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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended heartfelt congratulations to Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, on his birthday, commending his courage, diligence, and steadfast commitment to the state’s development. In a statement on Monday issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President conveyed his best wishes to Governor Bago, his family, friends, and political associates. The occasion provides an opportunity for appreciation, reflection, and renewed dedication to public service. President Tinubu acknowledged Governor Bago’s transformative leadership in Niger State, particularly in health, education, and infrastructure development. He also highlighted the governor’s sweeping reforms in agriculture,…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, says the outcome of Saturday’s area council elections reflects President Bola Tinubu’s visionary leadership. Mr Wike made the remarks during a broadcast in Abuja on Sunday, thanking Mr Tinubu for strengthening residents’ confidence in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Access TV reports that the APC won five of the six chairmanship seats contested in Saturday’s elections. The party secured victories in Abuja Municipal, Bwari, Kuje, Abaji and Kwali area councils, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won in Gwagwalada. Mr Wike described the results as evidence that the Renewed Hope…

The National Assembly has unveiled far-reaching reforms in the newly enacted Electoral Act, 2026, including a two-year jail term for any Resident Electoral Commissioner who withholds vital electoral documents and the creation of a dedicated fund to guarantee the financial autonomy of the Independent National Electoral Commission ahead of the 2027 general election. The reforms, which followed two years of legislative engagement and consultations, were highlighted on Sunday by the Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, in a statement issued in Abuja. Bamidele’s attempt to highlight the benefits of the electoral reform comes barely 24 hours after opposition parties fumed…

Bandits operating in parts of Kebbi South have demanded N100 million from Utouno community in Ngaski Local Government Area, threatening to launch an attack if their demand is not met. The demand was reportedly conveyed through a letter addressed to the community leaders. The threat comes amid growing security concerns in parts of Kebbi and neighbouring states, where armed groups have carried out deadly raids, kidnappings, and extortion in rural communities. In the letter, the group warned residents not to treat the message lightly. This is not a joke. You must pay us N100 million. If you refuse, you will…

Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has explained that the new regime reviewed upward the election spending limit under Section 92(1-8) of the Electoral Act, raising the spending threshold for presidential poll from N5 billion to N10 billion. Senator Bamidele said it also raised the spending threshold for governorship poll from N1 billion to N3 billion; from N100 million to ₦500 million for the Senate; from N70 million to N250 million for the House of Representatives; from N30 million to N100 million for the House of Assembly; from N30 million to N60 million for Area Council and from N5…

A Nigerian aspiring fashion designer based in the US, Sheriff Shittu was fatally shot at a Brooklyn nightclub following a dispute with a drunk patron who allegedly groped his girlfriend, according to his brother. Shittu was killed when a gunman opened fire inside Quilox Restaurant and Lounge in East Flatbush on Church Avenue near 95th Street at about 4:25 a.m. Saturday, police said. Shittu had gone to the club with his younger brother, Fawaz Shittu, to celebrate a friend’s birthday, just a day before their mother was scheduled to arrive from Nigeria for a visit. I was screaming his name,”…

US Secret Service agents and a sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a man armed with a shotgun who breached the security perimeter of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in the early hours of Sunday morning. Trump was in Washington at the time of the incident, which officials said happened around 1:30 am (0630 GMT). The suspect, a man in his early 20s, was spotted by the north gate of the Mar-a-Lago property, carrying a shotgun and a fuel can, the Secret Service said. Agents confronted the man and told him to disarm but he raised his gun. “The only…

The Kano State Police Command has dismantled a six-member car theft syndicate, recovering three stolen vehicles in a breakthrough. The suspects—Aliyu Mamman, Abdulhamid Usman, Saliha Abdulhamid, Auwal Shuaibu, Sani Bala, and Ahmad Mannir—were arrested by the Command’s Special Intervention Squad (SIS) on February 13, 2026. Mamman, 35, a resident of Gusau, Zamfara State, confessed to stealing vehicles across Kano, Kaduna, and Katsina States and implicated his accomplices in the operations. The recovered vehicles included a Golf Wagon, a Golf Opel, and a Hijet (Kurkura). Kano State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, commended the squad for its professionalism and dedication,…

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the winners of Saturday’s elections in the Federal Capital Territory and the states of Kano and Rivers. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Independent National Electoral Commission conducted elections in the six FCT area councils, as well as by-elections in the Ahoada East II and Khana II state constituencies of Rivers State, and the Kano Municipal and Ungogo constituencies in Kano State. The polls involved chairmanship and councillorship positions across the FCT’s six area councils, including Abuja Municipal (AMAC), Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje,…

Three major opposition parties—the Peoples Democratic Party, New Nigerian Peoples Party, and African Democratic Congress —are missing on the ballot papers for the Kano State House of Assembly by-election holding on Saturday, as reported by Arise News. The by-election is being conducted to fill two vacant seats in the state assembly following the deaths of the former lawmakers last year, who were members of the NNPP before their demise. According to Arise News, “three major opposition political parties are missing on the Independent National Electoral Commission ballot for the by-election holding today in Kano.” The report added that “nine political…