The Federal High Court in Abuja has once again stopped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from holding its planned National Convention, originally scheduled for November 15 and 16, 2025, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The convention was meant to elect new national officers to steer the party’s affairs. The order followed an ex-parte application…
The incumbent governor of Anambra State and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has won at the polling unit of Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi. Obi, a former governor of the state, cast his vote at Umudimakasi, Agulu Ward 2, Polling Unit 008, where residents and supporters…
The Anambra State Government has declared Friday, November 7, 2025, a work-free day for all civil servants in the state. The directive, which takes immediate effect, comes ahead of the governorship election scheduled for Saturday, November 8, 2025. This announcement was made in an official statement released on Thursday, November 6, by the Head…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned a recent Federal High Court ruling in Abuja aimed at halting its forthcoming National Convention, describing the judgment as an “assault on Nigeria’s democratic process.” Debo Ologunagba, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, insisted that the court order would not impede the PDP from going ahead with its convention…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that eight political associations successfully completed the first stage of party registration, while six others were disqualified. In a statement on Thursday, October 30, 2025, Sam Olumekun, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, said the commission reviewed progress during its regular…
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from holding its 2025 National Convention until the party complies with the Constitution, the Electoral Act, and its own statutory requirements. The ruling followed a suit filed by three aggrieved PDP members: Hon. Austin Nwachukwu (Imo PDP Chairman),…
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has removed Hon. Abubakar Gummi, member representing Gummi/Bukkuyum Federal Constituency of Zamfara State, from the House of Representatives for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to The Guardian, Justice Egwuatu delivered the judgment on Thursday, October 30,…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has stated that former President Goodluck Jonathan has not informed him of any intention to contest the 2027 presidential election. Wike made the remarks during a media briefing with journalists on Friday, October 24, responding to speculations that Jonathan was being urged to return to…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that he declined a proposal to make former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, his successor in 2007, citing El-Rufai’s lack of maturity at the time. Obasanjo made this disclosure on Friday, October 24, in Abeokuta, Ogun State, during the second edition of the Ajibosin Platform Annual Symposium themed “The…
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has rejected rumors that he is secretly harboring presidential ambitions for 2027, dismissing them as “another lie from idle minds.” In a statement issued on Saturday, October 18, through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, Wike denied claims that…
