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12/01/2026

AFCON 2025: CAF probes misconduct in Nigeria, Algeria, Cameroon, Morocco q-finals

The Confederation of African Football has launched an investigation into alleged misconduct by players and officials during the CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2025 quarter-final clashes between Cameroon and Morocco, as well as Algeria and Nigeria. The probe follows reports of confrontations with referees...

12/01/2026

2027: No free elections in climate of repression — Atiku

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned that Nigeria risks sliding into the 2027 general election under a climate of repression, arguing that persistent crackdowns on dissent threaten the prospects of free and fair polls. Atiku made the warning while reacting to the arrest of Abubakar Salim....

12/01/2026

Kwankwaso Face-off: We’re behind Gov Yusuf – NNPP

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says it is totally in support of any political action that Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State may wish to take in the face-off between him and its 2023 presidential candidate, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso. In a statement by its National Chairman, Dr Agbo Major, the party stat...

12/01/2026

2027: Obi is the only ‘life’ that matters in ADC — Fayose

Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has warned that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) may become irrelevant if it fails to present former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, as its presidential candidate ahead of the 2027 general election. Fayose made the remarks during an exclusive intervie...

12/01/2026

BREAKING: Heavy security at Kano Gov’t House ahead of Gov Yusuf’s planned defection

There was heavy deployment of security operatives at the Kano State Government House on Monday amid reports of the planned defection by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf. According to reporters, who observed the presence of combined security personnel drawn from the Nigeria Police Force and the Department o...

12/01/2026

Rivers 2027: Fubara breaks silence over impeachment proceedings

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, yesterday broke his silence over the impeachment proceedings against him by the State House of Assembly, explaining why he said some dogs don’t understand why they bark. Fubara spoke on a day his predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,...

12/01/2026

Bandits kill soldier, NSCDC officer in fresh Benue attack

Bandits, suspected armed herders, have killed a soldier and an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps at Udeku community in the Turan district of the Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State. The incident, which occurred on Saturday, was confirmed by a community leader from the t...

12/01/2026

Chimamanda’s lawyers write Lagos hospital, doctor suspended

Solicitors acting for renowned Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie, have written to Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital, Lagos, over the death of her 21-month-old son, Nkanu Nnamdi. This comes as the Lagos State Government confirmed the suspension of the anaesthesiologist at the clinic as probes cont...

12/01/2026

2027: S’East APC govs vow to deliver region to Tinubu

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, and his counterparts in Enugu and Ebonyi states, Peter Mbah and Francis Nwifuru, respectively, alongside stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress in the South-East have formally endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term, pledging to mobilise bloc votes....

12/01/2026

NiMet predicts 3-day dust haze, cloudiness nationwide

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze and cloudiness from Sunday to Tuesday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja envisaged moderate dust haze on Monday over the northern region throughout the forecast period. NiMet predicted thick dus...

12/01/2026

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11/01/2026

Rivers Assembly cries foul over alleged move to stop impeachment process against Fubara

The Rivers State House of Assembly has raised an alarm over what it described as covert attempts to unlawfully obtain court orders aimed at halting legislative activities. In a statement issued on Sunday, Enemi George, chairman of the house committee on information, petitions and complaints, said in...