A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, backed by Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, has adopted former President Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s sole presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections. A member of the faction’s presidential screening committee, Babangida Aliyu, made the announcement during the screening exercise for aspirants in Abuja. Aliyu said...
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EFCC Arrests Ex-power Minister After Fraud Conviction Sentence
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency has arrested former Power Minister Saleh Mamman days after he was sentenced to 75 years in prison over corruption charges linked to major power projects. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said Mamman was arrested early Tuesday in Kaduna after weeks of evading authorities following his conviction by a Federal High...
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Nigeria’s Debt Profile: Ignorance in Agbada – Olabode Opeseitan
A fact grounded examination of what Nigeria owes, what it has paid, and who is profiting from the confusion. In Nigeria, the agbada, that magnificent, wide flowing gown, can signal wisdom or conceal mischief depending on the wearer. It can be the costume of authority just as it can be the costume of performance. When...
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Makinde Launches Violent Crime Response Unit, Mourns Oyo School Attacks Victims
Governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde has inaugurated the newly established Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) of the Nigeria Police Force, describing the initiative as a timely intervention against rising cases of kidnapping and violent crimes across the country. During the inauguration at the Oyo state police command headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, Governor Makinde said...
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Oyo School Attack Exposed Failures In Community Intelligence Sharing – Makinde
Nigeria’s Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has said the recent school abduction in Orire Local Government Area exposed major lapses in community intelligence gathering and information sharing, after armed men attacked communities, killed an Islamic Studies teacher and abducted seven teachers along with an unspecified number of students. Makinde said preliminary findings showed that residents...
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Nigeria Police Boss Visits Oyo After Deadly Abduction, Attack
Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Olatunji Rilwan Disu on Saturday visited Oyo State following a deadly attack and abduction in Oriire Local Government Area that occurred in the early hours of Friday, police said. Disu expressed concern over the incident and offered condolences to families of those killed in the attack, according to a statement...
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Ndume Confirms Abduction Of Dozens Of Children In Borno
Suspected Islamist militants abducted dozens of children from a village in northeastern Nigeria, a lawmaker and residents said on Saturday, in the latest mass kidnapping linked to the region’s long-running insurgency. Ali Ndume, a senator representing Borno State, said local officials in Mussa village confirmed that 42 children were taken during the raid. Residents had...
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Nigeria Confirms Death Of Senior Islamic State Commander
President Bola Tinubu on Saturday said Nigerian and U.S. forces killed a senior Islamic State commander, Abu-Bilal Al-Manuki, during a joint operation in the Lake Chad Basin. He described the strike as a major success in counterterrorism cooperation between both countries. Tinubu in a statement said the operation dealt “a heavy blow” to Islamic State...
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Defence HQ Confirms Al-Minuki Killing, Says He Provided Support To Group Affiliates
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters said on Saturday that a senior Islamic State commander killed in a joint operation by Nigerian and U.S. forces oversaw the militant group’s weapons production, drone development and global media operations. The military said Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, described as one of the world’s most active terrorists, was killed during a “meticulously planned and...
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Ekiti Police Dismiss Sergeant Over Drug Misconduct
The police command in Ekiti State has dismissed a police sergeant, Osayingbemi Temitope, over his involvement in an incident linked to illicit drug use, the command said on Friday. Police spokesperson SP Sunday Abutu said in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti that the officer was captured in a viral video “behaving erratically” in Ikole-Ekiti on...