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The Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has disclosed that he is facing pressure from political stakeholders to switch from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.
But 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.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State has challenged Governor Caleb Mutfwang to disclose the individuals who allegedly pressured him to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and join the APC.
Mutfwang had earlier claimed that he was pressured by some persons to leave the PDP for the APC.
Mutfwang accused some APC figures of being “afraid,” saying many within the party would actually welcome him if he chose to defect to the party.
Concerns have been raised by operators and stakeholders at the Lagos Port regarding the return of severe gridlock in the Apapa Port area. They attribute this resurgence to the failure of the Electronic Call-Up system, citing racketeering and extortion by touts at various checkpoints, as well as the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), as contributing factors to its breakdown.
The concerned stakeholders, who have continued to complain daily, particularly along the Ijora-Apapa Port access roads, attributed the situation to the ‘uncontrolled and biased system’ for truck passage into the port, occasioned by the call-up racketeering, shunning of rules, and policy inconsistencies that have crippled commercial activities.
Earlier, a series of initiatives had been deployed by both the Federal and Lagos Governments, respectively, to resolve the Apapa gridlock.
With the Anambra Governorship Election slated for November 8, 2025, less than two weeks away, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared a 99 percent readiness to conduct a credible poll throughout the state.
A high-level delegation from the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja, led by the National Commissioner for Election Planning and Monitoring, Prof. Rhoda Gumus, concluded a weeklong readiness assessment tour across Anambra, inspecting facilities, meeting stakeholders, and reviewing field operations.
Other members of the delegation included National Commissioners Mr. Sam Olumekun, Dr Kenneth Ukeagu, and Dr Baba Bila.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced that 85 underage candidates have successfully completed its rigorous screening process. These candidates are now eligible for exceptional admission into tertiary institutions.
In a statement by its Head of Media, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, on Monday, JAMB said that the 85 candidates (all younger than 16 years as of September 2025) were found qualified after a rigorous, multi-stage evaluation process.
‘After meticulous evaluation, 85 candidates who are adjudged to be qualified have been duly notified to proceed to their respective institutions to complete the admission process and print their individual JAMB admission letters.
Mr. Aloy Ejimakor, Special Counsel to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and activist politician, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, have been released from the Kuje Correctional Centre in the Federal Capital Territory after meeting their bail conditions.
Kanu’s brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, was also released from the facility on Monday, alongside others arrested for participating in the #FreeeNnamdiKanuNow protest in Abuja last week.
Sowore, who led the protests, was subsequently arrested by the Nigeria Police Force when he visited the Federal High Court in Abuja for Kanu’s trial last week.
President Bola Tinubu on Monday met with the recently appointed service chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Last Friday, the President made sweeping changes in the military leadership, dropping the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa; the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar; and the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla, while the erstwhile Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Olufemi Oluyede, was elevated to CDS.
The Chief of Defence Intelligence, Major-General Emmanuel Parker Undiendeye, however, retains his position.
A former Minister of Special Duties, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN), has officially submitted his Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman position.
The forms were submitted at the PDP National Convention Organizing Committee (NCOC)’s Secretariat in Legacy House, Shehu Shagari Way, Maitama, Abuja.
Turaki submitted the forms ahead of the November 15 and 16, 2025, Elective National Convention of the PDP set to hold in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (LSFRS) announced that one body has been recovered and 21 individuals were rescued from the two-story building that collapsed in the Oyingbo area of Lagos.
The Director of the service, Margaret Adeseye, had earlier said that 15 people, made up of seven female adults, seven male adults, and four children, had been rescued with varying degrees of injury.
In a situation report, Adeseye said that the agency received a distress call in the wee small hours of Monday.
Governor Biodun Oyebanji has secured the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidacy for Ekiti State. He is set to contest in the election scheduled for June 20, 2026.
Oyebanji, who was the sole contender, was unanimously affirmed by 885 delegates, drawn from all 177 wards of the state, in line with the party’s internal guidelines and the Electoral Act 2022.
His emergence followed the withdrawal of Mrs. Atinuke Oluremi Omolayo and the disqualification of Kayode Ojo and Abimbola Olajumoke, who failed to meet the party’s requirements.
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