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Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has convened a meeting of the State Security Council to review recent attacks and killings in the state and strengthen measures to prevent further violence. The meeting, held on Wednesday at the New Government House, Little Rayfield, Jos, followed a series of deadly attacks in parts of the state, including the killing of residents in Mangu and security personnel in Riyom. According to Daily Trust, the meeting reviewed emerging security threats, intelligence gathering and sharing, preventive operations, inter-agency cooperation and measures to protect lives, property and economic activities across the state. The Commissioner of Police…
Yusuf Gagdi, chairman of the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the alleged establishment and operations of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), has explained why the panel did not invite President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, despite documents linking him to the controversial agency. Mr Gagdi, who represents Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam Federal Constituency of Plateau State, said the committee’s investigation was never designed to focus on Mr Gbajabiamila or any other individual but on how an agency without a valid legal foundation allegedly became integrated into the federal government’s administrative and financial systems. He clarified on Wednesday…
A Katsina State resident, Aminu Sanda, popularly known as Nesta, has been detained and charged with treasonable felony over allegations that he destroyed pro-President Bola Tinubu campaign billboards. Sanda was initially invited by the police in Katsina and subsequently detained over allegations that he pulled down the president’s billboards and broke into the Katsina State Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC), where he was accused of carting away N35 million. However, Sanda has denied the allegations, including claims that he destroyed Tinubu’s billboards and broke into the APC secretariat to steal the money. He described the allegations against him…
Cement dealers across Nigeria have announced fresh prices for the building material, with the cost of a 50kg bag remaining elevated in several parts of the country as the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) investigates the pricing practices of major cement manufacturers. The latest development has heightened concerns among builders, developers and prospective homeowners, who are already struggling with rising construction costs. Reports from different markets indicate that the price of a 50kg bag of cement has risen to between N13,000 and N16,000 in some locations, although actual prices vary depending on the dealer, location and prevailing supply…
“I will be the first politician they will come after” Wike shares fears if Atiku or Obi wins election. Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, has said he would become the first target if President Bola Tinubu loses the 2027 presidential election to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar or Peter Obi. Wike, who has been supporting Tinubu despite being a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said he was fully aware of the consequences of the position he had taken. Speaking during a media chat, Wike said: “I will be the first politician that I think they…
The Zamfara State Community Protection Guards, also known as Askarawan Zamfara, have arrested nine suspects linked to banditry and other criminal activities across the state. The suspects, who were paraded in Gusau on Wednesday, included suspected bandits, informants, logistics suppliers, drug dealers and a man accused of posing as a lawyer. The arrests were made through intelligence-driven operations carried out in different parts of the state. The commandant of the Community Protection Guards, retired AIG Shehu Dalijan, disclosed this while presenting the suspects to journalists. He said the arrests followed information obtained from suspects who had been operating within different…
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has arrested two suspected child traffickers and rescued a four-year-old girl in Kuje. The suspects, identified as Rose Daniel and Blessing John, were apprehended on August 27, 2026, while allegedly attempting to flee with the child, Ummi Mariam Abdullah. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement, saying the arrests followed information provided by a vigilant resident who witnessed the incident and promptly alerted the police. Adeh said police operatives responded to the report, arrived at the location, rescued the child and took both suspects into custody. She…
The Kwara State House of Assembly has declared the seats of two lawmakers, Saba Yisa Gideon of Edu Constituency and Olusola Odetundun of Irepodun Constituency, vacant following their defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The development followed a letter from the APC State Chairman, Prince Sunday Fagbemi, addressed to the Speaker of the House, Salihu Yakubu Danladi, requesting the vacation of the seats in accordance with Section 109 (1g) (2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended. The letter explained that since the two members were elected…
A jury convicted Duane Keith Davis, 63, in the 1996 drive-by shooting that killed Mr. Shakur, a rapper at the height of his popularity. Prosecutors cited portions of Mr. Davis’s disavowed memoir. A jury in Las Vegas on Monday found a man guilty of orchestrating the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, delivering a conviction nearly 30 years after one of hip-hop’s most notorious killings. Duane Keith Davis, 63, was accused of obtaining the gun used in the shooting and pursuing Mr. Shakur during a gang war that had become entangled with a feud between East Coast and West Coast hip-hop…
The legal action instituted by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar against the eligibility of President Bola Tinubu’s participation in the 2027 Presidential election took off on a shaky foot following the inability of the former VP to serve court process on Tinubu as required by law. At the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, the former Vice President through his counsel, Joseph Onu Silas, lamented that he has not been able to reach President Tinubu for personal delivery of the Originating Summons in line with the provisions of the law. He told Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo that he needed…