![Ohafia Monarchs Reject 'UDUMEZE OF OHAFIA' Title, Insist It's Unrecognized, Misleading [Document Attached]](https://abntv.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/FB_IMG_1752179354516-238x178.jpg "Ohafia Monarchs Appeal For Calm, Reaffirm Neutrality In Ohafia Improvement Union Election Process")
Senate Moves To Bans Under-18 Recruitment Into Nigerian Military
The Senate has moved to outlaw the recruitment of persons under the age of 18 into the military as it passed the Armed Forces (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2025, for second reading. The proposed law, which prohibits the enlistment of minors, aligns Nigeria’s military practices with the Child Rights Act, 2003, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the...
Anambra PDP Gov. Candidate Ezenwafor Dismisses Suspension Verdict
Mr Jude Ezenwafor, the candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra, says the Mr Chidi Chidebe-led State Executive Committee cannot suspend him. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Anambra PDP SEC, rising from a meeting, had announced the suspension of Ezenwafor for a period of one month for sabotaging the party in the just concluded...
Fresh Crisis Looms Over PDP Ibadan Convention
A fresh crisis is brewing in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as two separate court pronouncements have restrained the party and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from holding or monitoring the planned Ibadan convention. Despite these clear judicial orders, the embattled National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba, issued a statement on Wednesday, insisting that the convention would...
“I won’t Compel My Deputy To Join APC” – Gov Diri
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa says he will not compel his deputy, Sen Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, to join him in the All Progressives Congress (APC). Diri formally joined the APC on November 3, without his deputy, fuelling speculation that Ewhrudjakpo has been penciled in for impeachment by the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, the majority of whom followed Diri to the...
Court Extends Order Permitting PDP National Convention Till Friday
Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has again extended its interim order restraining any interference with the planned National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, scheduled for November 15 and 16, in Ibadan. The extension will remain in force until Friday, when the substantive case comes up for further hearing. In his ruling, yesterday, Justice Ladiran Akintola ordered that...
VIDEO: Ex-Abia Councillor Flogged, Detained By Youths Over Alleged Insult To Serving Member
A former councillor in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State, Mr. Uduma Uguru, popularly known as Makiba, has alleged that he was lured, beaten, and detained by youths of Amaekpu Ohafia over claims that he disrespected a serving councillor in the area. Makiba, who spoke during an exclusive episode of the “Talk Make I Talk Podcast”, recounted how the...
Anambra PDP Gov. Candidate Suspended Over Alleged Sabotage
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended Mr Jude Ezenwafor, its governorship candidate in last Saturday’s election over alleged sabotage. The State Executive Committee (SEC) of the PDP in Anambra announced this at the end of its meeting held at the party’s office in Awka on Tuesday. The party said that the suspension, which will last for a period of one...
PDP State Chairmen Express Full Confidence In Makinde’s Leadership
Barely a week to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national convention in Ibadan, state chairmen of the party have thrown their weight behind Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, expressing full confidence in his leadership and direction. The chairmen voiced optimism that ongoing efforts to destabilise the party ahead of the 2027 general elections would fail, describing such attempts as futile...
PDP Stakeholders Petitions NJC Over Justice Akintola’s Ruling On National Convention
The crisis rocking the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party took a fresh twist on Monday as a group of stakeholders petitioned the National Judicial Council against Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court over an ex parte order permitting the party to hold its national convention in Ibadan, the state capital. The petitioners accused Justice Akintola of...
Opposition Cites Lack Of Credibility, Vote-buying During Anambra Gov. Election
Opposition parties on Sunday condemned the conduct of the Anambra 2025 governorship election, warning that the level of vote-buying and institutional complacency witnessed during the exercise posed a serious threat to the credibility of the 2027 general elections. The incumbent governor, Chukwuma Soludo, won in all the 21 local government areas in a landslide to seal a second term ticket. The...
