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PDP Names Senator Ben Obi as Convention Secretary After Mbah’s Defection to APC

October 16, 2025 (updated October 16, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed Senator Ben Ndi Obi as the new Secretary of its National Convention Organising Committee (NCOC), following the defection of former Secretary, Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The party’s National Working Committee (NWC), acting on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC), approved the appointment as... Read more

Tinubu Plotting One-Party State Through Defections — ADC Alleges

October 16, 2025 (updated October 16, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

…Says Enugu, Bayelsa Governors Betrayed Democracy By James Abiodun The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused President Bola Tinubu of orchestrating a deliberate plan to turn Nigeria into a one-party state, following the recent defections of the governors of Enugu and Bayelsa States to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam... Read more

Insecurity in Nigeria Not Religion-Driven, Senate Insists

October 9, 2025 (updated October 9, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

....To Hold Executive Session on U.S. ‘Religious Persecution’ Debate ....Withdraws Motion on Alleged ‘Christian Genocide’ Narrative The Senate has clarified that Nigeria’s insecurity and terrorism challenges are not driven by religion but by geography, circumstance, and socio-economic factors. This position was made clear during plenary on Thursday as lawmakers debated a motion titled “Urgent Need to Correct Misconceptions Regarding the Purported... Read more

ADC to Amupitan: Serve Nigerians, Not the Ruling Party

October 9, 2025 (updated October 9, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

ADC to Amupitan: Serve Nigerians, Not the Ruling Party The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called on the newly appointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, to place the interests of Nigerians above those of the ruling party as he takes charge of the nation’s electoral body. The party described Amupitan’s appointment as a... Read more

INEC: Amupitan Must Get It Right in 2027 – Northern Youths

October 9, 2025 (updated October 9, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

The Coalition of Northern Youth Organisations has urged the newly appointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, to ensure credible and transparent general elections in 2027. The group said his nomination by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu presents an opportunity to strengthen the country’s electoral process. Spokesperson of the group, Ambassador Muhammad Sa’ad Aboki, said... Read more

PDP Dares APC: No Amount of Defections Can Weaken Us — Ologunagba

October 9, 2025 (updated October 9, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

By Aminu Usman, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed reports of impending defections by some of its governors as a desperate ploy by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to destabilize the main opposition ahead of its 2025 National Convention. Speaking at an interactive session with journalists in Abuja on Thursday, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba,... Read more

Jonathan’s Boko Haram Claim, False, Misleading, Politically Motivated- Garba Shehu

October 3, 2025 (updated October 3, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

By Muhammed Ali. Former presidential aide and spokesman for late President Muhammadu Buhari have dismissed former President Goodluck Jonathan’s recent claim that Boko Haram once nominated Buhari to negotiate on their behalf with the Federal Government, describing it as “a false narrative driven by politics.” Shehu in a statement Friday night, said Jonathan’s remarks distort history and amount to “cheap... Read more

Rivers PDP Unshaken by Defection Rumours, Urges Sustained Peace

September 24, 2025 (updated September 24, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed concerns over speculations that Governor Siminalayi Fubara may defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying the party remains unruffled by such claims. Reacting to the reports, the state chairman of the PDP, Dr. Robinson Ewor, said the governor, like every Nigerian, reserves the constitutional right to make... Read more

Rivers APC Wants FG’s Tough Stance On Sowere over Attack on Wike

September 24, 2025 (updated September 24, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

....Says attempt to incite Nigerians treasonable The All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers state has called on the federal government to immediately declare a tough stance on the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowere over his recent vituperations on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the FCT Minister, Barr Nyesom Wike. APC also wants Nigerians to stand... Read more

Why I won’t challenge Tinubu of my suspension, state of emergency – Fubara

September 20, 2025 (updated September 20, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

By Micheal Duru …declares end to Rivers crisis PORT HARCOURT: Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has explained that he resisted to challenge the legality of his suspension and declaration of Emergency Rule in his state because of his intere in peace and development of the state. Fubara, who spoke in a Statewide Broadcast, Friday evening, after his return to... Read more

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