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President Bola Tinubu’s four week stay in Europe has moved to the centre of the 2027 campaign, with the African Action Congress taking the matter to court and the African Democratic Congress using it to draw a contrast with its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Tinubu left Abuja for London on 30 August 2026 on what the…
The Federal Government has placed 24 states and the Federal Capital Territory on alert for flooding between 27 September and 10 October 2026, following forecasts of heavy rain, saturated soil, rising river levels and increased surface runoff. According to the advisory, the warning came from the National Flood Early Warning Systems Centre, which sits under…
The Rivers State House of Assembly has approved the constitutional amendment bill seeking to create state police, becoming the second legislature to endorse the proposal as the Kano Assembly opened its own deliberation on the same day. All 25 members of the Rivers Assembly voted in favour of the Constitution of the Federal Republic…
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, has said he will reinstate petroleum subsidy if elected in 2027, but only after tackling corruption. He made the pledge on Monday, 28 September 2026, at a town hall meeting for the Obi/Kwankwaso ticket in Sokoto. Obi framed subsidy and corruption as the same problem….
A Turkish stand-up comedian went on trial in Istanbul on Monday over jokes he made about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a case that free expression campaigners say reflects a widening crackdown on dissent in Turkey. Deniz Goktas, 32, appeared in person at the Caglayan courthouse to answer charges of insulting the president, inciting…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday fixed 13 October to hear an application by Atiku Abubakar seeking to amend his suit challenging President Bola Tinubu’s eligibility to contest the 2027 presidential election. Justice Inyang Ekwo set the date, saying it would allow the parties to regularise their court processes. He acted after…
The Nigerian Bar Association in Plateau State has called for an investigation into what it described as the delayed response of security agencies to the wave of attacks across the state, and demanded that any personnel found culpable be sanctioned. The demand was contained in a joint statement read by the chairman of the…
The Abia State Police Command says operatives have recovered 28 human skulls and other bones from two abandoned criminal camps in forests around Umuaku-Isuochi and Nneato, in Umunneochi Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Maureen Chinaka, the remains were found during an intelligence-led raid that…
Omole Says Rate Cuts Have Not Reached Borrowers The Central Bank of Nigeria’s recent interest rate cuts have yet to bring down what businesses actually pay to borrow, according to Charles Omole, director-general of the Institute for Police and Security Policy Research. Omole, in a post on his X handle, argued that much of the…
Nigeria’s political class and legal community are divided over what a fresh Supreme Court judgment means for candidates already fielded for the 2027 elections, with two major parties declining to state a position until they see the certified text and lawyers reading the decision in sharply different ways. The apex court ruled on Thursday,…