By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Post
Adefolaseye Adebayo, Nigeria Democratic Congress candidate for the Surulere I federal constituency, says a plot aims to prevent her party from taking part in Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. She made the allegation in a post on X on Saturday, the Daily Post reports.
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Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, chairman of Nigeria’s Peoples Redemption Party, accuses Bola Tinubu of having led Nigeria into a dead end and says citizens do not want to see him campaigning. He was responding to the president’s remarks about his planned campaign travel for 2027, the Daily Post reports.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Daily Post ·
Rabiu Kwankwaso, vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, says he asked representatives of the Fulani community to persuade Atiku Abubakar to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race. He made the statement on Thursday during Politics Today, broadcast by Channels Television, reports Daily Post.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Daily Post ·
Kenyan movement Linda Mwananchi will soon announce the opening of registration for candidates for the 2027 general elections. Its leader Edwin Sifuna has barred aspirants from holding local party positions during the selection process, according to Tuko.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Tuko ·
Nigeria’s Information Minister Mohammed Idris is urging voters to take part in the 2027 general election and reject vote-buying and electoral violence. He was speaking after the launch of a national mobilisation campaign to promote a peaceful election, according to a statement reported by Vanguard.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Vanguard ·
Nigeria central bank seeks to attract Chinese capitalThe Central Bank of Nigeria is seeking to attract more Chinese capital to the country’s financial markets, notably to finance businesses and strengthen cross-border payments. Its governor, Olayemi Cardoso, discussed the cooperation after talks with his Chinese counterpart during the 2026 IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok, according to Leadership.
AES and ECOWAS launch formal negotiations in DakarThe AES, an alliance of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, and ECOWAS have launched their first formal negotiations in Dakar, co-chaired by Burkina Faso’s Foreign Affairs Minister Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré and a Senegalese representative of the ECOWAS presidency. The talks cover the movement of people and goods, infrastructure, development, peace and security, according to Malijet.The week in Africa
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