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Lalami3232:
This can never happen in Nigeria. A man with such amount of money can never lost a case against a cleaner in this part of the world. Rather, the cleaner go enter jail ASAP. The only time wey most rich men dey lost for Nigeria na when dem wan do DNA test.

What do I even know sef aside enlightening my fellow men nationwide with the good news of DNA test

EvilMerodack:
This cant happen in saner climes
Dundee United thinks corruption and mismanagement only domiciles in Nigeria

No be people wey dem dey worship be this?

SIX members of the House of Representatives on Thursday, October 30, dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Speaker of the House, Abbas Tajudeen, read their defection letters during plenary, confirming the lawmakers’ switch to the APC.

Those who defected include Nnolim John Nnaji (Nkanu East/Nkanu West), Anayo Onwuegbu (Aninri/Awgu/Oji River), Martins Oke (Igbo Etiti/Uzo Uwani), Obetta Mark Chidiebere (Nsukka/Igboeze South), Dennis Nnamdi Agbo (Igbo-Eze North/Udenu)—all from Enugu State—and Daniel Asama Ago (Jos North/Bassa) from Plateau State.

The lawmakers said they left their parties due to “irreconcilable internal crises” and the need to align with “progressive leadership.”

Speaking on behalf of the Enugu lawmakers, Nnolim Nnaji said their decision followed Governor Peter Mbah’s defection to the APC earlier this month.

“With your blessing and in line with our collective decision to stand firmly with our visionary Governor, Dr, Barrister Peter Ndubisi Mbah, we formally announce our defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC),” Nnaji said.

He added that joining the ruling party would enable Enugu lawmakers to secure federal projects and end years of political isolation.

“For too long, our dear Enugu State has remained in opposition, watching from the sidelines as others shaped the destiny of our nation and accessed opportunities that could have transformed our people’s lives. That era is over,” he added.

Nnaji said their collective focus would now be to attract infrastructure, youth empowerment initiatives, and increased federal presence to their constituencies.

Backstory
Earlier this month, Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, defected from the PDP to the APC after months of speculation.

During a statewide broadcast on October 14, 2025, Mbah said his defection was a deliberate step to connect Enugu and the South-East region to the Federal Government in Abuja.

“Today, after a long reflection, we have decided to join the All Progressives Congress,” Mbah said.

He described the decision as a painful but necessary choice to better serve the state’s people. He further argued that the defection aligned with President Bola Tinubu’s vision.

Mbah defected alongside members of his State Executive Council, the Enugu House of Assembly, local government chairmen, councillors, and several political appointees.

The APC National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, hailed the governor’s entry into the party as a defining moment for the ruling party’s expansion in the South-East.

The development followed similar defections by Governors Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State and Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom, both of whom joined the APC earlier in 2025 with their cabinets.

THE SENATE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
SENATOR BENSON SUNDAY AGADEGA
AGA-DEMA 1 OF OGBIA KINGDOM
Bayelsa East Senatorial District
Chairman, Senate Committee on Oil and Gas Host Communities
29th October, 2025
SEN/BSA/CSC/OGHC/Vol.3/0030

His Excellency,
Dr. Godswill Obot Akpabio, GCON
President of the Senate,
Federal Republic of Nigeria,
National Assembly Complex,
Three Arms Zone,
Abuja.

Your Excellency, the Senate President,

NOTICE OF RESIGNATION FROM THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) AND FORMAL DEFECTION TO THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC)

The saying goes that change is the only permanent thing in life. Indeed, as the Holy Scriptures remind us, “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” I believe that the time for change in my political sojourn has come.

Permit me, Mr. President and Distinguished Colleagues, to recall that I voluntarily retired from the public service in 2003 to serve as Honourable Commissioner for Information, Culture, and Tourism under the administration of His Excellency, Governor D.S.P. Alamieyeseigha, in Bayelsa State. This tough decision was made even after my appointment as Permanent Secretary, at a time when Permanent Secretaries were not so permanent.

Thereafter, I had the privilege of serving as Executive Chairman of the Bayelsa State Universal Basic Education Board during the tenure of His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as Governor. Subsequent political appointments I was honoured to hold under the PDP administration include my service as Special Adviser on Establishment Affairs under His Excellency, Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, and later as Chief of Staff, Government House, under His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, during the first tenure of his administration.

I wish to express my profound gratitude to God Almighty and to my supporters in the People’s Democratic Party for the opportunity given to me to serve in various capacities. The fact that I stand today as a Distinguished Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is due to the benevolence of the People’s Democratic Party and the goodwill of numerous well-wishers.

Furthermore, in taking this compelling decision for change, I am not oblivious of the favour the People’s Democratic Party and indeed Nigerians extended to my brother, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR, by catapulting him to the Presidency.

However, it is both astonishing and deeply disheartening to observe that the once proud and largest political party in Africa has been torn into shreds due to internal wranglings and irreconcilable differences at both the state and national levels. The centre can no longer hold; the umbrella has been balkanized and is leaking profusely.

Taking cognizance of these unhealthy political developments within the People’s Democratic Party, and after wide-ranging consultations, I have finally arrived at the inevitable conclusion to reason Progressive, think Progressive, and act Progressively for a Renewed Hope in Nigeria.

I am therefore constrained to formally declare my resignation from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and my defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), with effect from today, the 29th of October, 2025.

Kindly accept, Mr. President and Distinguished Colleagues, the assurances of my highest regards and unalloyed Support.

Senator.Benson Agadaga.MON.

How can you demolish people's homes at night with residents inside? Where is the humanity we preach and your conscience?

I hope Peter Obi would read the tribal meaning into this too as usual!

This happened at Onitsha, Otumoye Street Anambra State. pic.twitter.com/YhQ7J3IxNu

— 36kinniun media👑 🦁 🕊 (@fattylincorn_01) October 27, 2025

AqualinaXYZ:
Tibubu na bastard




I know say he go copy this one





Never copied anything good

Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State says he is under pressure from political stakeholders to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

However, Mr Mutfwang, who spoke at an event on Saturday at the Banquet Hall of the Government House in Jos, vowed not to leave the PDP.

The governor, up for re-election in 2027, said only God and the people who voted him into office have the authority to determine his political allegiance.

“It is not a lie that they also put pressure on me. But I told them only two people would authorise me to change my party. One is the God of heaven, then the other is you, the people,” he said.

Turning to the audience, he asked: “Have you asked me to go anywhere?” The crowd responded with a resounding “No.”

His remarks come a few weeks after APC stakeholders in Plateau State publicly opposed reports that he was considering joining their party.

At a recent APC stakeholders’ meeting in Jos, members unanimously rejected a motion suggesting the governor’s possible admission into the party.

The motion, moved by Festus Fuanter, former Deputy National Secretary of the APC, was put to a voice vote and overwhelmingly rejected.

“We don’t want anybody coming to our party. You do your thing, and we’ll do ours,” Mr Fuanter said at the meeting.

He added that the party was confident of its strength ahead of the 2027 elections and did not require support from outside.

Reacting to the rejection, Mr Mutfwang said those opposing his alleged defection were doing so out of fear.

“So those who are rejecting me for what I did not look for are doing a useless exercise. The truth is that 60 to 70 per cent of the people in the APC on the Plateau will be glad to have us in their party. They know I will not join them, and that is why they are angry and trying to twist it,” he said.

He said the matter was not one he intended to dwell on, adding: “It’s a story for another day.”

Since the 2023 general elections, the PDP has lost three governors elected on its platform to the ruling APC. They are Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta and Peter Mbah of Enugu.

Duoye Diri of Bayelsa has also resigned from the party and is believed to be heading to the ruling party.

1Mr Mutfwang’s comment will bring some respite for the leading opposition party, whose governors in Taraba, Zamfara and Osun had also been reported to be making moves to join the ruling party.

While Governors Ademola Adeleke of Osun and Dauda Lawal of Zamfara have refuted the reports, Agbo Kefas’s associates have recently organised public events across Taraba to seek support for the governor’s possible defection to the APC.

SeverusSnape:
There was a viral video of it on Tiktok, I was shocked to even see it. Who dash Nigeria nuclear weapons and scientists??

Abdul05:
Who even accused them of building nuclear weapon in the first place?..


Nuclear weapon ke? The only Explosion l know in ABU is when exam results drop and carry overs rise like smoke....

Whoever cooked that story needs a refund from their imagination supplier..

YourGFsnatcher:
This country is a skit so we have some people that believe Nigeria has the capacity in facility and intelligence to produce a nuclear bomb this country is a series of comedy

FarahAideed:
Baba that one na lie ,enough scientific knowledge and the country look like garbage can like this ? Even electricity they cant make in ABU

KOGI STATE GOVERNMENT PRESS RELEASE

Governor Ododo Appreciates President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for Appointing Major General Waidi Shaibu as Chief of Army Staff

1. The Kogi State Government has expressed profound gratitude to the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for appointing Major General Waidi Shaibu, a proud son of Kogi State, as the new Chief of Army Staff.

2. In a statement issued in Lokoja by the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, the State Governor, His Excellency Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, described the appointment as a clear demonstration of the President’s commitment to fairness, equity, and recognition of merit in national service.

3. Governor Ododo noted that the elevation of Major General Shaibu is a source of pride and inspiration to the people of Kogi State, stressing that the appointee’s record of professionalism, discipline, and dedication to duty stands him out as a fine officer and true patriot.

4. The Governor expressed confidence in the ability of the new Chief of Army Staff to deliver on the mandate of strengthening the Nigerian Army to defend the nation and sustain ongoing efforts to improve security across the country.

5. While congratulating Major General Shaibu on his well-deserved appointment, Governor Ododo assured Mr. President of the unflinching support and loyalty of the Government and people of Kogi State to his administration.

6. He also prayed for divine wisdom and protection for the new Army Chief as he discharges his duties in the service of the nation.

Signed:
Kingsley Femi Fanwo
Commissioner for Information and Communications

24/10/2025

commoditiesnig:
Don't be ridiculous!

Kogi where the COAS is from are predominantly igbira people, just like the COAS.