PDP governors meet on party crisis, 2027 election strategy, others

Amid rising tensions and internal wrangling, governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are converging in Ibadan, Oyo State, for a high-stakes meeting aimed at salvaging Nigeria’s leading opposition party from what many insiders describe as “creeping disintegration.” The two-day meeting, which began on Sunday and continues into Monday, is expected…

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“They Took Over The Court!” –Sowore Accuses Nigerian Police Prosecutors Of Hijacking Judge Liman’s Courtroom

Nigerian human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has accused prosecutors from the office of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, of hijacking proceedings at the Federal High Court in Abuja and taking over the authority of presiding judge, Justice Musa Suleiman Liman.   In a video posted Monday morning on Sowore’s X handle and…

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Is 2025 the New 1984?

Image by Markus Spiske. Most of us can remember at least a few troubling scenes from George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984: the mandatory love demanded for the spectral dictator Big Brother; the malleability of facts at the Ministry of Truth; or the ruling party’s memorably grim slogans, “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery.” But for me, the most…

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