Politics in Nigeria has a way of making the future feel present. With the 2027 presidential election still some distance away, the air is already thick with speculation, maneuvering, and the kind of behind-the-scenes discussions that often shape public life. One of the central figures in this unfolding drama, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has decided to make his position unmistakably clear. The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), he insists, is not going anywhere. In a strong and determined statement, Kwankwaso ruled out any possibility that his party would withdraw from the presidential race to clear the way for the African Democratic Congress…

Jordon Steele-John has spent much of his public life fighting for people who have been pushed to the margins. As a Greens senator, he has spoken with raw honesty about the experience of living with disability, about the violence and neglect that disabled people too often face, and about the systems that fail them. So when he stood before the public this week to deny allegations of inappropriate conduct, he did not sound like a politician reading a carefully crafted statement. He sounded exhausted, defensive, and, above all, deeply human. Steele-John says that false allegations have been made against him,…