Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has stated that he was never formally a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and blamed the party for the majority of the political crises he experienced. Fubara made the remarks while speaking to journalists on Wednesday night after visiting the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretariat in …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has faulted Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa over the death of a teenager allegedly knocked down by the governor’s convoy during a visit to Akoko South-West Local Government Area. The party alleged that the deceased, identified as Good Emiju, was run over by the governor’s convoy at Oka-Akoko while …
Plateau State Governor Caleb Muftwang is set to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr. Istifanus Nwansat, Political Adviser to the governor, told newsmen on Monday in Abuja that the decision to join the APC was motivated by the ongoing crisis within the PDP, which he described …
The Supreme Court has affirmed the constitutional authority of the President to declare a state of emergency in any state to prevent a breakdown of law and order. The apex court also upheld the suspension of elected officials during emergency rule, while stressing that such measures must be temporary. The ruling followed a suit filed …
A Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Funso Doherty, has raised the alarm over an alleged ₦400 billion misstatement in Lagos State's 2026 budget. Doherty, a governorship aspirant in Lagos State, flagged this in an open letter. ‘Re: Lagos State Government’s 2026 Proposed Budget’, dated Thursday, December 11, 2025, and reportedly addressed to the Speaker of …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says internal party disputes were the main factor behind Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke’s defection to the Accord Party, though the governor cannot be absolved entirely. Ini Ememobong, PDP’s national publicity secretary, who spoke on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, described Adeleke’s exit as the outcome of unresolved conflicts within …
Governor Fubara says legislators insist on Wike-approved meetings Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday said he had endured “too much suffering” in the state’s prolonged political crisis because he chose not to publicly narrate his own side of the story. Speaking at the commissioning of the extended and dualised Ahoada–Omoku Road in Rivers West …
Two members of the House of Representatives from Bayelsa State have officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The lawmakers are Rodney Ambaiowei, representing Southern Ijaw federal constituency, and Oboku Oforji of Yenagoa/Kolokuma/Opokuma. Defection Announced in Plenary The Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, announced their defections during …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a grave setback for Nigeria’s democracy, warning that the move further tilts the country toward a one-party structure. In a statement issued on Tuesday night by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, the PDP said the …
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Tuesday announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He made the declaration during a stakeholders’ meeting held at the Government House in Port Harcourt. Fubara’s move comes four days after the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, …
