No fewer than 10,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressives Congress (APC), and other political parties reportedly defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. Naija News reports that the mass defection took place on Saturday, May 13, 2025, during the official unveiling of the ADC in Agatu by the State Chairman of the party, Terngu Tsegba. The event, held in Agatu LGA of the Benue South Senatorial District, drew a large crowd of defectors, political supporters, and admirers of Sir John Ngbede, a prominent political leader in the…
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The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has denied reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved a list of state chairmen for the party. The ADC, in a statement made available to Naija News on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the widely circulated list is fake. He urged members of the public to disregard the list, adding that the list was engineered by individuals who have shown relentless determination to sow confusion within the party and mislead the public. Abdullahi clarified in the statement that the process of constituting and ratifying state leadership within any…
When Oluwatosin Ajibade, popularly known as Mr Eazi, tied the knot with Temi Otedola, daughter of billionaire businessman Femi Otedola, many in Nigeria’s elite circles questioned why one of the nation’s most prominent families would give their daughter’s hand to a musician. But at the couple’s white wedding in Iceland, Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, provided an answer that silenced critics by confirming Mr Eazi as an entrepreneur with businesses across 18 countries on the continent. “I don’t know of any musician who is an entrepreneur, very calm and loyal like you,” Dangote acknowledged while toasting the groom. “Tosin, you know…
The loyalists of the Labour Party (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have dismissed the 2027 presidential ticket threat by the factional National Publicity Secretary of the party, Abayomi Arabambi. Naija News reports that Arabambi, during an interview with Channels Television, said that the party would move into 2027 without Peter Obi. He argued that the momentum enjoyed by the LP in 2023 was driven more by the #EndSARS movement and public anger against the Buhari administration than by Obi’s personal influence. He said, “We are going to do our 2027 without Peter Obi; he will not have our ticket.…
The Ondo State command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested a man identified as Abdullahi Saliu, who allegedly posed as a senior military officer and swindled victims of more than ₦1.37m in a fraudulent employment racket. In a statement titled “Ondo Police Command Arrest Fake Army Colonel Over ₦1.37m Employment Scam” and signed by the Command’s spokesperson, DSP Ayanlade Olushola, the force said Saliu was tracked to Top Quality Hotel, where he had been parading himself as a Colonel in the Nigerian Army. According to the police, Saliu deceived two victims, Oshoade Janet and Daisi Remilekun Joy, after promising…
Former Kogi State Deputy Governor, Edward Onoja, has expressed optimism that former governor Yahaya Bello and suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, can put aside their differences and reconcile. Speaking on the Mic On podcast on Saturday, Onoja recalled that Bello and Natasha once enjoyed a cordial relationship, insisting that peace remained the best option. “I will advise them to reconcile, that is what brothers and sisters do,” Onoja said. “Once upon a time, Natasha was at our party, APC, invited in by Yahaya Bello, and they dined together; they have been friends. I just believe that peace is better…
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has blasted the National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rauf Aregbesola, over a comment claiming that the opposition coalition will take over Aso Rock and the Lagos State government in 2027. Naija News reports that Aregbesola, who served as governor and minister of the interior as an APC member, boasted on Saturday that ADC will unseat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. Aregbesola made the remarks while unveiling a grassroots mobilisation strategy aimed at securing victories both at the federal level and in Lagos State. However,…
Some elders in Rivers State have downplayed the imminent return of the suspended state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, as the six-month emergency rule comes to an end in a few days. The elders argued that the prolonged suspension had tamed Fubara and shifted political momentum in favour of his political godfather and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesome Wike. Naija News reports that President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency on March 16th, 2025, in response to rising political tension and the alleged attack on oil pipelines by suspected militants in the state. Tinubu suspended Fubara, his Deputy, Prof.…
Troops of the 12 Brigade Nigerian Army under Operation ACCORD III, working in conjunction with Other Hybrid Forces (OHF), have recorded another breakthrough in the fight against insecurity in Kogi State with the killing of a notorious bandit kingpin, Babangida Kachalla. Naija News reports that the Army, in a statement issued on Saturday by the Spokesman of 12 Brigade, Lieutenant Hassan Abdullahi, said the operation followed credible intelligence on the movement of bandits within the Ofere Forest and Ayetoro Gbede areas. “On 11 September 2025, following credible intelligence on the movement of bandits within Ofere Forest and Ayetoro Gbede area,…
An emotional moment of Nigerian billionaire, Femi Otedola, captured at the Hallgrímskirkja Cathedral in Reykjavík, Iceland, during the wedding of his daughter, Temi, and Afrobeat star, Tosin Ajibade, popularly known as Mr Eazi, has gone viral online. Naija News reports that in the photo, Otedola, who sat beside Nana, his wife, could not hold back his tears as he watched his daughter during the wedding ceremony. The Iceland wedding was the grand finale of a three-part celebration that began with a private civil ceremony in Monaco and a traditional wedding in Dubai. The event drew a star-studded guest list, including family…
