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A member of the House of Representatives representing Kaduna North Federal Constituency, Bello El-Rufai, has publicly apologised to former President Goodluck Jonathan for his past criticisms of his administration, acknowledging that his previous views were shaped by youthful inexperience. El-Rufai, son of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, made the apology during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday. He said he had come to a new understanding of Jonathan’s leadership after observing his father’s recent efforts to consult with the former president. “And he said he was going to see President Jonathan, and I paused because when…

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has rescued 11 kidnapped victims and arrested two suspected kidnappers while recovering a substantial cache of illegal firearms and ammunition. These operations, conducted in collaboration with sister security agencies, took place in Katsina and Delta States. The Spokesperson of the NPF, Muyiwa Adejobi disclosed this in a statement. On Sunday, a joint task force (JTF) comprising police operatives and other security personnel thwarted a kidnapping attempt along the Danmusa–Mara Dangeza village road in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State. The team, engaged in routine patrol duties, encountered a group of armed bandits attempting to…

Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo; former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola and former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega, have stressed the importance of upholding the rule of law, electoral reforms and a national rebirth to achieve the core tenets of democracy.  The trio disclosed this yesterday at the June 12 edition of The Platform, organised by the Covenant Nation in Lagos, where they appeared as guest speakers.  Specifically, Fashola re-echoed the importance of the rule of law in Nigeria’s democracy, saying that the late Moshood Abiola would have been declared the winner of the annulled June…

Stakeholders and loyalists of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yagba Federal Constituency, Kogi State, under the aegis of Yagba Progressive Element (YPE), have alleged that the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, and the Member Representing Yagba Federal Constituency, Elder Leke Abejide, are dropping Governor Ahmed Ododo’s name to create division within the party to push for a “self-serving third term agenda.” Chairman of the group and chieftain of the APC, Hon. James Adebayo, yesterday told our reporter on the phone that they will not renege on their position until the governor calls Abejide and others to…

Tukur Muntari The Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital has commenced maggot therapy to put an end to diabetic amputation in patients. Arewa PUNCH reports that maggot therapy is a type of biotherapy involving the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into the non-healing skin and soft tissue wound(s) of a human or animal to clean out the necrotic (dead) tissue within a wound (debridement) and disinfection. The spokesperson of the hospital, Hauwa Muhammad Abdullahi, in a statement on Wednesday, said so far no fewer than 15 patients had been treated with the therapy and successfully discharged. She said a Nigerian,…

Bishop Francis Wale Oke is the National President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and the Presiding Bishop in charge of Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Christ Life Church in Ibadan, Oyo State. He spoke with AYOYINKA JEGEDE on national issues, especially on ways to address insecurity, economic challenges, and others. What would you suggest as solutions to the challenges of insecurity across Nigeria?The level of insecurity in this country is totally unacceptable. Some people have said it is communal clashes, but that is not true. It is an invasion by Fulani herdsmen who want to drive indigenous owners out of…

In its 15 years of existence, the South-East Governors Forum (SEGF) has been widely regarded as ineffective in fulfilling the objectives that necessitated its establishment, and in a region in dire need of strategic leadership, LAWRENCE NJOKU reports. Recently, a Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the South-East expressed disappointment with governors of the region, accusing them of negligence in the face of challenges besetting the area and its people. The coalition, while querying the essence of the South-East Governors’ Forum (SEGF), insisted that the body constitutes a disappointment, having failed to meet the people’s expectations in the area of leadership…

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have rescued a 13-year-old girl abducted on June 5, 2025, while running an errand for her mother in Umuebule community, Etche Local Council of the state. Confirming the development in a statement yesterday, the spokesperson for the command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, said the police received credible intelligence about the kidnapping and promptly swung into action. According to her, the operatives arrested a 24-year-old female suspected of being the subscriber of the SIM cards linked to the ransom demands. “Further investigation led to the arrest of the principal suspect, Chizoba Andrew Obi, a 36-year-old…

• Osun civil society asks FG to pay Abiola’s familyFamily of the June 12, 1993, Presidential election on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Bashorun MKO Abiola, yesterday urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to introduce legislation that would permanently institutionalise June 12 as the Democracy Day in Nigeria. A spokesman for the Abiola family and one of the sons of the late MKO, Chief Abiola, Hameen Abiola, made the appeal, yesterday, shortly after the yearly visit of the state government delegation to the family house in Oja-Agbo, Abeokuta, the state capital. According to the family, institutionalisation remains the…

Democracy empowers citizens to hold leaders accountable, says OttiSuspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has restated his commitment to upholding the rule of law, protecting fundamental human rights, and ensuring that all citizens, regardless of political affiliation, can actively participate in the democratic process. In his Democracy Day message delivered in Port Harcourt yesterday, Fubara also emphasised his administration’s dedication to safeguarding lives and property through robust security strategies. He pledged to continue defending the state’s interests and to maintain a government that values inclusivity, transparency, and accountability. Reflecting on Nigeria’s 26 years of continuous democratic rule, the governor called for collaboration…