
Oyo politics has long featured alliances, betrayals, and Ibadan-centric power dynamics. 2019 Election: Ladoja led a broad opposition coalition (including PDP’s Makinde, Senator Olufemi Lanlehin, and Sharafadeen Alli of Zenith Labour Party) that defeated the APC’s Adebayo Adelabu. Makinde won and initially maintained cordial ties with Ladoja (then Otun Olubadan), who attended state events like
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YENAGOA, Nigeria — Bayelsa State’s political landscape shifted sharply following the sudden death of Deputy Gov. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, triggering intense lobbying and high-level calculations over who will succeed him, Dec. 11, 2025. His passing has not only plunged the state into mourning but also reopened delicate debates about zoning, loyalty and the balance of power
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by Henryrich,Abuja . The case of Abubakar Idris, widely known as Dadiyata, remains one of Nigeria’s most enduring and controversial enforced disappearance cases. A 34-year-old lecturer in the Department of English and Linguistics at the Federal University Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State, Dadiyata was a vocal social media commentator and critic of political figures and governance issues
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