The political temperature in Niger State rose on Wednesday as youths in Gabas/Kudu Ward, Lapai Local Government Area, publicly set brooms ablaze and declared support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Mohammed Nami, ahead of the 2027 election. Hundreds of brooms were reportedly gathered and set on fire as the youths danced, sang solidarity songs and pledged their support for Nami. The group, which identified itself as the Kananan Kwari Support Group for Nami, was said to be led by a prominent politician from the ward. The development has introduced a fresh political dimension to the contest in…
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Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has confirmed the release of prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who were abducted in the state, bringing an end to a tense security ordeal that raised fresh concerns over the safety of young Nigerians travelling for national service. Uzodinma confirmed their release during a telephone conversation with the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, at about 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The Olubadan subsequently announced the development in a statement issued by his Media Aide, Adeola Oloko. The statement, titled “NYSC: The prospective members of the youth service corps, who were…
As his tenure in the Senate approaches its end, Senator Neda Imasuen is stepping up constituency projects in Edo South, with a new police station and market taking shape in Amagba, Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. Imasuen, who is not returning to the Senate, laid the foundation stone for the police station and inspected the ongoing market project, assuring residents that both would be completed before the end of his tenure. The projects add to the infrastructure interventions being pursued by the lawmaker as he moves toward the end of his tenure, giving greater significance to what he…
Northern Muslim Clerics Warn Tinubu: Drop 2027 Bid or Face Rejection More than 1,000 Islamic clerics in Kano have delivered a blunt warning to President Bola Tinubu: drop his 2027 re-election bid if economic hardship and insecurity persist, or risk rejection at the polls. The clerics issued the warning at a national conference on the state of the nation under Tinubu and the 2027 general elections. The development puts criticism of Tinubu’s administration directly within a northern Muslim setting as political activity gathers pace ahead of the 2027 presidential election. In their communique, the clerics faulted the government’s handling of…
With 100 days to the 2027 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has entered the final stretch of preparations with a voter register of 103,428,715 Nigerians, even as funding gaps and security concerns threaten to complicate the massive electoral exercise. The commission said it needed the prompt release of its outstanding budgetary allocations to complete procurement, logistics and other critical preparations before the polls. INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, raised the concerns on Tuesday in Abuja at a World Press Conference and National Stakeholders’ Meeting marking 100 days to the elections. The countdown comes as the commission moves…
For Squadron Leader Ahamefule Aham Man-Ugwueje, the joy of marriage had barely settled before tragedy struck. The Nigerian Air Force pilot reportedly died in the military aircraft crash near Igbokoda in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, just two weeks after his wedding. Man-Ugwueje was among the personnel on board the aircraft involved in the crash, which reportedly claimed 25 lives. Only days earlier, he had begun what should have been a new chapter of his life with his bride, surrounded by family, friends and loved ones who looked forward to many years ahead. Instead, his family is now…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced a review of the eligibility of some prominent 2027 candidates following the Supreme Court’s restoration of key provisions of the Electoral Act 2026. Those affected may include Rivers State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kingsley Chinda; Delta Central senatorial candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Ovie Omo-Agege; former Cross River State governor and Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) presidential candidate, Donald Duke; and former Delta State House of Assembly Speaker, Victor Ochei. The review follows complaints from political parties, aggrieved aspirants and members of the National Assembly over the…
The Federal Government is seeking to turn Nigeria’s global dominance in music, film, fashion and other creative industries into a major source of investment, jobs and export earnings through the 2026 Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX). The Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, said the government was no longer viewing the creative sector merely as a source of entertainment, but as a strategic engine of economic diversification. Musawa spoke on Tuesday at a joint ministerial briefing on Nigeria’s preparations for CANEX 2026 at the ITF Skills House, Maitama, Abuja. She said the summit would be…
By Abdulkarim Abdulmalik As the world marks World Teachers’ Day on October 5, 2026, attention will naturally turn to classrooms, lesson plans, chalkboards, textbooks and the thousands of men and women who spend their working lives preparing young people for the future. But there is another less discussed dimension to the work of teachers: their ability to build bridges between people of different faiths. In a country like Nigeria, where Muslims and Christians constitute the overwhelming majority of the population and religious identity is often intertwined with community, politics and culture, the classroom can either become a place where prejudices…
The Senate has suspended its planned National Security Summit following the death of 32 Nigerian Air Force personnel in an aircraft crash in Igbokoda, Ondo State. The two-day summit, scheduled for October 12 and 13, 2026, has been postponed indefinitely following the crash and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s declaration of three days of national mourning. The Leader of the Senate and Chairman of the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on the National Security Summit, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, announced the decision in a statement on Tuesday. Twenty-five officers and seven crew members were killed when the Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft crashed in…