Author: Gbenga Olaleye

Governor Biodun Oyebanji has been officially ratified as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for the 2026 election in Ekiti State. The decision was confirmed on Monday following a consensus affirmation exercise held at the Ekiti Parapo Pavilion in Ado-Ekiti. The event, which drew party stalwarts, delegates and supporters from across the state, marked a significant step in the APC’s preparations for the forthcoming election. Governor Oyebanji’s endorsement as the consensus candidate is widely seen as a show of unity within the party and a vote of confidence in his leadership and performance since assuming office. Speaking after his…

Senator Ned Nwoko, who represents Delta North in the National Assembly, has said he feels “sorry” for men who have only one wife, claiming that polygamy provides men with greater stability and balance in marriage. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Sunday, the lawmaker, who is married to four wives, defended his belief in polygamy using a metaphor. “I feel sorry for those who have one wife. Just imagine standing on one leg; it’s difficult. But with two, three, or four, you’re more balanced. That’s the example I give,” Nwoko said. READ ALSO: Ned Nwoko, Regina Daniels expecting 3rd…

Lagos, Nigeria — The Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Constitution Review has approved the creation of an additional state in Nigeria’s South-East geo-political zone. According to a statement from the committee’s media unit, the decision was reached during a two-day retreat in Lagos on Saturday, where lawmakers reviewed 55 proposals for new states across the country. The session was chaired by the Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin, and co-chaired by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu. Lawmakers agreed that the creation of an additional state in the South-East was…

The Dangote Refinery has announced a major expansion plan that will see its production capacity increase from 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 1.4 million bpd, positioning it as the largest refinery in the world once completed. The announcement was made by the President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, during a press briefing in Lagos on Sunday. Dangote, accompanied by his long-time associate and Chairman of First Bank, Mr Femi Otedola, revealed that construction work on the expansion project would commence immediately. “We are expanding the Dangote Petroleum Refinery from 650,000 barrels per day to 1.4 million barrels…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that he rejected a proposal to make Nasir El-Rufai, then Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, his successor at the end of his administration in 2007, citing concerns about El-Rufai’s readiness to lead Nigeria. Obasanjo revealed this on Friday during the second edition of the Ajibosin Platform Annual Symposium in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The former president explained that although El-Rufai had served under him as Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and later as Minister of the FCT, he believed the minister “was not yet mature enough” to handle the complexities of…

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has described the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as “long dead,” attributing the party’s ongoing crisis to impunity, arrogance, and disregard for internal democracy by some of its governors. Speaking during his monthly media chat in Abuja on Friday, Wike said the mass defections from the party were predictable, insisting that “everything I warned about has come to pass.” “Tsunami has been happening. Don’t you see people leaving their parties? I said from Day One that with what is going on, if it continues, the PDP will lose. I said it severally, and…

The Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has called for political stability and continuity in Ekiti State ahead of the 2026 governorship election, saying the state deserves the developmental progress that comes with sustained leadership, as seen in Lagos State. Bamidele made the remarks on Friday evening during a “thank you visit” to members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) State Executive Committee in Ado Ekiti. The Senate Leader, who said he was in the state to contest as a delegate in the APC governorship primary scheduled for Monday, expressed optimism that the exercise would be peaceful and transparent. “We are…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has not taken any decision on zoning its governorship ticket ahead of the 2027 general elections, according to the state chairman, Sunday Fagbemi. Fagbemi made the clarification during a radio programme monitored in Ilorin on Friday night, amid growing agitation from stakeholders in the Kwara North Senatorial District for power rotation to the zone. He explained that discussions on zoning had not commenced within the state chapter and that such a decision would ultimately rest with the party’s national leadership. “If there will be any zoning, the national executive of the party…

The Nigeria Police Force has defended its decision to transfer human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, to Kuje Correctional Centre shortly after he was granted bail by a magistrate court in Abuja. Sowore, who was arrested on Thursday over alleged incitement and breach of public peace following the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest, was arraigned alongside 12 others before the Kuje Magistrate Court on Friday. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. The court granted him bail in the sum of ₦500,000 with two sureties. However, before his legal team could perfect the bail conditions, police officers reportedly re-arrested him…

The expelled National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Shehu Gabam, has rejected his removal from office, declaring that he remains the duly recognised leader of the party. In a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by his Special Assistant (Legal), Abubakar Baba, Gabam described his purported expulsion as “illegal, null and void,” accusing a group of “impostors” of attempting to destabilise the SDP through unconstitutional means. “The move is a desperate attempt to usurp legitimate authority and plunge the party into chaos,” the embattled chairman stated. “It is of no consequence and has no legal standing.” Gabam, along…