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Fresh indications of reconciliation have emerged in Rivers State after President Bola Tinubu intervened in the lingering political crisis during a late-night meeting in Abuja. A source within the Villa told Vanguard that the President held talks with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike; Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara; and other key political stakeholders from the state. …

A rights activist, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, has described Senate’s rejection of mandatory electronic transmission of election results as a step backward for Nigeria’s democracy. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos, Okei-Odumakin expressed concern about the Senate’s decision. Okei-Odumakin, the President of the Centre for Change, said that the decision was troubling. She …

The Director-General of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Issa Aremu, has cautioned media practitioners against sensational reportage that conferred undeserved publicity on the cowardly activities of bandits and terrorists. Aremu made the call on Sunday in Ilorin on the sidelines of his electronic membership registration with the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Baboko Ward in Ilorin …

The Headquarters, 1 Division/Sector 1, Operation Fansan Yamma, has denied reports alleging protests by residents of some communities in Kaduna State over displacement of villages and closure of schools. The denial is contained in a statement issued, by Lt.-Col. Shu’aib Umar,acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations 1 Division Nigerian Army on Sunday in Kaduna. He described the report, circulated by …

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday received the Commander of the United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM), Gen. Dagvin Anderson, and his delegation at the State House, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was attended by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, and the Service Chiefs. Also present was the Charge d’Affaires of the U.S. …

The Senate will reconvene for an emergency plenary sitting on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 12:00 in spite of having earlier adjourned sittings until February 24. The development was formally conveyed in an official notice dated Feb. 8, 2026, signed by the Clerk of the Senate, Emmanuel Odo, on the directive of the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio. The notice …

Abuja, Nigeria – The Nigeria Good Governance Research Centre (NGGRC) has added its voice to growing public calls for the retention of a mandatory real-time electronic transmission of election results in Nigeria’s Electoral Act. In a statement made available to journalists on Saturday February 7th, 2026, by its Chairman, who equally double as an international conflict resolution expert, Comrade Igbotako …

Members of the family of late Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a 22-year-old Microbiology undergraduate of the University of Benin, are demanding justice for their daughter, nearly six years after she was raped and murdered inside a church in Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria. Omozuwa was attacked on May 27, 2020, when she went to the Redeemed Christian Church of God …

  Ajaokuta Steel Coy technology not obsolete, ‘ll last 100 years — Abdul-Akaba A former senior United Nations official and development economist, Professor Banji Oyeyinka-Oyelaran, has described the collapse of the Ajaokuta Steel project as a decisive turning point in Nigeria’s industrial decline, highlighting deep failures in policy consistency, institutional capacity and long-term national planning. He made this known yesterday, …

  A community leader, quoted on condition of anonymity for security reasons, reportedly confirmed that the most recent attack occurred on Tuesday night at about 9pm. Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly abducted the Chief Imam of the Janjala Central Mosque, Malam Bello Abdullahi, and the Fulani leader of the area, Alhaji Shehu Bello, alongside a woman, during coordinated …