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Supporters of the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, stormed his Kano residence on Sunday. The development is coming on the heels of the defection of the state governor, Abba Yusuf. Kwankwaso, who disclosed this in a statement he posted on his official Facebook, said the supporters came from the Nasarawa Local Government Area …

Beatrice, the wife of a former deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has returned to Nigeria, two years after serving a jail term in a prison in the United Kingdom. The former lawmaker’s wife was convicted alongside her husband over her role in an organ harvesting conspiracy. While her husband got a nine-year and eight-month sentence as the principal driver in …

Kano State deputy governor, Comrade Abdulsalam Gwarzo, and several officials believed to be loyal to the Kwankwasiyya political movement, were conspicuously absent on Saturday as Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf made his first major public appearance following his resignation from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), underscoring the deepening political crisis in the state. The occasion was the flag-off of the …

The burial rites for late Senator Okechukwu Ezea, who represented Enugu North have been made known. According to the national burial committee, headed by Senator Victor Umeh, the rites are set to commence on Tuesday, February 3, 2026 with February 13 as the day of interment. According to a statement made availablee on Sunday, by the Media Sub-Committee chairman, Ike …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the commencement date for registration for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The examination body disclosed that UTME registration will begin on Monday, January 26, 2026, and end on February 28, 2026, across all approved Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide. Eyes Of Lagos reports, Speaking on Saturday in Lagos during …

The Northern Reconciliation Group, NRG, has expressed concern over the escalating violent attacks, abductions, kidnappings and banditry across Northern States. The group said this in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna, calling for urgent and collective action to end the menace. The statement was jointly signed by Dr Joseph Lengmang, Pro tempore Secretary of the group, and Prof Usman Yusuf, …

Henry Idahagbon, Federal Commissioner representing Edo, Ekiti and Ondo States at the Federal Civil Service Commission, has described godfatherism as a Nigerian invention that must be consciously dismantled. Idahagbon said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Abuja on Sunday. According to him, the concept of godfatherism is a uniquely Nigerian invention and could be one …

The banner was already hanging when Abdulkarim Lawan walked into the hall in Maiduguri. It stretched wide behind the podium at the North-East Zonal Public Hearing of the All Progressives Congress (APC), filled with familiar faces: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, governors from the zone, and senior party officials. But one face was missing. Lawan, Speaker of the Borno State House …

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state says it has become difficult to speak truth to power under the current administration, contrasting the situation with what he described as a more consultative approach during the tenure of late President Muhammadu Buhari. Makinde spoke on Saturday in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, at the 60th birthday celebration of Samson Ajetomobi, president of …

The proposed Board of Peace by United States President, Donald Trump, is beginning to take shape as more countries join the initiative. The Board of Peace initiative is aimed at providing a united front to resolve international conflicts. Trump first unveiled the idea last September while outlining his plan to end the war in Gaza, and has been extending invitations …