Buba Galadima says election fever has not caught Nigeria, 100 days out

His Arise News interview, billed under the name of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, ran far ahead of the channel's other election segments from the same day.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 72,728 views a day, 32 times a normal first day on this channel (2,268).

100 Days Away From the General Election, Yet The Election Fever Has Not Caught the Country -Galadima

Buba Galadima's interview stood out. With about 100 days left before Nigeria's general election, the veteran politician told Arise News that the country has yet to catch election fever, and the clip drew more than 30,000 views in its first seven hours. A new Arise segment usually gathers a couple of thousand views across a whole first day.

The channel's description sums up his point: every politician outside the ruling APC is watching their back, and he doubts any candidate beyond that party is sure of making it onto the ballot. Arise labels him a stalwart of the Nigeria Democratic Congress. Galadima is a familiar voice on Nigerian television. For years he was one of Muhammadu Buhari's closest political allies, and their later break became one of the better-known ruptures in Nigerian politics.

The election filled the channel's day. Arise also posted INEC saying it has moved from planning to execution, the Inter-Party Advisory Council chairman asking for election funds to be released on time, and an analyst urging opposition parties to work together. None of those drew more than a few thousand viewers. Much of Galadima's comment section is about the interview itself: several viewers ask the host to let him finish, and others want the station to dig into their complaints about pressure on the opposition.

The day's other strong start was a sober one, a report on the Nigerian Air Force's continuing search after an aircraft crash.

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The numbers

Seven hours of viewing for this one interview already add up to many times what an Arise segment usually draws in a full day.

the video's first day

usual first day here

2,268

this video

72,728

subscribers

1,250,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

792,553,782

views per day

971,697

typical day: 583,208

the video

views

30,423

likes

318

comments

72

days online

1

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

Times Radio

1,300,000

Times Now World

1,290,000

Arise News

1,250,000

7 News Spotlight

1,210,000

Speeches Uncut

1,190,000

CNN 10

1,190,000

As of October 7, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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