assertion that he was chiefly responsible for the election of late former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. News Point Nigeria reports that Amaechi, who served as Director-General of Buhari’s 2015 presidential campaign, insisted that the former president’s victory was the outcome of collective efforts within the All Progressives Congress and not the achievement of any single individual. The former minister stated that he played a leading role in the political mobilisation that culminated in the APC’s historic defeat of the then-ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the 2015…
RIVERS State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has announced his withdrawal from the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in the state. News Point Nigeria reports that in a statement entitled ‘My decision to withdraw from the Rivers State Gubernatorial Primaries’, which he personally signed on Wednesday night, Fubara stated that he would support whoever emerged as the candidate of the party. He said: “After deep reflection and extensive consultations with my family, friends, and associates, I have taken the difficult but necessary decision to withdraw from the APC gubernatorial primaries. I do so with a full heart and with a…
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction led by Kabiru Turaki has announced that former President Goodluck Jonathan has been granted a waiver from the party’s screening process ahead of its presidential primary election. News Point Nigeria reports that the disclosure was made on Tuesday in Abuja by Babangida Aliyu, former governor of Niger State and a member of the PDP screening committee. Aliyu, who represented former Vice-President Namadi Sambo, chairman of the screening panel, explained that Jonathan’s long political career and previous leadership positions made further screening unnecessary. “As you know, the party had already given the presidential aspirant a…
THE federal high court in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of assets linked to Anamekwe Nwabuoku, a former acting accountant-general of the federation (AGF), following his conviction. News Point Nigeria reports that in March, the court sentenced Nwabuoku to 72 years imprisonment for money laundering. James Omotosho, the judge, had held that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had proved its case against the defendant. Nwabuoku was convicted on all nine counts and sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment on each count, amounting to a cumulative 72 years. The sentence will run concurrently. Nwabuoku was arraigned on charges bordering…
THE Imo State Police Command has formally disbanded the controversial Anti-Kidnapping Unit, popularly known as Tiger Base, along with other tactical squads with similar identities, replacing them with a newly created Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) aimed at tackling rising violent crimes across the state. News Point Nigeria reports that the development was announced at the Police Command Headquarters in Owerri, the Imo State capital, marking one of the most significant policing reforms in the state in recent years following growing public concerns over the activities of Tiger Base. Other tactical formations affected by the disbandment include the Scorpion Unit…
THE Nigeria Democratic Congress has released its timetable for the sale of nomination forms, screening of aspirants, and primary elections ahead of the 2027 general elections. News Point Nigeria reports that the party pegged its presidential nomination form at N60 million, comprising N20 million for the Expression of Interest form and N40 million for the nomination form. According to the timetable released by the party, governorship aspirants are expected to pay N30 million, which includes a N10 million Expression of Interest fee and N20 million nomination fee. In a statement jointly signed by the National Chairman of the party, Senator…
THE ruling All Progressives Congress appears to have opened the political space in Rivers State, with indications that the party is positioning a leader of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to play a decisive role in producing the party’s governorship candidate ahead of the 2027 elections. News Point Nigeria reports that the development follows a closely watched screening exercise in which key ministerial allies, including former House of Representatives Minority Leader, Kingsley Chinda, and the Rivers State Commissioner for Works, Alabo Dakorinama George Kelly, were assessed by a screening committee chaired…
THE Kwara State Police Command said it recorded an operational breakthrough following the arrest of two suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate and the recovery of firearms and ammunition within Ilorin metropolis. A Saturday statement sent to News Point Nigeria by the Police Public Relations Officer of the Kwara State Command, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, noted that the feat was achieved on 5th of May at about 1930hrs, when operatives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), trailed and apprehended the two suspects within Ilorin metropolis. Police preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects (names withheld), as part of efforts to evade security…
PETER Obi has confirmed that he is on his way out of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), citing deepening internal crises, political toxicity and what he described as the recurrence of the same challenges that plagued his experience in the Labour Party. In a personally signed statement sent to News Point Nigeria on Sunday, the former Anambra State governor said he arrived at the difficult decision after deep reflection, insisting that the move had become necessary despite what he called “every constraint.” “I woke up this morning after my church service with a deeply reflective heart… and felt compelled to…
THE Cross River State Government has confirmed a fresh COVID-19 case involving a Chinese national working with Lafarge in Akamkpa Local Government Area, while also identifying and isolating 10 persons who had direct contact with him as part of ongoing containment efforts. News Point Nigeria reports that according to the state epidemiologist, Dr. Inyang Ekpenyong, the 10 individuals were traced and placed under movement restriction after they were found to have interacted with the index case during health officials’ contact tracing exercise. She explained that the surveillance team had visited the workplace of the affected expatriate in Akamkpa as part…
THE Government of Cross River State has confirmed a fresh outbreak of COVID-19, with authorities linking the index case to a Chinese national working with Lafarge, raising renewed public health concerns in the state. News Point Nigeria reports that the state Commissioner for Health, Henry Ayuk, disclosed the development on Tuesday during a news conference in Calabar, the state capital. According to him, the first reported case involved a Chinese national employed by Lafarge, who arrived in Nigeria on March 17 before falling ill. The commissioner explained that the patient’s condition deteriorated while receiving care at a medical facility under…
A FORMER Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology, Uche Nnaji, alongside the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) and other parties in a certificate forgery dispute, have commenced moves to resolve the matter out of court, effectively halting further proceedings in the case for now. News Point Nigeria reports that the latest development emerged on Monday during proceedings before Justice Hauwa Yilwa of the Federal High Court in Abuja, where the matter had been scheduled for the hearing of pending applications. Nnaji had initially approached the court in October 2025, following an investigation by Premium Times which alleged that he forged…
THE Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, has approved the appointment of 16 directors to head various directorates of the organisation, in a move aimed at strengthening its operational efficiency and expanding its nationwide reach. News Point Nigeria reports that Uzodimma, who also serves as the Director General and National Coordinator of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, announced the appointments on Friday, noting that the new leadership structure is designed to drive the organisation’s mandate of promoting President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda across the country. The Renewed Hope Ambassadors initiative was conceptualised by President Tinubu in November 2025 as a…
THE Labour Party has officially zoned its 2027 presidential ticket to the southern region of the country. News Point Nigeria reports that the party’s acting National Chairperson, Nenadi Usman, confirmed the decision during an interview with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday. “We have one certain decision that we have taken, and that is that we will certainly not field any aspirant from northern Nigeria. “We have zoned the position to Southern Nigeria. So if any northerner comes now to want to contest elections, we certainly will not accept that,” she said.
ANAMBRA State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has approved the appointment of Mrs. Chiamaka Nnake as the new Secretary to the State Government. News Point Nigeria reports that Nnake most recently served as the Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning and as Chairman of Solution Fun City Limited. As commissioner, the 39-year-old led the effective mobilisation, planning, and allocation of state resources to drive socio-economic development. She also held key leadership roles across several state boards and initiatives, including the Anambra State Investment Promotion and Protection Agency, the Internal Revenue Service Board, and the Small Business Agency. “As the state’s Reform Champion…