President Donald Trump has refused to rule out running for a third term, despite the U.S. Constitution clearly barring anyone from serving more than two terms as president.

Speaking aboard Air Force One on Monday, October 27, while en route to Tokyo, Trump was asked about recent comments from his ally Steve Bannon, who claimed last week that Trump would be president again in 2028. When asked if he would challenge the two-term limit in court, Trump responded, “I haven’t really thought about it. We have some very good people as you know, but I have the best poll numbers I’ve ever had.”

Pressed further on who he meant by “good people,” Trump mentioned Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, before adding, “I’m not sure if anybody would run again. I think if they have a form to grip it would be unstoppable, I do. I really believe that. I would love to do it. I have my best numbers ever.”

The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits anyone from being elected president more than twice. However, Trump appeared to entertain the possibility, suggesting that his leadership record warranted consideration. “I mean, I just solved eight wars and a ninth is coming. I believe Russia-Ukraine will happen,” he said. “I mean it’s millions of people we saved. I saved the lives of millions of people. That’s what’s important.”

When asked directly if he was ruling out a third term, Trump replied, “Am I not ruling it out? I mean, you’ll have to tell me.” He continued, “All I can tell you is that we have a great group of people, which they don’t,” seemingly referring to Democrats.

Last week, Steve Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist, told The Economist that Trump would “get a third term,” claiming there was already “a plan” to make it happen despite constitutional restrictions. When pressed on how that would be possible under the 22nd Amendment, Bannon said, “There’s many different alternatives. At the appropriate time, we’ll lay out what the plan is, but there is a plan, and Trump will be the president in ‘28.”

This isn’t the first time Trump has floated the idea. Shortly after winning the 2024 election, he told House Republicans, “I suspect I won’t be running again unless you say, ‘He’s so good, we got to figure something else out.’”

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No fewer than four persons have been killed in Cameroon when supporters of opposition leader clashed with security operatives.

It was  reported that President Paul Biya was on Monday, declared winner of the 2025 Presidential Election in the country.

The Constitutional Council announced that the 92-year-old man, who has been in power for the past 43 years, secured 53.66% of the votes.

The electoral body said Issa Tchiroma, the Cameroon opposition leader obtained 35.19% of the total votes.

But prior to the announcement, Issa Tchiroma claimed he won the election, triggering chaos across the country.

According to Channels TV, in Cameroon’s largest city Douala, the regional governor said on Monday that demonstrators “attacked” a gendarmerie brigade and police stations in two districts on Sunday.

“Four people unfortunately lost their lives,” said Samuel Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua, adding that several members of the security forces were also injured.

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Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti, on Monday officially emerged as the All Progressive Congress, APC, candidate for next year’s gubernatorial election.

He emerged, through a popular voice votes, echoed by a total of 885 delegates, who were elected on Saturday across the 177 Electoral Wards in the 16 Local Government Areas of the state.

It was reports that his adoption, took place at the Ekiti State Pavilion, located along the new Iyin road, Ado-Ekiti, via a popular consensus.

Kick-starting the exercise, Senate Leader, Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, moved the motion for Oyebanji’s nomination and adoption, as consensus candidate, while incumbent Speaker of Ekiti Assembly , Adeoye Aribasoye, seconded

With the development, Oyebanji became the first governor under the banner of APC. in the state, to win the party’s candidature, back to back since the inception of the current democratic dispensation.

Speaking earlier in an opening address, Gov Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State, who doubles as Chairman of Affirmation Congress Committee, said the decision by the party to arrive at a consensus arrangement was basically an in-house party’s choice of way, and a collective efforts, that was devoid of any form of colouration.

” I can inform this gathering that the decision by our great party to adopt Oyebanji is not a product of imposition, but a way to allow the good works that the APC government in Ekiti has been doing, and so far recorded, to continue”, he said.

The National Chairman of All Progressive Congress, APC, Prof Nentawe Yilwatda, had earlier on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti, inaugurated a 11-man Consensus Committee for the party’s primary election in the State.

He had informed that the committee, chaired by Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Ododo, and deputised by his Edo counterpart, Monday Okpebholo, would conduct the affirmation of Oyebanji, as the sole candidate of the party for 2026 gubernatorial poll.

Speaking at the party’s secretariat in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday, Nentawe said the affirmation, would be done by the 885 delegates, across the 16 local government areas of the State .

Nentawe, represented by Deputy National Organising Secretary, Nze Chidi Duru, hailed the outcome of the delegates’ poll, earlier conducted on Saturday, and also commended the leadership style of Oyebanji, which he said had endeererd the people to him.

He also asked the delegates to embrace peace ahead and after the consensus election.

In his acceptance speech, Oyebanji thanked President Bola Tinubu and other top brass of the party, especially the Senate Leader and Ekiti national assembly caucus, current Ekiti Speaker, former governors Niyi Adebayo and wife, as well as Kayode Fayemi, including every members of the party.

“I hereby accept this honour to fly the flag of our great party in the next year’s gubernatorial election, coming up in the state, and I will never take this honour for granted.

” This is historic, in the sense that this is the first time any ruling party would be doing this for any of it’s governor in power.

” Be rest assured that this gesture will not go unappreciated.

“To my opponents in the race, be assured that there is no victor nor vanquished. We are in the race together, and the party belongs to all of us.

” Please, let’s come together to lift Ekiti, as I am ever ready to embrace everyone, without segregation. I plead that all forms of character assassination, cyber bullying, abuses on social media should stop”, he said.

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