2027: Obi, Kwankwaso Dumps ADC For NDC

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, and a former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, have formally joined the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). The two political figures were officially registered as members of the party on Sunday at its national secretariat in Abuja, where they were issued membership cards in the presence of party officials and supporters. Footage from the event showed Kwankwaso receiving his membership card first, followed...

Kano Trader Arrested for Selling Free Malnutrition Supplements

Kano State Government has ordered the arrest of a trader, Surajo Ibrahim, a dried food seller operating in the Kofar Dawanau area along Northwest Road, accused of selling government-issued free child nutrition supplies meant for distribution to vulnerable families. The Kano State Commissioner for Health, Dr Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, has ordered the arrest following a routine inspection carried out by a team across health commodity distribution points in Kano on Sunday. During the visit, the...

Nigeria Police Charged To Adhere To Constitutional Duties

Niger State Police Command has directed its personnel to adhere to constitutional policing standards across the command and desist from abuse of authority. The Commissioner of Police, in the State Command, CP Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, issued the directive during the command’s end-of-month strategic conference held at the Police Officers’ Mess, Minna, attended by Heads of Departments, Area Commanders, Tactical Commanders, and Divisional Police Officers. Elleman directed the outright ban on police involvement in land dispute...

Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian authorities to launch an urgent and independent investigation, alleging that at least 150 members of the Fulani community, including children, died in a military-controlled detention facility in Kwara State. Bur the Kwara State Government distanced itself from reports. The organization, in a statement on Thursday, said the victims were among the roughly 1,500 displaced pastoralists held at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp in Yikpata after...

Lagos 2027: Jandor Steps Down as APC Backs Hamzat for Governor

A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdul-Azeez Adediran, has withdrawn from the Lagos State governorship race ahead of the 2027 elections. Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, announced his withdrawal after the emergence of the state’s Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, as the ruling party’s consensus candidate. “Following the endorsement of Dr. Kadiri Hamzat by our leader, the President of Nigeria, and leaders of our party in Lagos, and in recognition of the prevailing realities...

Imo 2027: Cubana Chief Priest Joins House of Reps Race

Celebrity nightlife entrepreneur Pascal Okechukwu has entered partisan politics, declaring his ambition to contest for a seat in the House of Representatives ahead of the 2027 general elections. Okechukwu, widely known as Cubana Chief Priest, said he would seek to represent the Orsu/Orlu/Oru East Federal Constituency of Imo State. He disclosed his plan in a video posted on Instagram on Tuesday, shortly after a visit to the All Progressives Congress (APC) state secretariat, where he...

PDP Convention of November 2025 Invalid, Supreme Court Declares

Nigeria’s apex court, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, on Thursday nullified the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held in Ibadan, Oyo State, on 15 and 16 November 2025, bringing to a head a protracted leadership dispute within the opposition party. In a split decision, three of the five-member panel dismissed an appeal filed by a faction of the party led by Tanimu Turaki, finding it lacked merit and constituted an abuse of...

12 Rescued Chibok Girls Bag Degrees, Set to Graduate at AUN Yola 

Saturday, May 9th, 2026, will be a historic graduation ceremony at the American University of Nigeria, AUN Yola, where twelve(12) abducted Chibok girls who were among those rescued and enrolled in the institution will be among the graduands. AUN President, Prof. DeWayne Frazier, made the disclosure at a pre-commencement media briefing held in Yola, stated that the graduation of several students who were rescued from Sambisa forest symbolizes more than academic achievement but a global...

President Tinubu Sacks CEO NMDPRA, Name Replacement 

President Bola Tinubu has approved the removal of Saidu Mohammed as the Authority Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The President also approved the nomination of Rabiu Umar as the new Chief Executive of the authority, subject to Senate confirmation. This was contained in a statement issued by Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga, on Wednesday in Abuja, said the decision was made pursuant to the Petroleum Industry Act 2021....

Delta Killings: Police ASP, 5 Other Officers Dismissed 

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr. Olatunji Disu, has recommended the dismissal and prosecution of officers linked to the fatal shooting of Mene Ogidi in the Effurun area of Delta. At a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja, the IGP described the April 26 incident as a “criminal and unprofessional” act exhibited by the affected officers, including Nuhu Usman, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), and five other team members. The IGP who ordered the...

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