Author: Vincent Osuwo

Ahmadu Fintiri, the governor of Adamawa State, ended months of speculation about his political future on Friday when he defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress. Decamping with his whole cabinet and other PDP officials, the governor declared in a 14-minute statewide broadcast from his new governor’s office that his move was in the best interests of Adamawa State’s development. People’s Democratic Party banners were taken down in the governor’s office and across Government House right after the broadcast. He said, “Fellow citizens of Adamawa State, I address you today in this manner due to…

The trial of former Attorney General of the Federation Abubakar Malami took a new turn on Friday when a Federal High Court in Abuja decided that his previous bail was revoked due to the reassignment of the case. The court ruled that all prior proceedings, including the bail granted by Justice Emeka Nwite, were considered terminated because the action had started anew before it. As a result, a new bail application was necessary. The former AGF was charged with 16 counts by the EFCC for allegedly engaging in money laundering and illegally acquiring assets worth over N8.7 billion. The prosecution,…

US Congressman Riley Moore has claimed that for more than 20 years, Christians in Nigeria have been disproportionately targeted by violent attacks. He has called for swift US intervention and improved bilateral arrangements to address the situation. Speaking about what he called Nigeria’s growing insecurity, Moore claimed that while violence in the nation affects people of all faiths, Christians are disproportionately targeted. “Violence and insecurity in Nigeria affect people of all faiths, but Christians bear the overwhelming brunt of the attacks and have suffered in silence for two decades,” he said. According to him, “Christians are five times more likely…

St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Katchuan Iruan, in the Boki Local Government Area of Cross River, has been attacked by gunmen, the state police command confirms. According to ASP Sunday Eitokpah, the command spokesperson who verified the incident, the accused arsonists’ attack occurred at approximately three in the morning on Thursday. He said fire destroyed all the church records kept in the sacristy while the attackers also set ablaze the priest’s Lexus 350 Jeep and a Toyota Corolla car parked within the church premises. “No suspect has been identified at this time. ” Efforts are ongoing to ascertain those responsible…

Hillary Clinton told a congressional panel she “had no idea” about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, as she called for lawmakers to question President Donald Trump under oath about his past association with the late sex offender. “I want to see the truth come out,” the ex-US secretary of state said after testifying behind closed doors for hours to a congressional committee investigating Epstein. Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, will testify on Friday. The couple resisted the panel’s subpoena, dismissing it as politically motivated, before agreeing to testify as potential contempt-of-Congress proceedings loomed against them. The Clintons and Trump deny wrongdoing…

Former US president Bill Clinton will be interrogated by a congressional panel on Friday on his well-documented links to Jeffrey Epstein, as Democrats seek to shift focus onto President Donald Trump’s own ties to the convicted sex offender. The most recent Epstein file leaks heavily highlight Clinton, who maintains that he severed his relationship with the disgraced billionaire well before the billionaire was found guilty of sexual charges in 2008. Clinton has not been charged with a crime or the subject of a formal investigation, and his name alone in the documents made public by the Department of Justice does…

The Edo State Police Command has arrested 113 suspected kidnappers in Edo North and Edo Central Local Government Areas, the command confirmed on Thursday. In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Eno Ikoedem, the command announced that the arrests followed an intelligence-driven operation in the early hours of Thursday at about 3:00 a.m. The statement read in part, “Acting on credible intelligence that ransom proceeds from kidnapping activities were being discreetly received and coordinated at identified ‘Zangos’ in Agbede and Iruekpen, the Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, personally led a formidable joint task force comprising operatives of…

The Ondo State Police Command has announced the arrest of six men who allegedly posed as pastors and defrauded unsuspecting residents of the Idanre community in the Idanre Local Government Area of the state through fake “miracles.” The accused were named as Fadahunsi, Kolade, Tijani, Iyanuoluwa, Arijesulola, and Ademola in a statement released by Jimoh Kazeem, the command’s police public relations officer. According to the police, the arrests came after an intelligence-driven operation carried out on February 16, 2026, by Community Safety Officers and members of the command’s tactical squads. “On 16th February, 2026, operatives of the Command’s Tactical Teams,…

Terrorists have attacked several Northern states, killing numerous people and kidnapping numerous others within the last 72 hours. The killings took place in a mosque in the Maiyama Rural Government Area of Kebbi State and a rural village in the Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State. There were alleged abductions in Sokoto and Kwara states in a renewed offensive on villages in the North. Local sources said that many were murdered in Tuesday night’s raid on the Madagali Local Government Area, the hometown of Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri. Although the authorities had not yet released an official tally,…

The Senate has swiftly dismissed the agitation by leaders of the opposition African Democratic Congress and the New Nigeria Peoples Party on the National Assembly demanding an immediate amendment of the Electoral Act 2026, which they described as anti-democratic and skewed ahead of the 2027 general elections. However, the Senate quickly put an end to the protest, encouraging opposition leaders Rotimi Amaechi, Peter Obi, and Atiku Abubakar to address their issues within the National Assembly. Ajuji Ahmed, national chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, stated at a news conference in Abuja that the controversial clauses need to be removed…