The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised the new ambassadorial nominations by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing the list as a political reward scheme, rather than a serious attempt to restore Nigeria’s strained foreign relations. In a statement issued on Saturday and signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the party questioned the ethical basis of the nominations, particularly the inclusion of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to ADC, Yakubu’s nomination raised critical ethical concerns and could undermine public confidence in INEC, an institution it said was still battling…
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Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress and immediate past Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has dismissed the call for his arrest by the state government, describing it as unfounded and irresponsible. Ganduje made this known in a statement issued on Saturday by his Chief Press Secretary, Edwin Olofu. According to the former governor, the demand exposed Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s inability to tackle the worsening security crisis in the state. “It is deeply unfortunate that rather than addressing the escalating insecurity ravaging the state, Governor Yusuf has chosen to chase shadows while searching for scapegoats…
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, has asked Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to stop turning security matters into politics and focus on resolving the state’s governance challenges. Barau’s remarks came in response to allegations issued by the Kano State Government after its 34th Executive Council Meeting, where it was claimed that a statement by the senator could undermine ongoing security efforts. In a statement released on Saturday by his media aide, Ismail Mudashir, Barau dismissed the claims as false, reckless and malicious, and challenged the government to provide evidence. “The attention of the media…
The 2023 Labour Party Vice-Presidential candidate, Datti Baba‑Ahmed, has insisted that former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, remains a member of the party. Baba-Ahmed made the clarification on Wednesday while briefing journalists in Abuja, shortly after the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, which had in attendance officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. He dismissed published claims that Obi had defected from the party, describing the reports as unfounded. “To the best of our knowledge, our brother, His Excellency Peter Obi, is still a member of the Labour Party. Nothing has changed. If he were here now, I…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has forwarded the names of 32 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for confirmation, days after submitting an earlier batch of three names. The president’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. According to Onanuga, the nominations were transmitted in two separate letters addressed to the President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio. The letters comprise 15 nominees designated as career ambassadors and 17 as non-career ambassadors. Onanuga noted that the career ambassadorial list includes four women, while the non-career list contains six women. Among the non-career nominees are…
The Ondo State Police Command has launched an investigation into the death of an unidentified woman found in a hotel room in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area. The victim’s body was discovered on Wednesday at a hotel located along the Ore–Okitipupa Road, close to the Ore–Okitipupa highway corridor in the southern part of the state. InfoStride News gathered that the man who checked into the same room with the deceased was not present when hotel staff made the grim discovery. A hotel staff member, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, said the pair checked in together…
The Edo State Police Command has arrested two female suspects found in possession of an automatic pump-action shotgun and five live cartridges. The Command’s spokesperson, Moses Yamu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Benin City, obtained by journalists. According to Yamu, the firearm, identified as an automatic pump-action shotgun (Breach No. 0230), alongside five live cartridges, was concealed inside a sack at the point of recovery. Police identified the suspects as Believe Ehinor, 18, and Ofoma Sofia, 19. Yamu said the duo were apprehended on November 25, 2025, at about 11:30pm, amid ongoing investigations into the earlier arrest…
A driver has been killed after troops repelled an attempted kidnap along the Makurdi–Kura highway in Benue State. The incident was first disclosed by security analyst Zagazola Makama in a post on X on Thursday. According to Makama, the attack occurred on Wednesday at about 6:30pm, when armed men barricaded the highway in a bid to abduct passengers in a commercial bus travelling ahead of a convoy of engineers en route from Kura to Makurdi. Soldiers on routine patrol, positioned behind the engineers’ vehicle, quickly engaged the gunmen, forcing the suspected bandits to flee and scatter into nearby bushes. Makama…
A police constable in Katsina State has been declared missing after signing out a service rifle and disappearing shortly after reporting for duty. The incident was first disclosed by security analyst Zagazola Makama in a post on X on Thursday. According to Makama, the officer, Police Constable Ahmed Tukur of the Danmusa Division, reported for duty on November 23 at about 6pm, where he signed out an AK-47 rifle with breech number 13492 and rifle number 13492 for standby duty. Shortly after collecting the weapon, he reportedly left the station and has not been seen since. Efforts by his colleagues…
Armed bandits have abducted 54 farmers and residents, including four pregnant women and children, in Paleta community, Unguwan-Kawo, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. Sources told newsmen that the attack occurred around 1pm on Wednesday, November 26, barely six days after bandits seized over 300 students and teachers from St. Mary’s Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, also in Niger State. Eyewitnesses alleged that the gunmen invaded the community, shooting sporadically before whisking villagers—among them expectant mothers and minors—to an unknown location. A community source said the affected settlement lies approximately five kilometres from a…
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested seven suspected cultists inside a hospital in Uromi, the administrative headquarters of Esan North-East Local Government Area, over an alleged violent conspiracy. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, Moses Yamu, disclosed the development on Thursday in a statement made available to journalists in Benin City. Yamu said the suspects—believed to be members of the Eiye Confraternity—were allegedly holding a strategic meeting to plan an imminent attack on a rival group, the Aye Confraternity, following a bloody clash between an Eiye member, identified by sources with the alias “I Dey…
Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, says his administration has cut the state’s infrastructure deficit by more than half since 2022. Adeleke disclosed this on Wednesday in Osogbo during a live statewide broadcast marking the third anniversary of his administration. According to the governor, Osun’s infrastructure deficit stood at over 80% when he assumed office. “Today, we have reduced the infrastructure deficit by over 50%. Osun has become one of the fastest-growing states in road connectivity,” he said. The governor explained that infrastructure development remains central to his administration’s economic strategy, with road connectivity identified as the most direct pathway…
Residents and traders along the Arakale axis of Akure, the Ondo State capital, were on Wednesday thrown into panic after thugs fatally stabbed a Police Inspector during a dispute. The suspects, identified by the police as Shina Jacob, 25, and Felix Olalekan, 32, allegedly attacked the officer amid an altercation at Oke-Arata, a busy trading hub in the city. The development comes days after a personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) was stabbed to death in the Oba-Ile area of Akure by a mentally unstable man. Sources said the slain inspector had recently been transferred from…
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has debunked a viral social media report claiming he stated that security operations in Zamfara State “would not work without him.” In a statement issued on Thursday, Matawalle described the publication as untrue and misleading, emphasising that he never made such a remark. He clarified that although he has in the past voiced concerns over the security situation in Zamfara, he did not grant any interview or hold any conversation suggesting that ongoing military or security missions depend on his personal participation. The minister said the report distorted his position and…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a fresh alarm over what it described as a rapidly expanding criminal economy driving banditry, kidnapping and terrorism across Nigeria, cautioning that insecurity has morphed into a highly organised enterprise. The opposition party also urged the Federal Government to stop politicising national security, warning that treating the crisis as a partisan issue is worsening the country’s security landscape. The party’s Ini Ememobong raised the concerns on Wednesday while speaking on the Democracy Today, stressing that ongoing government tactics are emboldening criminal networks. Ememobong, citing unnamed national datasets, said available figures indicate that banditry,…
Tension is mounting in the Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State following the killing of Alhaji Ibrahim Nagode, 60, father of a wanted bandit leader, during a raid conducted by personnel of the Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF. Security analyst, Zagazola Makama, who monitored the unfolding development, quoted sources as saying the shooting occurred when the bandit leader, Haruna Ibrahim, popularly called Fada, was reportedly returning to Na’alma village after a recently negotiated peace accord between bandits and surrounding communities in the area. According to the sources, the locality had been on edge after intelligence reports suggested that armed…
The Delta State Police Command has declared the Owelle of Onicha-Olona, Chief Jerry Nkeeshe, and members of an armed group wanted over a deadly attack that claimed the lives of three youths near the “B” Division area in Asaba on November 24, 2025. The development was confirmed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, and monitored by newsmen. According to Edafe, preliminary investigations indicate that the traditional leader allegedly led a combined group of local vigilantes and suspected cult members to a disputed land parcel at Okwe community along the Asaba–Onitsha Road…
A butcher in Adamawa State, Umaru Usman from Shelleng Local Government Area, has regained his freedom after serving 17 years in prison over a N150,000 debt. Usman was earlier sentenced to 17 years imprisonment by the Shelleng Area Court on charges of criminal breach of trust and cheating, and was remanded at the Numan Correctional Centre. InfoStride News reports that his release followed the visit of a special court panel constituted to decongest correctional centres by reviewing questionable convictions, which inspected the facility in Numan. He was subsequently freed by the Adamawa State Jail Delivery Committee, led by the state…
The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the 2023 general elections, Adewale Adebayo, has warned that Nigeria is heading toward a one-party state, accusing the ruling APC of stifling opposition voices and shrinking democratic space. Adebayo gave the warning on Tuesday during a visit to the Kaduna State SDP Secretariat, urging nationwide mobilisation to resist what he called anti-democratic manoeuvres. The SDP flag-bearer alleged that some political actors had “conspired” to concentrate power in a single dominant party, weakening political competition and citizen choice. “They forgot that God created this country,” he said, adding that hunger, unemployment, and…
The African Democratic Congress has criticised the Federal Government for shutting down schools due to insecurity, saying the decision signals a collapse of the state’s responsibility to protect learning institutions. ADC National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, made this known on Wednesday during an appearance on the Politics Today programme on Channels Television, monitored by pressmen. Abdullahi warned that school closures embolden extremist narratives opposed to Western education. “When you close schools because bandits could kidnap children, you are saying you are no longer capable of protecting your schools,” he said. He added that the shutdown reinforces Boko Haram’s anti-education ideology.…