Governor Chukwuma Soludo has secured a return to office after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared him the winner of the November 8, 2025, Anambra State governorship election. The results announced by the electoral umpire showed that the incumbent governor recorded a landslide victory, sweeping all the 21 local government areas of the South-East State. In the early hours of Sunday, November 9, the State Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Omoregie Edoba, declared Soludo the winner of the exercise after collating results from the state’s local government areas.

“I hereby declare that Soludo Chukwuma Charles of the APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” Edoba said.

The final tally showed that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate garnered 422,664 votes, pulverising his closest challenger, the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag-bearer, Nicholas Ukachukwu, who polled 99,445 votes.

Paul Chukwuma of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) came a distant third with 37,753 votes, while John Nwosu of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) scored 8,208 votes.

Labour Party’s George Moghalu and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Jude Ezenwafor, scored 10,576 votes and 1,401 votes, respectively. Peter Obi, a former Governor of the State and Labour Party’s presidential candidate in 2023, couldn’t bring his popularity to bear in the election.

Obi, who had spearheaded Moghalu’s campaign, not only failed to secure a victory for his preferred candidate at his polling unit, but the Labour Party’s total votes of 10,576 also fell way short of expectations.

Results from Polling Unit 019, Umudimakasi, Amatutu village, where Obi voted, showed that the APC recorded 73 votes, defeating the Labour Party, which polled 57 votes.

The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a five-count charge against Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), alongside tech giants X Corp and Meta Inc., at the Federal High Court in Abuja, over social media posts deemed defamatory to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The DSS, represented by a team of lawyers led by Muhammed Abubakar, Director of Public Prosecutions at the Ministry of Justice, accused Sowore of publishing “false, malicious and inciting” statements about the President through his official X and Facebook accounts.

The agency had earlier issued Sowore a one-week ultimatum, which expired on September 8, demanding he delete the posts. Both Sowore and the social media platforms failed to comply.

One of the charges read: “That you, Omoyele Sowore… did use your official X handle page, @YeleSowore, to send out a message… ‘THIS CRIMINAL @ OFFICIAL PBAT ACTUALLY WENT TO BRAZIL TO STATE THAT THERE IS NO MORE CORRUPTION UNDER HIS REGIME IN NIGERIA. WHAT AUDACITY TO LIE SHAMELESSLY!’, which you know the said message to be false but posted it for the purpose of causing a breakdown of law and order in the country.”

The charges, filed under the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Amendment Act 2024 and the Criminal Code Act, accuse Sowore of spreading false information, defamation, and attempting to incite public fear

The fifth count specifically alleges he intended to cause public disturbance by posting inflammatory remarks against the President.

The DSS also named X Corp and Meta Inc. as co-defendants, holding them responsible for failing to delete Sowore’s accounts despite official demands.

Sowore, a known critic of successive Nigerian governments, has insisted he is prepared to face trial.

“I will be available whenever the case is assigned,” he said in response to the charges.

The case is expected to test the limits of online expression, government authority over social media platforms, and Nigeria’s cybercrime laws in an era of growing digital activism

The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday the 29th of December after a video conference announced, Portuguese, Jose Peseiro as the new head coach of the Nigerian national team.

Peseiro is to take over from Austin Eguavoen who had been serving as the interim manager of the national team following the sacking of Gernot Rohr on December 13, 2021.

“After careful consideration of a memo presented by Chairman of the Technical and Development Sub-Committee, the Executive Committee endorsed a proposal for the appointment of Mr Jose Peseiro as the new head coach of the Super Eagles, following the end to the relationship with Mr Gernot Rohr,” the NFF said in a communique.

However, Peseiro would not immediately assume full responsibility for his new role as head coach, instead, Eguavoen would continue as coach of the Super Eagles until after the AFCON tournament which is slated to kick-off on the 9th of January in Cameroun. Peseiro would instead serve as an observer to Eguavoen at the AFCON tournament.

“…the Committee resolved that Mr. Augustine Eguavoen named the interim Head Coach, will lead the Super Eagles to the AFCON 2021 in Cameroon with Mr. Peseiro only playing the role of Observer.”

“It was unanimously agreed that the AFCON is a good avenue for Mr. Peseiro to launch a working relationship with Mr. Eguavoen, who will revert to his role as Technical Director (hence Mr. Peseiro’s immediate boss) after the AFCON.”

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NFF boss, Amaju Pinnick, had earlier revealed that he consulted Roma coach, Jose Mourinho, over the choice of manager for Super Eagles. Mourinho recommended his namesake and countryman, Jose Peseiro.

Quick Facts About Jose Peseiro 

1. The Super Eagles coach was born José Vítor dos Santos Peseiro on 4 April 1960 in Coruche, Portugal.
2. He had a 15-year playing career, playing for a long list of local clubs as a forward.
3. Jose Peseiro served as the assistant manager to Carlos Queiroz at Real Madrid in the 2003/2004 season.
4. His job as Nigeria’s head coach is his first time coaching an African national team.
5. His first job in Africa was as the coach of the Egyptian club, Al Ahly (2015/2016).
6. He won the Egyptian Premier League with Al Ahly in 2015/2016.
7. Jose Peseiro resigned from his last job as head coach of the Venezuela national team in August 2021 due to unpaid wages. He was appointed in February 2020.
8. He was the head coach of the Saudi Arabia national team from 2009 to 2011.
9. Some top-tier European clubs Peseiro has coached include Panathinaikos, Sporting CP, Rapid București, and FC Porto.
10. He led Sporting CP to the UEFA Cup Finals in 2004/2005.