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2027: Prophet Arogun Warns Governor Otti May Lose To Mascot Kalu if He Doesn’t Change Party

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2027: Prophet Arogun Warns Governor Otti May Lose To Mascot Kalu if He Doesn’t Change Party

The General Overseer of Light of the World International Church, Prophet Joshua Arogun, has issued a spiritual warning that Governor Alex Otti may become a one-term governor unless he changes his political party ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking during a Wednesday ministerial service in Lagos, Prophet Arogun revealed that the rising political strength of Mascot Uzor Kalu, who...

Obi Calls For Transparency, Fairness In Anambra Gov. Poll

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Obi Calls For Transparency, Fairness In Anambra Gov. Poll

Former Anambra State governor and presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, has urged political actors, electoral officials, and residents to ensure transparency, fairness and peace in Saturday’s November 8, 2025 governorship election in the state. Speaking with journalists at his Agulu residence in the Anaocha Local Government Area on Wednesday, Obi appealed...

Wike’s Bloc Reject PDP BoT Stance On Convention

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Wike's Bloc Reject PDP BoT Stance On Convention

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party is far from over as the faction loyal to the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, insisted that the national convention of the party slated for Ibadan, the Oyo State capital between November 15 and 16, will not hold. Despite the position of the party’s Board of Trustees earlier on Wednesday, urging the...

PDP Petitions IGP To Probe Violent Takeover Of Party’s National Secretariat

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PDP Kebbi Plans To Boycott National Convention

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has written to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), calling for an investigation into what it described as a violent invasion of its National Secretariat in Abuja by suspended party officials and their supporters. The party said the incident, which reportedly left several staff members injured, was led by its suspended National Secretary, Senator Samuel...

YPP Expels Rep Uzokwe Over Anti-Party Acts, Urges Tinubu To End ‘Excuses’ On Insecurity

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YPP Expels Rep Uzokwe Over Anti-Party Acts, Urges Tinubu To End ‘Excuses’ On Insecurity

The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has expelled Hon. Uzokwe Lovepet Ifeanyi Peter, the lawmaker representing Nnewi North, Nnewi South, and Ekwusigo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, over alleged gross misconduct and anti-party activities. The decision was announced in a communiqué issued after the party’s 28th National Working Committee (NWC) meeting, held Monday at its National Secretariat in Abuja....

Anyanwu Writes INEC, Introduces Abdulrahman As New PDP Chair

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Anyanwu Writes INEC, Introduces Abdulrahman As New PDP Chair

The suspended National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Prof Joash Amupitan, urging the commission to recognise Mohammed Abdulrahman as the Acting National Chairman of the PDP. The crisis rocking the main opposition party worsened on Monday when Abdulrahman, accompanied by Anyanwu and a handful of other loyalists,...

Govs Battles Wike’s Camp Over Forceful Take Over Of Party’s Control

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PDP Crisis: Turaki-led Bloc Issues Wike, Others Expulsion Certificates

The battle for the control of the Peoples Democratic Party took a new twist on Monday in Abuja when loyalists of the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, forcefully took over the party’s National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, in the absence of governors elected on the party’s platform and their loyalists. Members of the National Working Committee, led by the party’s...

Fayose Support National Chairman’s Suspension, Calls For Repostioning

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Fayose Support National Chairman's Suspension, Calls For Repostioning

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said that recent developments within the Peoples Democratic Party indicate that there is no hope of the party returning to power for now. Fayose, who on Saturday backed the suspension of the PDP National Chairman, Umar Damagum, by a faction of the party, also congratulated the PDP National Vice Chairman (North Central),...

ADC Pledges Free, Fair, Credible Primary Ahead Of Ekiti 2026 Poll

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ADC Pledges Free, Fair, Credible Primary Ahead Of Ekiti 2026 Poll

The Chairman of the African Democratic Congress in Ekiti State, Ilesanmi Omolayo, has assured party members of a free, fair and transparent primary election to select the party’s candidate for the June 20, 2026, governorship election. Omolayo said the primaries, scheduled for November 6, would be conducted through the direct mode across the 177 wards in the state. He appealed to...

PDP Crisis Deepens As Makinde Bloc Regroups, Ortom, Fayose Support Wike

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PDP Crisis Deepens As Makinde Bloc Regroups, Ortom, Fayose Support Wike

The deepening crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party has further widened, as former governors Samuel Ortom (Benue) and Ayo Fayose (Ekiti) have thrown their weight behind the Nyesom Wike-led faction of the party’s National Working Committee. This development comes as loyalists of Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and other governors regroup to remobilise support and challenge the Wike camp ahead...

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