Category: The Nation – Nigeria

The crisis over control of the 2027 campaign machinery of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) deepened yesterday as presidential candidate Peter Obi backed the party leadership and rejected the 59-member campaign council unveiled by the Obi-Kwankwaso (OK) Movement.

Obi, speaking on Arise Television on Thursday night, said the OK Movement, Obidient Movement, Kwankwasiyya and other platforms supporting his presidential bid were support groups and should not operate as parallel structures to the political party.

His position directly contradicts the OK Movement’s insistence that it is an independent political organisation entitled to establish and manage its own campaign structure.

‘NDC is the political party we all belong to, and I agree entirely with the position of the leader. OK Movement, Obidient Group, Kwankwasiyya and other support groups are supporting groups,’ Obi said.

‘They must play their role as supporting groups, supporting the party. They should not play the role of the party,’ he added.

Asked specifically whether the OK Movement’s 59-member Presidential Campaign Council had been constituted with his approval, Obi was unequivocal.

‘Not at all. And I say it here, it is wrong,’ he said.

Obi added that any activity undertaken in the name of the joint Obi-Kwankwaso ticket should have the express approval of both candidates.

The development is the latest twist in an escalating dispute between the NDC leadership and the OK Movement over the boundaries between the party’s official campaign machinery and independent groups mobilising support for its candidates.

The NDC had earlier disowned the 59-member council, while National Leader Seriake Dickson warned support groups against assuming the functions of the party.

Dickson had described the establishment of a separate presidential campaign council by a support group as ‘unheard of’ and ‘nonsensical’, insisting that support groups should concentrate on grassroots mobilisation rather than compete with the party for political space.

But the OK Movement has refused to retreat.

In a statement yesterday by its National Director-General, John Ozyl Ughulu, the group reaffirmed that its campaign council remained ‘valid and operational’ despite the positions expressed by the NDC leadership and Obi.

‘The OK Movement wishes to reaffirm, unequivocally, that its position remains unchanged. The Presidential Campaign Council structure already constituted and announced by the OK Movement remains valid and operational, irrespective of the position or opinion of any individual leader of the party or presidential candidate,’ Ughulu said.

The group maintained that its independent status meant its internal structures did not require the approval of NDC officials.

‘We have stated clearly and consistently that the OK Movement is an independent political organisation,’ it said.

‘Accordingly, its existence, internal structure, leadership decisions and organisational mechanisms do not require the validation or approval of the National Leader of the NDC Party, HE Senator Seriake Dickson, or any other individual within the party leadership.’

The movement said its members were drawn from different political parties but were united by their support for Obi and Kwankwaso.

It also rejected the suggestion that its campaign council amounted to an attempt to supplant the NDC.

‘The OK Movement has never claimed superiority over the NDC Party,’ it said, stressing that the NDC was a political party with its constitutional structures while the OK Movement was an independent organisation with its own principles, values and organisational framework.

Ughulu further argued that neither the NDC nor its presidential candidate had exclusive authority over the internal organisation of an independent movement.

‘There is no provision of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, nor any provision of the NDC Party Constitution brought to our attention, that automatically vests exclusive authority in a political party or its candidate to determine the internal organisational structure of an independent political organisation,’ the statement said.

The group said it would continue to mobilise for the NDC candidates but would not surrender its national, state, local government and ward structures to the party.

It also insisted that its position was not motivated by confrontation.

‘Our position is not about confrontation. It is about clarity, institutional respect and the protection of organisational independence,’ it said.

The OK Movement said it was prepared to work with the NDC but would not accept what it described as attempts to subordinate or dismantle its structures.

‘If the party chooses to work with the principles, values and structures of the OK Movement, we remain prepared to engage constructively.

‘However, the movement cannot be compelled to abandon its principles or organisational identity in order to satisfy the ambitions or preferences of any individual or group,’ it said.

The latest development places Obi himself squarely on the side of the NDC leadership in the dispute, after the presidential candidate explicitly disowned the campaign council and affirmed the party’s authority over the formal campaign structure.

The OK Movement, however, has maintained that its support for the NDC ticket and its independent organisational identity can coexist.

The dispute has consequently shifted from a disagreement over a campaign council to a broader contest over how independent political movements supporting the NDC ticket will relate to the party as the 2027 election campaign takes shape.

Veteran actor Peter Fatomilola has hailed skitmaker Debo Adebayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni, describing him as exceptionally generous.

Speaking in an interview with African A-List, the Nollywood icon recalled his encounter with the content creator on a movie set in Ibadan, Oyo State.

Fatomilola said after wrapping up his two scenes, Mr Macaroni met him, walked him to his car and offered to support him with fuel money.

He noted that while he received N50,000 from the producer who engaged him for the job, Mr Macaroni gave him N200,000.

The veteran added that on another occasion, Mr Macaroni invited him to feature in a project with Pete Edochie and paid him N1 million for a single scene.

‘Mr Macaroni saw me on set one day. I had just finished the two scenes I was called for, and he escorted me to my car. He offered to give me fuel money and handed me 200k. Even the person who called me for those two scenes only gave me 50k. Macaroni still called me for another job with Pete Edochie another day and gave me 1 million Naira for just a scene’, he said.

Abia State Governor Alex Otti yesterday kicked against the agitation for the return of fuel subsidy and said those rooting for it don’t mean well for the country.

According to him, subsidising what people consume can only encourage laziness and corruption instead of supporting production and efficiency.

‘When you subsidise consumption rather than production, you are just subsidising laziness. You are subsidising, sometimes, corruption. You know, because there’s just no way that people will not want to take advantage of the system,’ the governor said on Arise News.

He said that instead of subsiding the price of fuel,government should focus on creating reliable systems that allow businesses and individuals to produce as people tend to use resources more efficiently when they have to pay for them.

‘When you have to pay, you are much more efficient. And anyhow you slice and dice it, it’s still cheaper than darkness. And if you have to run a generator, buy the diesel, provide for the maintenance, you will find that you are paying a whole lot more than public power supply,’ he said.

He added: ‘for the people who use it for production, for their factories, those people, they really don’t need the subsidy. They just need the constant power supply. And once you’re able to guarantee them constant power supply, they’ll pay. So businesses don’t need subsidy.’

‘Low-income earners can always manage. And I’ve given you an idea of how they can manage. Well, in many parts of the world, they turn off the electricity to save power.’

He described the removal of petrol subsidy as a right decision and warned:’You know, as election approaches, people will be making all sorts of arguments. But removing the subsidy was the right thing to be done.’

Asked who he would vote for in next year’s presidential election between President Bola Tinubu and the NDC presidential candidate,Peter Obi,Otti said:’ I will not speak on who I will vote for here, but it must be somebody that will win.

Pressed whether he was supporting President Tinubu for the election, Otti said:’For the 2027 election, I have said that I have a presidential candidate.’

When he was asked again whether he was supporting Tinubu, Otti said:’What do you expect me to say? To say I’m not supporting him?’

On his decision to remain in the Labour Party even after the exit of the party’s presidential candidate in 2023,peter Obi,the governor hinged his decision on the need to resolve the internal disputes and court cases facing the party.

Those issues,according to him,have now been resolved.

He said:’But you have seen that we’ve solved the problem. There is a saying that you don’t relocate from your house because armed robbers came.

‘Armed robbers came and attacked the house, so tomorrow you move and go to your neighbor’s house? You need to solve the problem, so I remained, and I’m sure you agree with me that we have solved the problem.

He spoke of his efforts to stop Obi from dumping the LP.

His words: ‘He came and met with me, and I told him that for me, I was staying back. But he said he was leaving.

‘I also predicted some of the things that happened, particularly where he went to first, and then he left that place again. Is it for me to tell him where he will be? Absolutely no, but at least I offered him my own piece of advice based on my understanding.

‘You know he’s a more senior person, so there are things he could have seen that I didn’t see.’

Responding to Obi’s claim that the Labour Party’s problems would not have been resolved if he had remained in the party, Otti said the resolution process was already underway.

‘Okay, but the process of resolution was already on. So for me, I could see that resolution.

‘Like I said, he could have seen what I wasn’t seeing, and I’m not in a position to-I don’t even have a superior idea or knowledge.

‘But what I could see at that time, including what I saw where he was headed, eventually turned out to be right. Otherwise, he would have stayed there, but he now left to where he is now.

‘So it’s a matter of debate whether the problem could have been resolved with him there or not; I don’t know,’he said.

How God saved me from assassination attempt in 2015 – Otti

And speaking during the ‘Abia Solemn Assembly and Covenant Renewal Service’ in Umuahia,on Thursdayy evening, Otti narrated his journey into politics, saying his decision to serve God sustained him through life-threatening political challenges.

He gave a vivid account of an ‘assassination attempt’ on him.

He said that a friend recently reminded him of events surrounding his journey in politics, particularly an incident in July 2015 which, according to him, could have claimed his life.

Otti recalled that he contested the 2015 Governorship Election and went to the tribunal to contest the election result when the victory was given to the Peoples Democratic Party’s Governorship Candidate, Okezie Ikpeazu.

He said that he was in Abuja trying to hold a meeting with someone, who repeatedly shifted the dates, until the meeting still did not take place.

Otti said that he subsequently informed his friends that he would leave Abuja the following day since the meeting didn’t hold, in spite their objections.

‘There was only one flight from Abuja to Owerri then.

‘All my friends objected. I said, well, I have received a message that I must leave Abuja.

‘So, to make it make sense, I told them I wanted to be at the tribunal on Friday, so they grudgingly accepted.

‘That night, assassins attacked my residence in Abuja, shot two policemen dead, and they were looking for me.

‘Of course, God had taken me away,’ he said.

Otti said the attackers, after failing to find him, apparently believed he was still within the premises and proceeded to search the adjoining compound.

He said: ‘When they finished and couldn’t find me. They were convinced I was there.

‘They had so much time. By the way, this was Maitama.

‘They jumped into the next compound, and I learnt that they were up to 12.

‘They jumped into the next compound, and stripped the whole building.’

Reflecting on the incident, Otti said there had been no obvious reason for him to leave Abuja at that particular time, but he believed that his departure was divinely directed.

‘They thought I jumped first, but I left.

‘There was no reason for me not to be there but God had taken me away from there,’ he said.

The governor also recounted how some friends tried to discourage him from entering politics, while others advised him to seek protection through traditional or other means.

‘A lot of friends, after trying to dissuade me, found I couldn’t be dissuaded.

‘They said, okay, if you decided to do this thing, you can’t go in there empty-handed.

‘You can’t go there without belonging to some societies.

‘You can’t go there without going to some native doctors for protection and you will be shocked at the kind of people that are making these suggestions and some of them are leaders in churches.’

The Deputy Chief of Staff to the Delta State Governor, Sir Christopher Osakwe, has urged operators in the entertainment industry to mobilise grassroots support for President Bola Tinubu, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and other candidates of the party ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Osakwe made the call on Friday when members of the Entertainment Movement for Oshimili North and South (ENFONS) paid him a courtesy visit in Asaba.

He said President Tinubu’s reforms had brought changes to the country, adding that their effects were also being felt in Delta State.

According to him, the reforms had helped address some of the challenges previously experienced by Nigerians, including salary arrears and fuel scarcity.

Osakwe said Governor Oborevwori and his deputy, Sir Monday Onyeme, had continued to support the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Federal Government through the implementation of programmes in the state.

‘Our Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, and his deputy, Sir Monday Onyeme, Ph.D., are champions of the Renewed Hope Agenda of Mr. President in practical terms, and all of us are beneficiaries.

‘Continue to send out the message through your professional activities,’ he said.

The Deputy CoS stressed the importance of grassroots mobilisation in strengthening communication between government and citizens.

He urged the group to expand its membership and reach, saying: ‘Going forward, grow your numbers, grow your reach, and let the people feel your impact.’

Osakwe said sustained engagement with the grassroots would create greater awareness of government programmes and policies while providing opportunities for citizens to communicate their concerns to government.

He added that the government would welcome groups supporting the President and the state administration.

Earlier, the leader of ENFONS, Hon. Frank Otoide, expressed the group’s readiness to mobilise support for President Tinubu and Governor Oborevwori ahead of the 2027 elections.

Ghanaian film Bed of Thorns has secured a streaming deal with Homi TV, expanding the film’s reach to a wider audience.

The deal follows the film’s recognition at the San Francisco Film Festival, where it became the first Ghanaian film to win an award at the festival.

The production also received recognition at the Abia International Film Festival.

Bed of Thorns was written and directed by Kenny Dee and produced under Sir Nelson Productions.

The film is a romantic drama that combines suspense, emotional conflict and unexpected twists.

It features Nelson Emmanuel, Haillie Sumney, Kofi Adjololo and Sylvia Davis in leading roles.

Sumney, popularly known as ‘Ghana Goddess,’ is a Canadian-born, California-raised Ghanaian actress, television personality, brand influencer, philanthropist and entrepreneur.

She has appeared in productions including Heels and Sneakers, Real Lagos Fake Life, A Way Back Home, Blood Vessel on Netflix and Kintampo on African Magic.

Sumney has also worked across Nollywood, Ghallywood and Hollywood and served as a red-carpet host at the 2018 BET Awards.

The Homi TV agreement marks another stage in the film’s distribution journey, making it available to a broader streaming audience.

Bed of Thorns began streaming on Homi TV on September 18, 2026.

The Supreme Court has upheld an appeal by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against a Court of Appeal decision that voided provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 relating to political party primaries and membership registers.

A seven-member panel of the apex court, led by Justice Adamu Jauro, held that Sections 77(5) and 84 of the Electoral Act 2026 are not inconsistent with the 1999 Constitution.

The court consequently set aside the July 16, 2026 judgment of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, which had partly upheld an appeal by the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), and restored the decision of the Federal High Court, Abuja.

It also awarded N2 million in costs against the ZLP.

The ZLP had, in suit No. FHC/ABJ/509/2026, challenged Sections 77(5), 77(6), 77(7) and 84(2) of the Electoral Act, arguing that the provisions amounted to unconstitutional interference in the internal affairs of political parties.

Sections 77(5), 77(6) and 77(7) deal with political parties’ membership registers, while Section 84(2) provides for direct primaries or consensus as methods through which parties may nominate candidates.

The party argued that the provisions conflicted with the 1999 Constitution.

However, the Federal High Court, in a May 5, 2026 judgment delivered by Justice Mohammed Umar, dismissed the suit.

The Court of Appeal subsequently allowed the ZLP’s appeal in part and voided some of the contested provisions, prompting INEC to approach the Supreme Court.

In a separate development, the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal filed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) against INEC after hearing the matter on its merits.

The apex court also struck out an appeal filed by the Youth Party against INEC, after upholding the commission’s preliminary objection that the appeal was incompetent. The court held that the appeal was filed one day outside the period prescribed by law.

Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo and his Delta State counterpart, Sheriff Oborevwori, have backed the realignment of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road.

They spoke in Benin City at the launch of ‘Operation Rescue Benin-Asaba Highway’.

Minister of Works David Umahi had said the realignment was to ensure the road passed through existing roads.

Umahi, who faulted critics of the realignment, said the highway would connect Edo through East-West Road to Benin Bypass.

Speaking about the realignment, Okpebholo said: ‘Edo is not just a corridor. It is a gateway. There is no part of Nigeria you can travel to without passing through Edo. The road here is critical for all of us. Once the road in Edo is good, problem of this region is solved. Taking the road across the former old road linking Onitsha from Asaba is the best package the President has given to the Southsouth. We are so much in support of it.’

Oborevwori, represented by the Commissioner for Information, Charles Anyawu, said: ‘We are pleased with this decision that will uplift our states. Any decision taken to realign the coastal road is a welcome development. Any decision that will enable us harness economic potential along that corridor will be supported.’

The Federal Government is working to link the nation’s seaports to the hinterland to boost economic growth through improved transportation logistics.

Marine and Blue Economy Minister Adegboyega Oyetola announced this yesterday at this year’s edition of Transportation Correspondents’ Association of Nigeria (TCAN) summit.

The minister, who was represented by the Director of Inland Transport Services at the Nigerian Ports Economic Regulatory Agency (NPERA), Mr. Paul Garnuwa, noted that transportation logistics determines how efficiently goods move from production to consumption and how effectively Nigeria connects to regional and global markets.

The cost, speed, reliability, and predictability of that movement, he said, ‘have direct implications for investment, production, trade and employment’.

Oyetola said one of the most significant steps in this direction ‘is the comprehensive modernisation of Nigeria’s seaports’.

He added: ‘With the approval of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the ministry is set to commence the country’s most ambitious seaport modernisation programme in more than five decades.

‘For the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, this means that the performance of our ports and waterways cannot be considered in isolation. They are important components of the wider transport and logistics chain, which also includes roads, rail, inland waterways, warehouses, and distribution networks.’

The minister said the programme ‘covers Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports in Lagos, Onne Port, Rivers Port, Calabar Port, and Warri Port’.

Explaining how the programme would take shape, Oyetola said: ‘It involves the reconstruction of quay walls, deepening of channels to accommodate larger vessels, replacement of obsolete cargo-handling equipment and further digitalisation of terminal and gate operations.

‘The objective is to increase capacity, reduce vessel and cargo-handling delays, lower unit logistics costs and ensure that our principal maritime gateways remain fit for the requirements of modern international trade.’

He stressed that the programme ‘is particularly important because port efficiency affects the entire logistics chain’.

According to him, a delay at the port does not remain at the port.

‘It affects manufacturers waiting for inputs, exporters waiting for vessels, transport operators, distributors and, ultimately, consumers.

‘The progress recorded at our ports is already reflected in independent international benchmarking. The 2025 Container Port Performance Index, produced by the World Bank and S and P Global Market Intelligence, ranked Tin Can Island Port as the 10th and Lagos Port Complex, Apapa, as the 12th among the world’s 20 most improved container ports between 2020 and 2025. The index measures port performance principally through vessel time in port and provides a data-based assessment of operational efficiency.’

This recognition, the minister noted, ‘is encouraging, but it also reinforces the need to sustain the reforms’.

He said: ‘Our objective is to deliver shorter turnaround times, more predictable cargo movement and a more competitive trading environment.’

Oyetola stated that another important development ‘has been the removal of the United States Coast Guard’s Conditions of Entry on vessels arriving from Nigeria. For 12 years, Nigerian ports were subject to additional security-related requirements by the United States. ‘Following sustained efforts to strengthen compliance with the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code, improve access controls and address identified security gaps, the United States Coast Guard, in August 2026, announced the removal of the Conditions of Entry for vessels arriving from Nigeria. This is significant for our logistics and trade objectives. It strengthens confidence in Nigeria’s port-security arrangements and removes additional procedures that had affected vessels travelling from Nigerian ports to the United States (U.S.A).’

He stressed that Nigeria ‘cannot depend indefinitely on a limited number of existing port corridors to serve a growing economy. The Ministry is therefore working with sub-national governments and private-sector partners to advance deep seaport developments in several coastal states, including Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Ogun, Ondo, and Rivers. The purpose is to expand port capacity, create additional maritime and logistics corridors, reduce pressure on existing gateways and bring economic activities closer to different parts of our coastline.’

Oyetola said the projects ‘also demonstrate the importance of collaboration between the Federal Government, state governments, and private investors’. The Federal Government’s role includes providing the necessary regulatory framework, facilitating inter-agency coordination and supporting viable public-private partnership structures.

‘The regulatory environment is equally important to efficient logistics. Infrastructure without predictable regulation will not deliver its full economic value. This is why the enactment of the Nigeria Ports Economic Regulatory Agency Act 2026 is an important reform. With the establishment of NPERA as the statutory economic regulator for the ports, Nigeria now has a permanent institutional framework for regulating tariffs and charges, service standards, competition and the protection of port users. The reform provides clearer rules for terminal operators, shipping lines and logistics service providers, while providing port users with a more structured framework for addressing commercial and regulatory issues.’

If Nigeria is to reduce the cost of moving goods, the minister stressed, ‘we must improve infrastructure’.

He added: ‘If we are to improve infrastructure, we must also improve regulation, security, technology, and coordination across the transport system. We must equally strengthen the links between the seaports and the hinterland. The efficiency of a port is ultimately determined by how quickly cargo can leave the port and reach its destination.’

ýA consortium led by Ardova Plc and including Diadem Energy has agreed to acquire 100 per cent of Powergas Global Investments Nigeria Limited and Powergas Ebedei Limited (PEL), the companies said.

ýThe agreement was entered into with A.P. Moller Capital, through its Africa Infrastructure Fund I (AIF I), and Impala Energy Holdings.

ýPowergas is one of Africa’s largest compressed natural gas (CNG) producers and virtual pipeline distributors, supplying industrial, commercial and power customers through compression facilities and road-based distribution infrastructure.

ýCompletion of the transaction is expected by the end of 2026, subject to regulatory and other required third-party approvals.

ýArdova said the acquisition would add natural gas operations to its existing businesses in petroleum products, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), shipping, aviation fuel, lubricants and logistics.

ýPowergas was founded in 2013 by the Clean Energy Group.

ýIts operations include the production and distribution of CNG to customers beyond the reach of the conventional pipeline network.

ýIts Ebedei project in Delta State was developed to monetise gas that would otherwise have been flared.

ýA.P. Moller Capital invested in PEL through Impala in April 2019. PEL commenced operations in 2020, while its Ebedei compression plant was commissioned in 2021.

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ýThe company has since expanded its distribution network across Southeast, Southsouth and Southwest Nigeria.

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ýPowergas operates four mother stations and has a fleet of more than 250 tube skids, according to the companies.

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ýArdova said it plans to deploy CNG infrastructure across its retail network, with a target of 100 CNG refuelling sites nationwide within 24 months of the acquisition.

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ýThe company also plans to expand Powergas’ compression capacity in gas-producing areas and increase its offtake of associated and non-associated gas.

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ýExecutive Chairman of Ardova Plc, AbdulWasiu Sowami, said the acquisition would enable the company to expand its activities in the gas sector.

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ýHe said: ‘Powergas has built the compression backbone required to take natural gas beyond the conventional pipeline grid.

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ý’Ardova brings a national distribution network, deep customer relationships and the ability to invest for the long term. Together, we intend to connect Nigeria’s abundant gas resources to industry, power and transportation.’

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ýManaging Director of Ardova, Abiola Babatunde-Ojo, said the company would focus on expanding compression capacity and introducing CNG facilities into its retail network.

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ý’Our focus now is execution: expanding compression capacity, bringing CNG into our retail network and connecting more industries and fleets to a reliable domestic energy source,’ she said.

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ýVice-Chairman of Powergas, Pulak Sen, said the acquisition would enable the company to expand into new markets.

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ýSam Senbanjo, a partner at A.P. Moller Capital, said the fund had supported PEL through its development, construction, commissioning and operational scale-up since 2019.

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ýHe said the company had helped customers access domestic gas beyond the reach of the pipeline network.

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ýChairman of Diadem Group, George Eluwa, said his company had worked with Powergas as its virtual-pipeline logistics partner.

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ýDiadem Energy is a member of Diadem Group and will participate in the acquisition consortium.

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ýThe transaction will transfer ownership of Powergas from A.P. Moller Capital and its investment partners to the Ardova-led consortium, subject to the completion conditions.

Big Brother Naija Season 11 housemate Barry, has emerged winner of the week nine BetPawa Arena Games.

The Friday night games, which have become one of the most competitive highlights of the season, saw housemates battle through a series of skill-based challenges under time pressure.

Barry clinched the top spot after a strong performance, while fellow housemate, Keivo, finished as first runner-up.

Both housemates were rewarded with BBBucks for their efforts, giving them an advantage as the season enters its final stretch.

The win adds to Barry’s impressive run in the house.

The housemate, who earlier won the week eight Head of House and holds the season’s Ultimate Veto Power, had used his veto to grant immunity to all remaining housemates, sending all 10 remaining contestants straight to the finale.

With the development, there will be no eviction in week nine, as Aikou, Barry, Bluethopia, Flora, Keivo, Oyin, Ricky, Sheba, Temi Nkem and Tram are now confirmed as finalists.

The show, which started with 24 housemates on July 26, is set to end on October 4, with the remaining 10 housemates battling for the N160 million grand prize, the biggest in the show’s history.