National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has announced a major reduction in the cost of the 2026 Hajj pilgrimage, offering significant relief to intending pilgrims across the country. In a statement released in Abuja on Monday, Hajiya Fatima Usara, Deputy Director of Information and Public Relations at NAHCON, confirmed...
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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has given property owners who altered the approved use of their land without authorization two weeks to regularize their documents or face sanctions. In a statement released on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media,...
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Professor Chukwuma Soludo on his re-election as the governor of Anambra State. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that Soludo won the Nov. 8 governorship election in Anambra with 422,664 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chief Nichols Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled...
A wanted drug lord 40-year-old Yussuf Abayomi Azeez has been arrested by operatives of a special operations unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos while on his way to Saudi Arabia for Umrah, a holy pilgrimage, after months...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Joash Amupitan, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “to urgently refer the allegations of vote buying and undue influence during the just concluded governorship elections in Anambra state to appropriate anticorruption agencies and the police for investigation...
Former Borno State governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has firmly denied ever accusing Vice President Kashim Shettima of founding or supporting the Boko Haram insurgency. In a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja, titled “A Lie Taken Too Far: Shettima, Ali Modu Sheriff Are Not on War Path,” the...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially declared Professor Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) the winner of the Anambra State governorship election held on November 8. Announcing the results on Sunday at INEC’s state headquarters in Awka, the Returning Officer, Professor Edoba Omoregie—who also serves...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to urgently “identify, name and shame, and prosecute perpetrators and sponsors of the widespread alleged vote-buying” witnessed during the Anambra governorship election held on Saturday. In a post shared via its official X...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced significant progress in the electronic transmission of results from Saturday’s Anambra governorship election, with over 95 percent of polling units successfully uploading their results on the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV). A review of the commission’s online portal on Sunday showed steady...
Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo has expressed concern over reports of large-scale vote buying in parts of Nnewi South Local Government Area during Saturday’s governorship election. The governor, who spoke to journalists shortly after casting his ballot at Polling Unit 002, Ofiyi Square, Umueze, Isuofia Ward 13 in Aguata...
An Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Presiding Officer fainted during Anambra Governorship election on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred at polling unit 005 in Enugwu-Ukwu in Njikoka Local Government Area. The presiding officer, Miss Blessing Egoigwe fainted at the heat of complaints...
Former Governor of Anambra State and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, participated in the ongoing governorship election in his home state on Saturday, casting his vote at Polling Unit 019, Umudim Akasi Agulu 2, Ward 8. After voting, Obi spoke with journalists, expressing deep concern over the...
Hundreds of members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shi’ite poured into the streets of Kano on Saturday, voicing outrage over a viral statement attributed to U.S. President Donald Trump, in which he allegedly hinted at a possible military strike on Nigeria. According to a...
Some electorate in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra have called on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that every vote counts in the ongoing governorship election in the state. The voters made the call after casting their votes at Agbola II polling unit in Awka South...
Former Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade, has said he foresaw Nigeria’s present political landscape long before it unfolded. Speaking with journalists in Calabar on Saturday, Ayade explained that his early decision to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) was driven by foresight and strategic thinking. “I...
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced an extension of the online registration deadline for the 2025 Batch ‘C’ prospective corps members (PCMs) until midnight on Tuesday, November 11. This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by the NYSC Director of Information and Public Relations,...
Hundreds of irate youths from the Sarkin Noma community in Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Friday took to the streets, blocking the busy Makurdi highway to protest what they described as endless kidnapping and violent attacks by armed men. Armed with placards and palm fronds, the...
President Bola Tinubu on Friday hosted the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The Sultan, who also serves as the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), held a private meeting with the President behind closed doors. This visit...
The crisis currently rocking PDP took a new dimension on Friday, as the acting National Chairman, Alhaji Muhammed Abdulrahman led-faction of the National Working Committee (NEC) sacked the Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Sen. Adolphus Wabara, over alleged loss of moral authority and political neutrality. The News Agency of...