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The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has announced the assumption of duty of Felix Ohagwu as the 47th Commissioner of Police in the state. Ohagwu succeeds Adebowale Lawal, following his deployment by the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu. The Command said the deployment was part of ongoing efforts by the police authorities to strengthen internal security and improve policing across the country. This was contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abayomi Jimoh. According to the statement, Ohagwu is a seasoned police officer with more than three decades of service experience. The Command said the new police commissioner had served in several investigative, operational and administrative capacities in different parts of the country. It added that his experience would be valuable in sustaining peace, improving crime prevention and strengthening public confidence in policing in Ondo State. Upon assuming office, Ohagwu pledg...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has cleared former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, to contest its Enugu State governorship primary ahead of the 2027 election. Nnaji was cleared during the faction’s governorship screening exercise held in Abuja on Thursday. The screening committee was chaired by former Kaduna State Governor and former PDP national chairman, Ahmed Makarfi. Apart from Nnaji, entrepreneur Samson Nnamani was also screened and cleared to participate in the forthcoming PDP governorship primary in Enugu State. According to Premium Times, Nnaji’s clearance comes despite an alleged certificate forgery scandal involving his degree and National Youth Service Corps certificates. The former minister resigned from office in October 2025, days after reports emerged on the controversy. Group faults clearance Reacting, a civil society organisation, Defence for Democrac...

‘ Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the abduction of schoolchildren and teachers in Ogbomoso and the killing of innocent Nigerians in Katsina State, including a pregnant woman, saying the incidents show Nigeria is bleeding under a government that has reduced leadership to post-tragedy press statements. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said he was particularly heartbroken by the murder of one of the teachers abducted in Ogbomoso, describing the continued bloodshed as not just a security failure, but a frightening collapse of leadership at the highest level. “At a time when armed criminals are abducting schoolchildren, slaughtering innocent citizens, and turning communities into graveyards, President Tinubu’s response remains the same tired ritual: condemn the killings, threaten that the perpetrators will face the ‘full wrath of the law,’ and then wait for the next massacre. “Nigerians have heard thi...

The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Basiru, has denied claims that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, handpicked those who emerged victorious in the party’s primary elections in Rivers State. Speaking during an interview with Arise News on Monday, Basiru clarified that Wike is not a member of the APC. The APC secretary, however, added that the fact that Wike is not a member of the party does not mean those affiliated with him can not run on the platform of the party. He insisted that those who emerged as winners from the APC primary elections in Rivers State, won a free and fair election, not because they are associated with Wike. “You cannot empirically say that those who have won primary elections in the APC in Rivers State are linked to the umbilical cord of Minister Nyesom Wike. Everyone will be screened; everyone will aspire in his own name. Till tomorrow, Mr. Nyesom Wike has not said—and is not—...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the full list of Senatorial aspirants not cleared to participate in the Party’s Senate Primary Elections ahead of the 2027 general elections. Total of 47 aspirants were not cleared according to the list released by the APC on Monday. The party insisted that the screening exercise was conducted by the Party’s Screening Committees in accordance with established procedures and guidelines. Those not cleared include Senator Ben Murray Bruce from Bayelsa, Sen. Garba Musa Mai Doki from Kebbi, Bello Abudullahi Bodejo from Taraba and Senator Banigo Ipalibo from Rivers State. Below is the full list, which cuts across all the states of the federation. 1. Hon. Hamish Idris – Adamawa State, North Senatorial District 2. Hon. Abdurman Kwacham – Adamawa State, North Senatorial District 3. Chimzobam Kingsley Nnalue – Anambra State, North Senatorial District 4. Donald Daunemigita – Bayelsa State, West Senatorial District 5. Sen. Ben Murray Bru...

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has postponed its presidential screening exercise from Monday to Wednesday following disagreements among party leaders over a preferred consensus candidate ahead of the 2027 election.  Sources within the party disclosed that consultations and negotiations were still ongoing among key stakeholders over who should emerge as the party’s consensus presidential candidate. According to party insiders, the leadership has yet to reach an agreement among three leading contenders – Rotimi Amaechi, Atiku Abubakar, and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen. A source familiar with the development said the postponement was aimed at giving the party more time to resolve internal disagreements and avoid deepening divisions before the presidential primary. “The ADC presidential screening exercise has been shifted from Monday to Wednesday,” the source said. “The party has failed to agree on a consensus candidate between Amaechi, Atiku and Hayatu-Deen.” Sources also r...