Tag: ADC
‘Ambassadorial Appointments Not For Political Show,’ Foreign Ministry Tells ADC
The Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dismissed recent criticisms by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) about delays in ambassadorial appointments, describing the remarks as “alarmist,” “politically motivated,” and “misinformed.” In a statement, the Special Assistant on Media and Communications Strategy to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alkasim Abdulkadir, the Ministry said Nigeria’s diplomatic missions…
ADC Questions Tinubu’s Five-Day Silence After BRICS Summit
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has raised fresh concerns over what it described as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s “mysterious absence” following his attendance at the 2025 BRICS summit in Brazil. According to the party, President Tinubu left public view after the summit concluded in Rio de Janeiro and did not resurface in Nigeria until the…
Tinubu Will Be Removed By Votes Not Bullets – ADC Replies Presidency
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Wednesday said President Bola Tinubu will be removed through the ballot and not bullets. It dismissed insinuations that the coalition is interested in truncating democracy in Nigeria. ADC’s Interim National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, accused Tinubu of laying the foundation for a clampdown on opposition leaders. He made the…
ADC Has No Preferred Presidential Aspirant – David Mark
The Interim National Chairman of the newly formed opposition coalition party, the African Democratic Congress, ADC, David Mark, has clarified that the party has no preferred presidential aspirant for the 2027 general elections. Mark made this statement on Tuesday while addressing stakeholders of the Kogi chapter of the ADC at a meeting in Abuja. The…
Why I Joined David Mark-Led Coalition — Peter Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has explained that he joined the opposition coalition to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections. In a post on his official X handle on Thursday, he said that no one group can change Nigeria alone, adding…
Atiku, Obi, El-Rufai, Amaechi, Other Coalition Leaders Meet In Abuja
Members of the opposition coalition, under the auspices of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), have converge on the Yar’Dua Centre in Abuja for a meeting. The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar; his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi; a former governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai; and a former Rivers…
BREAKING: Crisis Brews In ADC As New Faction Emerges, Rejects Coalition With Atiku, David Mark, Others
A major faction within the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has kicked against the move by an opposition coalition to adopt the party as its political platform. In a statement issued by Musa Isa Matara, the faction’s national publicity secretary, the group warned that the ADC is not a “private coalition platform” to be hijacked by…