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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Joash Amupitan, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), “to immediately, thoroughly, impartially, independently, transparently and effectively investigate allegations that the All Progressives Congress (APC) governor diverted N800 billion for political and campaign purposes.” SERAP urged him to “request full disclosure from the governors and the APC regarding the …

The late Perm Sec, Shehu Yahaya Jalam Shehu Yahaya Jalam, Permanent Secretary for Special Services in Bauchi State Government, has died in Mecca, Saudi Arabia during the 2026 Hajj pilgrimage. Jalam died in the early hours of Sunday after a short illness, according to a statement by Governor Bala Mohammed’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mukhtar Gidado. The deceased, …

Abayomi Ademola Alex Iwobi successfully recovered from injury as Fulham FC drew 1-1 against Wolverhampton Wanderers FC in an entertaining Premier League clash at Molineux on Sunday. Returning to action after several weeks out with a hamstring injury, Iwobi brought calm and attacking spark to Fulham’s midfield as the visitors recovered from a difficult start after Wolves opened the scoring …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction allied with Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has intensified preparations for the 2027 elections with the announcement that over 3,000 candidates will undergo screening for various elected positions across the country. The development marks another major step by the Makinde-backed bloc as it continues to run its parallel political structure amid an ongoing leadership …

Team Nigeria secured gold in the women’s 4x400m relay at the African Athletics Championships held in Accra, Ghana, on Sunday. The Nigerian quartet consisting of Esther Okon, Toheebat Jimoh, Jecinter Lawrence and Patience Okon-George put in an impressive performance, finishing in 3:29.25 to claim first place. Nigeria crossed the finish line comfortably ahead of Ethiopia, who took silver, while Kenya …

May 15, 2026 marked the 80th birthday of one of Nigeria’s most enduring revolutionary intellectuals, Edwin Ikechukwu Madunagu: mathematician, journalist, Marxist theorist, archivist, teacher, agitator and organizer. For more than fifty years Edwin Madunagu has stood firmly on the side of workers, students, women, farmers and the oppressed. While governments changed, dictators rose and fell, and many abandoned radical politics, …

New cracks emerged in the Labor Party as the party leadership warned candidates and supporters against purchasing nomination forms from former National Chairman Julius Abure, insisting the documents lacked legitimacy. The warning was issued on Sunday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Ken Asogwa, amid renewed tensions over the party’s leadership crisis ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a …

A Nigerian Army officer, identified as Lieutenant Isma’il Abdullahi Chafe of the Nigerian Army, has reportedly been killed in a suspected terrorist ambush in Sokoto State, just weeks before his planned wedding. The late officer, attached to the 248th Reconnaissance Battalion at Illela Barracks, was said to have been ambushed on Saturday, May 16, 2026 by armed assailants believed to …

Governor Ademola Adeleke has ordered the immediate strengthening of the Safe Schools Initiative across Osun State following the recent kidnapping of students and school officials in neighboring Oyo State. The directive was announced in a statement issued on Sunday by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, amid growing concerns that insecurity around schools could spread to border communities in Osun. According …

The Oyo State Police Command has begun analyzing the viral video of the abducted students and the principal of the community school in Orire Local Government Area of ​​the state. It would be recalled that gunmen on Friday invaded Oriire Local Government Area of ​​Oyo State and attacked Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota, Community Grammar School and LA Primary …