Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
Nearly 6.4 million Nigerian children aged between zero and 59 months are suffering from acute malnutrition, including about two million cases of severe acute malnutrition, the Federal Government has disclosed, exposing the staggering scale of the country’s child nutrition crisis. The disclosure came as the Federal Government, the United Nations and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called for significantly stronger investment in Nigeria’s health system and closer collaboration to confront the interconnected challenges of hunger, disease, displacement, insecurity and weak access to healthcare. The figures emerged in Abuja at an event marking 30 years of MSF’s medical and humanitarian operations in…
After three months of his suspension, the All Progressives Congress, (APC), in Kebbi State on Thursday, 1 October, 2026 announced the reinstatement of its State Chairman, Abubakar Muhammad Kana-Zuru. Kana-Zuru reinstatement was announced on Thursday by the party’s state Publicity Secretary of the party, Isah Abubakar Assalafi, at a press conference at the APC secretariat in Birnin Kebbi. Assalafi said the State Working Committee (SWC) revoked Kana-Zuru’s suspension after reviewing subsequent developments surrounding the decision taken in June. The SWC had, at its meeting on June 20, 2026, suspended Kana-Zuru from office through Resolution No. KSWC/010/2026. However, at a meeting…
President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Friday, 2 October, 2026 slammed politicians who criticised the President’s Independence Day speech, accusing them of ignoring his position on economic reforms. Onanuga through a post on Friday, 2 October, 2026, said some of the politicians had prepared their reactions before Tinubu delivered the October 1 address. According to him, they ignored what he described as an “immutable truth” in the President’s speech. Quoting Tinubu, Onanuga wrote, “Our reforms did not create the weaknesses in our economy. They confronted them.” Tinubu had warned against calls to abandon the…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyode, on Friday, 2 October, 2026 disclosed that only 60 percent of stolen funds can be recovered after they have been taken. Olukoyode, who made this disclosure on Friday, 2 October, 2027 at the inauguration of the EFCC Zonal Office in Awka, Anambra State, noted that preventing corruption and fraud is the best approach to fighting corruption in Nigeria. The anti-corruption czar also urged citizens not to hesitate to report suspected cases of corruption to the Commission. “I have discovered that when money has been stolen, the best you…
The Federal High Court in Jos, Plateau State, presided over by Justice S.T. Ishaya has stopped Jonathan Akuns from presenting himself as the governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2027 election. Justice Ishaya issued the order on September 28 after considering an ex parte application filed by Alfred Dapal, a governorship aspirant challenging the party’s nomination process. The case, marked. FHC/J/CS/87/2026, has Mr Akuns as the first defendant, the NDC as the second defendant and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the third defendant. The judge ordered Mr Akuns not to announce, publish or otherwise…
The Ogun State governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Akinbola Rotham, on Friday, 2 October, 2026 explained his decision to withdraw a suit challenging the eligibility of Senator Solomon Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, to contest the 2027 governorship election. Rotham said the decision to withdraw Suit No. FHC/AB/CS/135/2026, which challenged Adeola’s indigeneship of Ogun State, was taken in the interest of the Ogun West agenda and the broader development of the state. Adeola’s claim to Ogun State indigeneship has generated controversy, with some politicians questioning his claim to hail from Pahayi, Ilaro, in the Yewa South…
By Segun Adewale in Gombe Borno State Governor and Chairman of the North East Governors’ Forum, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, is hosting the five other governors of the region for the Forum’s 13th regular meeting in Maiduguri. The visiting Governors are: Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, Adamawa; Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, Bauchi; Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, Gombe; Dr Agbu Kefas, Taraba; and Mai Mala Buni, Yobe; among other distinguished guests. “On behalf of the Government and the good people of Borno State, I warmly welcome my brother governors of the region and our distinguished guests to Maiduguri for the 13th regular meeting of…
By Segun Adewale in Bauchi The Senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Abdul Ahmed Ningi, has called on Nigerians to stand firm in protecting democratic values and institutions, stressing that the responsibility for sustaining democracy rests not only with elected officials but also with citizens. Abdul Ahmed Ningi made the call in his felicitations with Nigerians on Thursday, particularly the people of Bauchi State and his constituents, on the occasion of Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary, in a statement he made available to Journalists on Thursday. He further urged citizens to remain steadfast in defending democracy and…