PDP Convention of November 2025 Invalid, Supreme Court Declares

Nigeria’s apex court, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, on Thursday nullified the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held in Ibadan, Oyo State, on 15 and 16 November 2025, bringing to a head a protracted leadership dispute within the opposition party. In a split decision, three of the five-member panel dismissed an appeal filed by a faction of the party led by Tanimu Turaki, finding it lacked merit and constituted an abuse of...

Delta Killings: Police ASP, 5 Other Officers Dismissed 

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr. Olatunji Disu, has recommended the dismissal and prosecution of officers linked to the fatal shooting of Mene Ogidi in the Effurun area of Delta. At a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja, the IGP described the April 26 incident as a “criminal and unprofessional” act exhibited by the affected officers, including Nuhu Usman, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), and five other team members. The IGP who ordered the...

EFCC Chief Commends Pastor Jerry At Business Grant Award Ceremony Abuja

The Executive Director of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, commends the lead Pastor, Streams of Joy International, Pastor Jerry Eze, for not being involved in money laundering, as his office had presumed. Speaking at the Business Grant Award Ceremony, held by the Jerry Eze Foundation in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Wednesday, Olukoyede revealed that the Commission had investigated Pastor Jerry for 6 months on allegations of money laundering...

Ex-Lagos APC Spokesman, Oladejo, Picks House Of Reps Nomination Form

Hon. Seye Oladejo, former Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) Spokesman, has formally picked a nomination form to contest for the House of Representatives seat under the platform of the APC. The development has been greeted with widespread excitement and enthusiasm across party ranks, community stakeholders, and supporters, who see the move as a major step towards securing experienced, effective, and result-oriented representation for the constituency. Hon. Oladejo, a respected voice in progressive politics and...

CDHR Demands Prosecution Of Officer Over Killing Of Unarmed Suspect

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), has condemned the alleged extrajudicial killing of an unarmed and handcuffed suspect in Delta State, and demands immediate investigation and prosecution of the police who perpetrated the crime. CDHR in a statement on Wednesday jointly signed by its National President, Comrade ‘Yinka Folarin and General Secretary, Comrade Idris Afees Olayinka, recalled that a viral video circulating on social media captures the disturbing incident, showing the officer...

Court Stops INEC From Recognising Mark-led ADC Congresses

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising or participating in any congress organised by committees appointed by the Senator David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The court, in the judgment on Wednesday delivered by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, also restrained the Mark-led group from interfering with the tenure and functions of elected state executives of the party. The court held that the responsibility...

Taskforce Recovers Over 60 Government Assets In Plateau 

The Taskforce constituted by Plateau State Government to recover government property has reclaimed more than 60 buildings, construction equipment, and vehicles in over a year of operations, the chairman, retired General Nash Yakubu, said. General Yakubu made the disclosure while submitting an interim report to the Chief of Staff, Hon. Jerry Satmak, said the team is driven by the principle of “see something, say something.” “Recovered assets that could not be moved to Jos are...

Adeoye Condemns Endorsements Of Hamzat, Says APC Plotting To Perpetuate Fiefdom

A leading aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State gubernatorial race, Prince Laja Adeoye, has condemned the of endorsements of Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains. Adeoye, in a statement issued on Tuesday, described the move as nothing short of a “coronation ceremony” designed to perpetuate a political fiefdom that has held Lagosians in bondage for over two decades. The gubernatorial hopeful,...

Governor Mbah Receives EIMC 19 Officers On Study Tour In Enugu

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, has advised the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) 19 of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS) Abuja to examine the concept of tragedy of the commons as the real bane of resource optimization in Nigeria. Addressing the officers on a study tour to Enugu State, Governor Mbah praised the nation as highly endowed with resources but, unfortunately, not utilized appropriately or optimally for the good of...

Enugu Lawmakers Direct Suspension of College of Education Staff’s Salary

The Enugu State House of Assembly has directed the Provost, Enugu State College of Education to suspend the salary of her staff, Dr. Kate Okolo as a punitive measure. The directive was a resolution reached by the House of Assembly’s Special Committee on Land Conflicts. In a press release signed by the House’s Public Relations Officer, Uzoamaka Agbo, the Enugu State House of Assembly waded into the decade-long land fraud scheme wherein Dr. Okolo was...

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