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Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has said the Peter Obi-Rabiu Kwankwaso Presidential ticket will fail in Kano during the 2027 general election. Obi and Kwankwaso, who were Presidential hopefuls of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) later defected to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) where they teamed up. While addressing journalists on Tuesday, Ganduje said the joint NDC ticket lacks the political strength and governance record needed to win support in the state. Ganduje said, “I don’t think Peter Obi and Kwankwaso’s ticket will succeed in Kano. It will not succeed. In fact, it is…

The atmosphere inside the international arrivals terminal at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport in Katsina was one of celebration. Families stood behind security barriers waiting to embrace relatives returning from Saudi Arabia after completing the 2026 Hajj pilgrimage. Airport officials moved methodically through familiar administrative routines, and returning pilgrims wheeled their luggage toward the main arrival hall after presenting their travel documents for standard border clearance. Then, without warning to the waiting crowd, the routine changed. As passengers stepped forward one after another for immigration clearance, border control officers quietly isolated seven men from the rest of the arriving…

At least four people – believed to be herders – were killed on Tuesday morning when gunmen invaded a residential settlement in the outskirts of Agu-Ifite Awka, a community in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday evening. Mr Ikenga, a superintendent, said the gunmen also razed about two huts within the settlement, slaughtered four cows and other cattle during the attack. “Operatives of the Police-led Joint Security team responded to the scene following a distress report. On arrival, four male victims with fatal…

The House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee investigating the activities of the unestablished Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) has invited the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, to explain the action his office took regarding the fake agency. The committee has also requested that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, appear before it in person. The summons follows the submission made to the committee by the Permanent Secretary (PS) of the ministry, Dunoma Ahmed, on Tuesday. The panel is chaired by Yusuf Gagdi (APC, Plateau). It is examining how the PFIPC allegedly operated as a federal government agency despite having…

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Badagry Area Command, have uncovered a suspected fake university operating from a three-bedroom apartment in Ilado, within the Olorunda Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. The security agency rescued 106 youths allegedly recruited into the scheme. The operation also led to the arrest of the alleged proprietor, who is accused of enticing prospective students from different parts of Nigeria and neighbouring West African countries with promises of admission into a foreign university. The raid was conducted in the early hours of Monday after several days of intelligence gathering and…

Two brothers, Muhammad Salisu, 12, and Abdurrahman Salisu, 7, lost their lives after they were carried away by flood in Janbago, a community in Katsina State. The victims, were said to be returning home from a nearby Islamiyya school when downpour, accompanied by strong winds, turned the streets into raging torrents. Their bodies were later recovered from different locations after frantic search efforts by residents. The incident plunged the entire community into mourning as sympathisers thronged the family residence to console the bereaved parents. Fighting back tears, the children’s father, Malam Salisu Arabi, described the loss as the most painful…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday told the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the legal basis, operations and budgetary inclusion of the ‘phantom’ Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) that it received authorisation from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) to open two domiciliary accounts for the council. The revelation from the apex bank is coming as the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Monday questioned the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, over allegations against him by the purported Director General of the council, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi.…

The Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ahmed Sanusi, has warned Nigerians, particularly young people, not to allow police officers to search their mobile phones merely because they are suspected of engaging in internet fraud, popularly known as “Yahoo Yahoo.” The police commissioner said indiscriminate phone searches by officers on the road violate the directive of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), stressing that phones can only be searched after a lawful arrest and during the course of a criminal investigation. Speaking in a video seen by SaharaReporters, the commissioner acknowledged that some police officers and personnel of…

The Federal Government has denied claims that President Bola Tinubu’s administration borrowed about N80tn within three years. According to the government, the figure is misleading and largely reflects accounting changes rather than new loans. Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, made the clarification while speaking to the Senate Committee on Finance during a briefing on the country’s economy. Lawmakers had questioned reports that the current administration borrowed about N80 trillion in addition to the N75tn debt it inherited. However, Oyedele said the figures being circulated and reported by some media outlets do not show the actual…

Nigerian filling stations and depot owners have increased their retail petrol pump prices and ex-depot prices for the second time in less than a week. A market survey by newsmen on Monday night showed that Empire Filling Station, Ranoil Filling Station, and other outlets have further increased fuel prices to between N1,275 and N1,280 per litre in Abuja, up from N1,220 per litre. This means that petroleum products marketers have raised fuel prices by between N55 and N60 per litre. Similarly, depot owners, including MAO, Gulf Treasure, T.Time, and NorthWest, have increased their ex-depot prices to between N1,249 and N1,270…