Author: Vincent Osuwo

Hon Adewale Egbedun, the speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, and twenty-four other members have left the Peoples Democratic Party to join the Accord Party. In Osogbo, the state capital, Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker Olamide Tiamiyu signed a statement announcing the defections on Friday. Governor Ademola Adeleke was the party’s candidate for governor in the August 15 election after having earlier defected from the PDP to Accord in December 2025. According to Tiamiyu, the lawmakers decided during a parliamentary meeting before going to the banquet hall to meet with the governor and important Accord leaders. The…

The Ondo State Police Command has advised religious leaders, including Muslims, Christians, and traditional worshippers, to suspend night services due to prevailing security challenges in the state. Speaking to reporters about the recent kidnapping of six members of the Celestial Church in Uso, the state’s police commissioner, Mr. Adebowale Lawal, offered counsel on Friday in Akure. The victims were abducted on February 25 during a midnight service at the church situated along the Uso/Owo Expressway in the state’s Owo Local Government Area, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. One of the worshippers was saved, according to NAN, while one…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors-backed Tanimu Turaki (SAN)-led National Working Committee applauded the Oyo State High Court for upholding the legitimacy of the party’s Ibadan National Convention in November 2025. The Turaki-led NWC, in a statement issued on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, welcomed the ruling as a victory for internal democracy and party unity. On Friday, the Oyo State High Court in Ibadan upheld the validity of the 2025 PDP National Convention, which was held on November 15 and 16 in Ibadan and saw Turaki elected to chair the National Working Committee. Justice Ladiran Akintola…

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has rejected the revised 2026–2027 general election timetable released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), describing it as a politically biased schedule designed to favor the re-election agenda of President Bola Tinubu. Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC’s national publicity secretary, stated in a statement on Friday that the Electoral Act 2026’s additional timelines and compliance requirements make it nearly difficult for opposition parties to register candidates. The 2027 Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections were originally set for March 6, 2027, while INEC initially scheduled the 2027 Presidential and National Assembly elections for February…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction led by Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has rejected the latest Oyo State High Court ruling, calling it unimportant and without legal backing. In a statement released on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Jungudo Mohammed, the PDP caretaker committee, which is headed by Senator Samuel Anyanwu and Mohammed Abdulrahman, emphasized that the November 2025 convention is still void. It emphasized that the Oyo State High Court’s ruling was ineffective since prior Federal High Court rulings had prohibited the Independent National Electoral Commission from participating in or observing the exercise.…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) election that took place in Ibadan on November 15, 2025, has been approved by an Oyo State High Court in Ibadan. Shortly after rendering a decision on the joinder application, Justice Ladiran Akintola of Court 5 delivered the judgment on Friday, dismissing The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Amb. Umar Iliya Damagun (National Chairman, PDP, for himself and the members of the National Working Committee and the National Executive Committee of the PDP); and Rt. Hon. Umaru Ahmadu Fintiri (for himself and the members of the National Convention Organizing Committee (NCOC) of the PDP) are the…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri’s defection to the All Progressives Congress, describing his exit as an act of cowardice that undermines the principles of multi-party democracy in Nigeria. Through its National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, the PDP National Working Committee, led by Tanimu Turaki (SAN), reminded Fintiri on Friday that history and future generations are the final arbiters of human behavior, continuously documenting both actions and inactions. Fintiri officially dumped the PDP and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress on Friday, following weeks of rumors. The PDP responded by saying that Fintiri’s decision…

Ahmadu Fintiri, the governor of Adamawa State, ended months of speculation about his political future on Friday when he defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress. Decamping with his whole cabinet and other PDP officials, the governor declared in a 14-minute statewide broadcast from his new governor’s office that his move was in the best interests of Adamawa State’s development. People’s Democratic Party banners were taken down in the governor’s office and across Government House right after the broadcast. He said, “Fellow citizens of Adamawa State, I address you today in this manner due to…

The trial of former Attorney General of the Federation Abubakar Malami took a new turn on Friday when a Federal High Court in Abuja decided that his previous bail was revoked due to the reassignment of the case. The court ruled that all prior proceedings, including the bail granted by Justice Emeka Nwite, were considered terminated because the action had started anew before it. As a result, a new bail application was necessary. The former AGF was charged with 16 counts by the EFCC for allegedly engaging in money laundering and illegally acquiring assets worth over N8.7 billion. The prosecution,…

US Congressman Riley Moore has claimed that for more than 20 years, Christians in Nigeria have been disproportionately targeted by violent attacks. He has called for swift US intervention and improved bilateral arrangements to address the situation. Speaking about what he called Nigeria’s growing insecurity, Moore claimed that while violence in the nation affects people of all faiths, Christians are disproportionately targeted. “Violence and insecurity in Nigeria affect people of all faiths, but Christians bear the overwhelming brunt of the attacks and have suffered in silence for two decades,” he said. According to him, “Christians are five times more likely…