A PREMIUM TIMES investigation has uncovered how Mr Ganduje secretly stripped Kano State of its 20 per cent equity in the Dala Inland Dry Port Limited, transferring the shares to his children before awarding a multi-billion naira contract for infrastructure at the facility.byAbubakar Ahmadu Maishanu September 29, 2025 Reading Time: 8 mins read0Former Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje secretly transferred …

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has charged his counterparts to take full responsibility for security, stressing that the unprecedented resources now available to them leave no room for excuses. Speaking on Monday at the 2025 Northern Nigeria Investment and Industrialization Summit in Abuja, Sule noted that monthly allocations to the three tiers of government had quadrupled under the reforms …

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been enmeshed in a storm of allegations that threaten to cripple the commission’s credibility and destabilise the country’s telecoms sector. At the centre of the controversy is the commission’s Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Dr. Aminu Wada Maida, whose leadership has drawn sharp criticism from staff, insiders, and industry observers. Maida has been accused of …

Three public affairs analysts have weighed in on the growing calls for former President Goodluck Jonathan to return to the nation’s leadership.They have offered contrasting but converging perspectives on the issue during separate interviews in Calabar, Cross River State on Monday. Sir Leonard Anyogo, Director General of Good Governance Advocacy International and a notary public, said it was within Jonathan’s …

Justice Emmanuel Danjuma Subilim of the National Industrial Court in Abuja has restrained the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, from embarking on its planned industrial action against Dangote Petroleum Refinery. Justice Sublim, ruling on an ex-parte application by Dangote Refinery on Monday, specifically restrained PENGASSAN from cutting crude and gas supply to Dangote Refinery. Besides …

Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of the Nigerian President, has narrated how some political allies of her husband betrayed him during the 2023 presidential election. In her new 52-page book, The Journey of Grace: Giving Thanks in All Things, released to mark her 65th birthday, the First Lady said Tinubu mused on the idea of presidency for over 14 years. According …

Tensions resurfaced in Rivers State politics on Sunday as Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, appeared to be on different tracks, raising fresh doubts over the much-publicised peace deal brokered in the state. Governor Fubara, alongside his deputy, the state’s Chief Judge, and top security chiefs, attended an interdenominational church service organised by …

A human rights lawyer, Bulama Bukarti, has warned that peace talks between communities in Katsina State and armed bandit groups are giving criminals a free platform to display power and spread fear. Recently, two local government areas in Katsina — Jibia and Batsari — held meetings with bandits who were seen carrying dangerous weapons in public glare. Videos and pictures …

A Federal high court sitting in Abuja has declared as illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional, the bid by Prof. Pat Utomi and some of his associates to form a shadow government in the country. The court held that Utomi and his associates cannot hide behind the pillar of the rights of association to criticise the government to engage in unlawful activities. …

Former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Usman Yusuf, has slammed the senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, over his comment on the insecurity in the North. Oshiomhole had recently stated that the insecurity in the North was tied to the activities of illegal mining in the region, stressing that top personnel were using choppers to carry out …

The University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH Enugu, has disclosed commencement of investigation into the death of a patient in the hospital, who allegedly died of negligence by the staff of the hospital on 21st September 2025. There has been a widely circulated social media report regarding one late Mrs. Charity Unachukwu, who was brought to UNTH emergency unit but …

President Bola Tinubu has approved the compliance with the National Policy for the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD) a mandatory requirement for mobilisation into or exemption from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The provides that, effective from Oct. 6, no Nigerian graduate – whether from a Nigerian university, polytechnic, college of education, or an overseas institution would be …

Award-winning author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in a scathing open letter published on her verified X handle, has slammed Minister of Works and former Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, over his recent comment on South East presidency. Umahi had in his recent remarks, stated that it was not yet the South East’s turn for presidency, “when it’s our turn, nobody will …

The Nigeria Police Force has announced the theft of one of its official vehicles, a Toyota Buffalo Land Cruiser, from the premises of the Force Headquarters in Abuja. According to an internal wireless message from the Commissioner of Police (DFA, Katsina Command) relaying information from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), the vehicle, with chassis number JTELU71JX0B027126 and registration number …

China’s former agricultural minister was sentenced to death on Sunday on corruption charges, with a two-year reprieve, a court statement said. Tang Renjian accepted cash and property bribes totalling more than 268 million yuan ($38 million) between 2007 and 2024, the People’s Court of Changchun in northeast Jilin province said in a statement. The court ruled that the bribes “caused …