A train traveling from Abuja to Kaduna derailed on Tuesday morning, causing several carriages to overturn and triggering widespread panic among passengers. The incident occurred shortly after the train departed Abuja around 11 a.m, with reports indicating a chaotic scene as people scrambled to safety in fear and confusion. The cause of the train derailment was unknown and yet to be determined. The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) is expected to provide further information on the incident and the measures being taken to ensure passenger safety and prevent similar incidents in the future. It is however learnt that security sources…
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The police have revealed that its operatives neutralised notorious kidnapping gangs in Abia, and also rescued five kidnapped victims in Kebbi state Force Public Relations Officer DCP, Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement issued Tuesday recalled that on 27th July, 2025, a group of armed kidnappers stormed Sangara Village in Shanga Local Government Area of Kebbi state and abducted three individuals: Muhammad Namata, aged 25; Gide Namata, aged 20; and Hamidu Alhaji Namani, aged 35. According to him, Intensifying rescue efforts, Police operatives alongside other security agencies and local vigilantes launched a coordinated search-and-rescue mission, which led them to Shanga…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday zoned its 2027 presidential ticket to the South. The opposition party also resolved that the existing zoning arrangement for the National Working Committee (NWC) positions would remain in place till the national convention in November to elect new NWC. The resolution was reached at its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held in Abuja. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba, while presenting the communique issued after the meeting, said the NEC approved recommendations of the zoning committee after extensive deliberation. He said: “That all PDP national office positions currently…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) unproductive indulgence in peddling false narratives, worthless rethorics and obscene propaganda was the reason for its miserable showing in the just concluded by-elections in the country. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka in a statement issued Monday said exploiting tragic killing of innocent citizens by some enemies of the state in Malumfashi, Katsina state by ADC was grossly insensitive and opportunistic. He noted: “It is not an occasion for insensitive and crassly opportunistic politics as the ADC has busied itself with. It is…
President Bola Tinubu, and his Aviation Minister, Festus Keyamo Monday signed a landmark Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) with the largest South American country, Federative Republic of Brazil. The President who is on a two-day working visit was in company of senior cabinet members, including the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Olawale Edun, the Minister State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Onoh Ojukwu, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, among others. Keyamo in a statement issued by his Special Adviser, Media and Communications, Tunde Moshood, said the agreement was signed…
Ahead of the 2027 general election, the Yiaga Africa organised a high-level roundtable discussion in Abuja, on ‘Safeguarding the Independence of INEC’. The forum was however unanimous in asking President Bola Tinubu to publish the names of potential candidates for the position of chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as well as national commissioners and subject them to public scrutiny before screening by the national assembly. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, is expected to leave the office later this year, after serving the maximum two terms, of 10 years as the INEC helmsman; while about…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the nationwide online pre-registration of voters which commenced on Monday has hit 1,379 342 within one week. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information & Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun in a statement issued Monday said the exercise would continue for one year until 30th August 2026. The Commission, therefore, urged all intending registrants not to wait until the deadline approaches when, from experience, the registration centres are inundated by eleventh hour registrants amidst appeals for extension of time. Olumekun added that physical registration kicks off today in 811 State and…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Monday warned the public of the increasing activities of fraudulent individuals, including some posing as staff of the Corps, who extort unsuspecting members of the public with false promises of securing them employment in the Corps. The scammers, the Corps, hinted go as far as issuing fake call-up letters to training schools and the FRSC Academy in a desperate attempt to deceive innocent job seekers and defraud them of their hard earned money. A statement issued by Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer, Olusegun Ogungbemide, urged Nigerians to remain vigilant, verify all information…
Ahead of the 2027 general election, Yiaga Africa has asked President Bola Tinubu to publish the names of potential candidates for the position of chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and subject them to public scrutiny before screening by the national assembly. The organisation made the call in Abuja during a recent high-level roundtable discussion in Abuja, organised on ‘Safeguarding the Independence of INEC’. Civil society leaders and elections experts who attended the event equally expressed their concerns, urging transparent and merit-based appointment process to prevent potential crisis and political uncertainties in the country. The INEC Chairman,…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 50-year-old widow and fashion designer, Mrs. Ifeoma Ezewuike for attempt to traffic 1.3 kilograms of cocaine, using fake pregnancy as a façade to escape scrutiny and detection. Its Director of Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi in a statement issued Sunday said the widow who is a mother of one and proprietress of Golden Star Creation, a fashion outfit in Ago palace way, Okota Lagos, was arrested at a bus terminal in Jibowu, Yaba area of the state on Friday 22nd August 2025 while attempting to move the cocaine consignment to…