Twenty five members of the Osun Stateosu Hpouse of Assembly have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the Accord Party. The lawmakers, who were elected on the platform of the PDP during the last general election in 2023, announced their decision on Friday after a parliamentary meeting. Their defection followed that of Governor…
Tension has continued to mount within the Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress following violent incidents linked to the party’s ongoing ward congresses across the state. The exercise, scheduled by the party’s national secretariat for February and March, is meant to elect officials at ward, local government and state levels. However, the process…
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has dismissed claims that the Presidency pressured Governor Ademola Adeleke to defect to the party, describing the allegation as illogical and contrived. In a press statement issued by Kola Olabisi, the Osun APC Director of Media and Information on Thursday, the party faulted comments attributed…
The Rivers State House of Assembly has halted the impeachment proceedings initiated against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Odu. The decision was taken on Thursday during the Assembly’s resumed plenary in Port Harcourt, where lawmakers adopted a motion to stop the process. According to a report by TVC News, the resolution followed deliberations…
The Osun State chapter of the Accord has welcomed the publication by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of Governor Ademola Adeleke as the party’s candidate for the 8 August 2026 governorship election. In a press statement issued on Monday, the State Chairman of the Accord, Pastor Victor Babalola Akande, described the development as significant…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State has selected former lawmaker, Tunde Lekan Olatunji, as the running mate to its governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, ahead of the 2026 Osun State governorship election. The development was confirmed on Monday as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Osun State office published names of political parties and…
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Saturday endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term in office and formally received several defecting members of the National Assembly into its fold at a reception held in Osogbo. The event, attended by party leaders, stakeholders and supporters, also featured renewed calls for…
The national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja remained shut on Monday amid delays linked to administrative and security procedures, according to a faction aligned with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The Wike-backed group said its absence from the Wadata Plaza secretariat was not due to any refusal by…
The Osun State chapter of the Accord Party has condemned comments credited to an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Mr Adebayo Adeleke, popularly known as Banik, over remarks about women contained in a video circulating on social media. In a statement issued on Monday, February 9, 2026, the party described the comments as reckless, misogynistic…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State is facing difficulties in its ongoing membership registration drive ahead of the August elections, after failing to meet targets and deadlines set by the party’s national secretariat. The party had earlier launched a nationwide membership exercise, assigning specific registration targets to each state and directing state chapters…
