THE ALL Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has dismissed allegations that the Federal Government is plotting to assassinate former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar. Mr Dele Alake, the council’s spokesperson and Minister of Solid Minerals Development, described the allegation as grave in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday. Mr Timi Frank, a member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), had alleged that the Federal Government was plotting to assassinate Atiku. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Atiku is the ADC’s presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections. Alake challenged Frank to substantiate the allegation, urging security agencies to…
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THE NIGERIA Labour Congress (NLC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council, has suspended its indefinite strike and directed all affected workers, particularly primary and secondary school teachers to resume work on Wednesday. Chairman of the union in FCT, Knabayi Adalo announced the suspension in a communique issued in Abuja on Tuesday. Adalo explained that the decision followed the conclusion of conciliatory talks between the labour union, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), the Management of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment. He said that the resolutions were formally adopted at the end of an…
THE ALL Progressives Congress (APC) will begin its nationwide campaign for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in Kaduna on Saturday, Oct. 24, Sen. Abdulaziz Yari has said. Yari, Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), announced this on Tuesday in Abuja after the council’s inaugural meeting. He said the campaign would continue until Jan. 16, 2027, urging directorates to develop work plans for effective implementation of their responsibilities. Yari expressed confidence in the party’s prospects in the 2027 presidential election, attributing his optimism to Tinubu’s policies and development projects. He urged members of the council’s directorates to justify the confidence…
THE WORKERS’ Rights Campaign (WRC) has called on Nigerian workers and youths to unite in a renewed struggle against police brutality, bad governance and what it described as the exploitative system that continues to produce them, six years after the 2020 #EndSARS protests. In a statement on Tuesday to mark the sixth anniversary of the October 20, 2020 killings associated with the #EndSARS protests, the group described the uprising as an “epochal struggle” led largely by working-class and middle-class youths demanding an end to police brutality and broader systemic injustice. Signed by WRC Chairperson, Frances Akinjole, and Secretary, Bàbá Ayé, the statement also…
THE FEDERAL Government has confirmed one imported case of Bundibugyo ebolavirus in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and has activated public health response measures to prevent further spread. Prof Pate The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, disclosed this at a media conference in Abuja on Tuesday, following laboratory confirmation of the infection on Oct. 20. Pate said the patient, a woman who recently arrived in Nigeria on an international flight from Uganda, was currently in isolation and receiving medical care. He described the case as “a contained case,” while assuring Nigerians that the government was working…
SOME residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have expressed concerns over night inspections of alleged meter bypasses and other forms of electricity theft by Abuja Electricity Distribution Company Plc (AEDC) officials. The residents of Wuse, Garki and Central Business District (CBD) expressed the concern during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr Auwal Tanko, who resides at CBD, said they supported AEDC’s efforts to tackle electricity theft and meter tampering but enforcements at night raise security concerns. Tanko said it also created unnecessary tension between electricity consumers and field personnel. Mrs Deborah…
GOVERNOR Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau has felicitated with former Head of State Gen. Yakubu Gowon on his 92nd birthday anniversary. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director of Press and Public affairs to Mutfwang, Mr Gyang Bere on Tuesday in Jos. The governor, who paid glowing tribute to Gowon, described the former head of state as a distinguished Statesman and an enduring symbol of national unity. “I join the government and people of Plateau, as well as the family, friends, associates, and well-wishers of former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Rtd) in celebrating the revered elder statesman…
THE BENUE State House of Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly endorsed the establishment of state police, adopting all clauses of the proposed constitutional amendment without alteration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lawmakers considered the harmonised Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026, which seeks to establish State Police Services and provide for related matters. Leading the debate, the Majority Leader, Mr Peter Ipusu, urged the House to expedite consideration of the bill to enable the legislature to meet the deadline for the exercise. Ipusu said the National Assembly had transmitted the harmonised constitutional amendment…
THE KEBBI State Government has said the state’s first civilian governor, Alhaji Abubakar Garkuwan-Yauri, is not eligible for pension and severance gratuity under applicable constitutional and statutory provisions. The Commissioner for Information and Culture, Alhaji Yakubu Ahmed-BK, stated this at a news briefing in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday, while responding to allegations by the former governor that the administration of Gov. Nasir Idris had neglected him and withheld his entitlements. Ahmed-BK said Garkuwan-Yauri, who served as governor from January 1992 to November 1993, spent about 22 months in office, falling short of the two-year minimum tenure required under the applicable legal…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, has approved the extension of the tenure of the Comptoller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kemi Nandap to June 30th 2028. He also extended the tenure of the Controller-General of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Sylvester Nwakuche to May 2028. This is contained in a statement by the Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that President Tinubu nominated Kemi Nandap as the Comptroller-General of the NIS on Feb. 21, 2024 and the Senate confirmed the appointment on March 1, 2024. According to Onanuga, the approval followed a…