Just 16 days on the job, and Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, is already in the hot seat. Tomorrow, Anambra State decides its next governor—and for INEC’s fresh chairman, this isn’t just another election. It’s his first real trial by fire. Amupitan didn’t waste time setting the tone. Right after his swearing-in by President Bola…
By: Abudu Olalekan November 8, 2025. That’s the day. The big Anambra governorship election. Before the real sweat starts, everybody had to sit down. Monday was the day for the peace pact. A whole peace signing ceremony in Awka. You know the drill, right? Political parties, candidates—everybody promising not to fight. Swear on your mother’s name that…
By: Abudu Olalekan Ayodele Fayose. Remember him? The former governor of Ekiti State, you know, the PDP chieftain who always has something to say. Well, he just dropped a bombshell. Utterly dramatic, really. Fayose is on record saying the PDP in Ekiti? It’s dead. Kaput. And those folks scrambling for the governorship ticket? He reckons…
By: Abudu Olalekan Nigeria’s democracy trembles as PDP strongholds teeter on the edge. Taraba, Plateau, and Adamawa governors eye jump to APC. Inside the chaos, whispers of backroom deals and a nation at a crossroads It’s happening. Again. Nigeria’s political ground won’t stop shaking. And this time? The tremors are loudest in the North. Governors…
By: Abudu Olalekan Former Jigawa Governor Sule Lamido – a heavyweight in the party – has flat-out rejected the endorsement of Tanimu Turaki (SAN) as the consensus candidate. He’s not just unhappy; he’s threatening to drag the whole party to court. All this, just weeks before the November 15-16 national convention in Ibadan. The Scene…
By: Abudu Olalekan It was a quiet afternoon in Otuoke. Too quiet, maybe. But then, boom. Here comes High Chief Government Ekpemupolo. Tompolo. The ex-militant leader. A guy who hasn’t poked his head out in public for, like, a decade. Yeah. That long. And he’s rolling up to Goodluck Jonathan’s doorstep. October 16. With his…
