Author: Aminu Imam

FCT Polls: PDP faces mass disqualification; as INEC removes LP

Aminu Imam
PDP on FCT polls

Ahead of the February 21, 2026 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections, dozens of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates face possible disqualification, while the Labour Party (LP) has been completely excluded from the race. INEC’s final list of candidates, released on September 22, 2025, shows that the Labour Party (LP) has no cleared candidates for the polls, making it the only one of Nigeria’s 16 registered parties absent from the FCT elections. The PDP, which submitted 74 candidates for the six chairmanship, six vice-chairmanship and 62 councillorship seats, is…

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States’ domestic debt rises by ₦94.79bn in 3 months – DMO

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DMO on debt

The total domestic debt of all 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) rose from ₦3.87 trillion in the first quarter of 2025 to ₦3.96 trillion in the second quarter. According to data from the Debt Management Office (DMO), this shows a difference of ₦94.79 billion, or 2.45%. However, in comparison with the corresponding quarter in 2024, the states’ total domestic debt dropped by 7.1% from ₦4.27 trillion. Analysis of sub-national domestic debt profiles since the inception of this administration in 2023 shows more of a…

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‘Obi set to join ADC, as party plans convention’ – Party Chieftain

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Obi to join ADC

A former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, is set to formally join the African Democratic Congress, (ADC) amid ongoing consultations ahead of the 2027 general elections. A principal official of the party in Abuja said that Obi had concluded plans to join the party and hold a declaration rally in Enugu, the political capital of the South-East, on December 31.

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Fuel Subsidy: SERAP sues Govs., Wike over ‘failure to account for ₦14tr savings’

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SERAP sues2

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), sued 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) Abuja, Nyesom Wike, “over their failure to account for the spending of the ₦14trillion fuel subsidy savings they collected from Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) allocations, including details of projects executed with the money, and the completion reports on the projects”. Disclosing this in a statement yesterday, SERAP said the suit followed reports that the 36 governors and the FCT minister have collected trillions of naira from FAAC allocations as…

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Kano governor reportedly set to join APC as ‘political godfather’

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Kano gov. 2 join APC

…Kwankwaso kicks Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has reportedly concluded plans to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general election. According to a published report yesterday, the governor is expected to announce his decision any moment, having completed consultations with some of his close political allies. According to findings, Governor Yusuf has, over the past few months, mounted pressure on his political godfather, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, to join him in the move. However, the former governor reportedly rejected the proposal, insisting that he…

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US Airstrike: ‘Bello Turji alive, flees to Niger border after false reports of death’ – Zagazola Makama

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US Airstrike Bello Turji

Reports making the rounds that notorious bandit kingpin, Bello Turji, was killed in a United States airstrike are false, Zagazola Makama’s fact-checking platform has confirmed. According to findings by Zagazola Fact Check indicate that Turji is alive, and currently taking refuge at Dubagale, north of Ɗan Adama village, in Sabon-Birni in Sokoto located,  about 25 kilometres from the border with the Niger Republic. The reports are entirely unfounded. Bello Turji was not killed in any airstrike. He is alive and has relocated to Dubagale, close to the Niger border. The…

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Broadcast media owners move to challenge ‘hidden’ 4% levy

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Broadcast media owners

…Plans appeal to NASS Broadcast media operators across Nigeria are mobilising to formally challenge a controversial 4% development levy embedded in the country’s newly introduced tax regime, warning that the charge could further strain an industry already battling high operating costs. In a press statement issued yesterday, indigenous terrestrial and satellite television channels, alongside AM and FM radio stations, disclosed plans to write to the 10th National Assembly (NASS) demanding the expungement of what they described as an “illegally buried” levy in the new tax laws. The broadcasters said uncertainty…

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New tax laws: FG stands firm on Jan. 1 rollout

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FG on new tax laws

The Federal Government has reaffirmed that the implementation of the new tax laws will commence on January 1, 2026, insisting there will be no postponement despite mounting controversy and calls for a delay over alleged irregularities in the legislative process. However, in response to public concerns surrounding the passage, presidential assent and gazetting of the laws, the leadership of the 10th National Assembly has directed the Clerk to re-gazette the Tax Acts, and issue Certified True Copies of the versions duly passed by both chambers. The firm stance by the…

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“US – FG should extend military airstrikes to North-East” – Ndume

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Ndume on military airstrikes

Former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume has appealed to the Federal Government to extend its joint military operations with the United States against terrorists’ hideouts in the country to the North-East region. He made the appeal yesterday in a statement in which he commended Friday’s military attacks on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) cells in the Tangaza local government area of Sokoto State. Recall that the United States President, Donald Trump, recently announced that the US military launched airstrikes on terrorist targets in Northwest Nigeria. Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs…

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Zamfara: Bomb explosion claims lives of travellers

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Zamfara bomb explosion

An unspecified number of travellers have reportedly been killed following a suspected bomb explosion along the  Ƴar’Tasha–Ɗansadau road in the Maru LGA of Zamfara State. The state Police Command Public Relations Officer, Yazid Abubakar, who confirmed the incident in a telephone interview, stated that: “I can confirm that there was a blast in that area, but the incident just happened. I can’t tell you details yet. I will update you later”. However, efforts to reach the PPRO for further confirmation wasn’t successful, as his phone was switched-off at the time…

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