Rabiu Kwankwaso, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential running mate, has warned that most state governors seeking reelection will be disappointed. Kwankwaso stated that most Nigerians will not support some of these state governors seeking reelection in 2027. Kwankwaso, who spoke on the News Agency of Nigeria’s (NAN) Personality Interview Series in Abuja on Sunday, … Read more
Farouk Aliyu, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, has claimed that the party’s members and supporters took Governor Ademola Adeleke for granted during the Osun state governorship election. According to Aliyu, some APC members believed that the Federal Government would ensure the party’s victory, so they underestimated Adeleke and his supporters. Speaking on Arise Television’s … Read more
Senator Bala Mohammed, Governor of Bauchi State, has warned opposition politicians against relying on federal aid to obtain electoral victory, claiming that the era of political imposition in Nigeria has ended. The governor made the statement on Monday after casting his ballot at Model Central Primary School, Yalwan Duguri, in Alkaleri Local Government Area during … Read more
Dior Adiele, a Nigerian actress, has asked her mother to leave her home, weeks after raising worries about her brother’s alleged drug use and its influence on her family. Adiele revealed the information in a series of social media posts, stating that she wanted to focus on her daughter, who lives in the same residence. … Read more
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has linked illegal mining in Nigeria to organised crime, terrorism, and insecurity throughout West Africa. This was revealed in a statement issued on Monday when Tullio Santini, Chief of the Africa Section of the Terrorism Prevention Branch, TPB at UNODC, led a delegation to meet with … Read more
Nigerian forces from the 247 Reconnaissance Battalion, C Company, Mubi, Adamawa State, apprehended a 43-year-old suspected terrorist collaborator during a cordon-and-search operation in Mubi South Local Government Area. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region, confirmed the detention in a post on X on Tuesday. Makama reported that the operation … Read more
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, apprehended a 45-year-old accused collaborator in a motorbike theft conspiracy. The operatives discovered an allegedly stolen motorbike and other incriminating materials in Gaida, Abacha Street, Kumbotso Local Government Area, Kano State. In a statement, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ibrahim Abdullahi, said the suspect, … Read more
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has disclosed that road construction, excavation, and other civil engineering activities caused over 5,000 fibre-optic cable cuts across Nigeria in the first half of 2026. The panel determined that these accidents were mostly the result of insufficient cooperation among construction firms, government agencies, and telecommunications providers prior to the start … Read more
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo claims Nigeria’s democracy lacks African meaning and context, and laments that it has resulted in a winner-take-all approach to politics. Speaking at the 2026 Goodluck Jonathan Foundation Democracy Dialogue in Bauchi, the capital of Bauchi State, Obasanjo stated that the Western liberal democracy inherited by many African countries was not meant … Read more
Umar Jibrilla Bindow, the former governor of Adamawa State, met with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja following his departure from the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The encounter was said to have taken place late Monday nite, but no specifics about the visit have been released. Bindow resigned his ADC membership on … Read more