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A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court has ordered the arrest of Kabiru Turaki, a factional national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for failing to appear before the court in a case filed by the inspector-general of police (IGP). U.P. Kekemeke, the trial judge, on Thursday, held that Turaki, a former minister, has no justification not to appear before the court. The IGP had filed a one-court charge against Turaki for allegedly providing false information to the police in a petition dated October 2022. On January 28, the former minister was scheduled to be arraigned in court but…

Hafsat Yusuf, the woman who gave birth to quintuplets at Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano, on Wednesday, has passed away. Her husband, Salisu Nafiu, confirmed the development to Access TV Nig on Thursday morning, stating that she passed away at the hospital around 1:00 a.m. He, however, said all five babies—three boys and two girls—are alive and receiving medical care at the facility. Nafiu did not provide further details on the circumstances surrounding her death. Access TV Nig reports earlier that Hafsat delivered the quintuplets via Caesarean section at about 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The husband, a tricycle rider, had…

Troops have repelled an attack by gunmen on an illegal mining site in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The incident was contained in a post shared on Thursday on X by security analyst Zagazola Makama. According to security sources cited in the post, the attack happened around 9:00 p.m. on March 24 at a mining site in Rim village, where unidentified gunmen reportedly tried to seize tin from miners. Troops of Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP), under Sector 6, quickly responded to the attack and engaged the assailants, forcing them to flee into nearby bushes. During the incident, one…

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde may have been left in the cold with yesterday’s decision of the Taminu Turaki group to embrace the Wike-backed National Caretaker Working Committee (NCWC). Turaki, told reporters that it was time to sheath the sword and reconcile with the Abdulrahman Mohammed-led NCWC for peace to reign in the party. This position contradicts what Makinde said twice in the last five days. In Bauchi on Sunday during his visit to Governor Bala Mohammed, Makinde he would not leave the PDP but vowed never to work with the Wike-backed Mohammed NCWC. He added that working with the…

A senior military officer has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the leadership of the National Assembly of Nigeria to urgently intervene in the worsening security situation affecting Tiv communities in southern Taraba and parts of Benue State. The appeal follows a fresh wave of attacks that has left several communities devastated, with residents reporting widespread destruction of homes, farmlands, and harvested crops. The officer, who hails from Mbajir in the Shitile area, said his village and neighbouring communities across three local government areas in southern Taraba, as well as Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State, have been…

The police command in Abuja has arrested four men for allegedly using the name of Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to defraud a retired military officer of N150 million. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, one of the suspects, Yashim Kajang, was arrested on Tuesday over the alleged scam involving A. K. Ibrahim, a retired major general, and others. According to the report, Kajang allegedly lured the victims into believing that he worked with the FCT minister and director of lands and dubiously collected over N150 million to…

A Kano woman, Hafsatu Yusuf, has been delivered of quintuplets at the Murtala Specialist Hospital, Kano. Confirming the development, her husband, Malam Salisu Nafiu, said the babies, three boys and two girls, were born around 2:00pm, on Wednesday. Nafiu, a tricycle rider, expressed gratitude to God for the safe delivery, noting that all five babies and their mother were in good health. He added that this was his wife’s ninth delivery. He added that medical personnel at the hospital were giving the mother and her newborns special attention to ensure their wellbeing. Meanwhile, the Kano State Government has announced that…

Several brick workers are feared dead after a sand pit used for brick-making collapsed at Ridawa village, Ghari Local Government Area of Kano State, on Wednesday. The incident occurred while labourers were digging a deep excavation site for brick production. The pit suddenly caved in, trapping many of them beneath the debris. Dailytrust E-PAPER HOME NEWS BUSINESS POLITICS PODCAST VIDEOS AGRICULTURE SPORTS OPINION EDUCATION ENTERTAINMENT INTERNATIONAL ☰ Click Here To Listen To Trust Radio Live TOP STORY BREAKING: Many Feared Dead As Sand Pit Collapses In Kano Daily Trust- BREAKING: Many feared dead as sand pit collapses in Kano By…

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dismissed the existence of separate camps in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), insisting that there is only one PDP. Wike stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, while interacting with journalists after inspecting some ongoing projects across the FCT. He said that it was natural in any political setting for some individuals to feel dissatisfied, “that is not unusual”. He said that discussions on reconciliation were ongoing with the PDP National Convention coming up on March 29 and 30. The Minister, however, clarified that holding the convention does not necessarily preclude…

A former governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Seriake Dickson, on Tuesday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has effectively collapsed. Dickson, who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said the PDP he joined in the mid-2000s no longer exists. He blamed internal crisis and leadership failure for what he described as the destruction of one of Nigeria’s biggest political platforms. The PDP that I came to be part of that PDP has since been killed, has since been buried,” he said. He said the party had lost its identity and no longer represents the platform Nigerians entrusted with power for…