Osun 2026: Adeleke emerges Accord Party governorship candidate

  Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Accord Party for next year’s governorship election. Details later…

Fubara defects to APC

  Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party. The governor announced his defection at a stakeholders meeting held at…

16 Rivers lawmakers, Speaker, defect from PDP to APC

  Sixteen members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. Amaewhule announced the…

PDP Issues Expulsion Certificates To Wike, Fayose, Anyanwu, Others

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday issued expulsion certificates to 11 party chieftains, including the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike. On November 15, the opposition party had…

Imo: Group seeks intervention over serial sexual exploitation of 11-year-old girl

  …By suspects old enough to be her grandparents   A child-protection and civil society organization, the Onurube Coalition, has submitted an urgent petition to the Imo State Commissioner of…

Adeleke dumps PDP, blames party’s national crisis

  Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has formally resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, citing persistent leadership turmoil at the party’s national level. In a statement shared on his…

Two Varsity Students Arrested For Rape In Ondo

  Two students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State have been arrested by the police in connection with a case of conspiracy and rape of a 20-year-old female…

Wike-backed PDP faction sues INEC, police

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has filed a suit before the federal high court in Abuja seeking to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising the national…

Atiku officially joins ADC

  Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has officially joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the coalition-backed party he is expected to align with ahead of the 2027 elections. Atiku made…

Police Cordon Off PDP National Secretariat Amid Leadership Crisis

    The police have cordoned off the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), following the clash between two factions of the party on Tuesday.   Our correspondent,…

Police fire teargas as PDP factions clash in Abuja

  Violence erupted at the Peoples Democratic Party National Secretariat in Wadata Plaza, Abuja, on Tuesday, prompting police to fire teargas to disperse supporters amid a leadership dispute between rival…

Wike-led PDP faction expels Makinde, Bode George, others

  The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party took another fiery turn on Tuesday as the factional National Executive Committee loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom…

UNICAL’s Cyril Ndifon jailed five years for sexual harassment

  Cyril Ndifon, suspended law faculty dean at University of Calabar (UNICAL), has been sentenced to five years imprisonment without an option of fine. James Omotosho, the presiding judge in…

Former President Jonathan’s minister Kabiru Turaki elected PDP national chairman

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has elected Kabiru Turaki, the former minister of special duties and intergovernmental affairs, as its national chairman. The election took place on Saturday during…

PDP dissolves party structures in Imo, Abia, Enugu, Akwa Ibom, Rivers

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the dissolution of its structures in Imo, Abia, Enugu, Akwa Ibom and Rivers states. Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, moved the motion…