By Chuks Collins, Awka Chief Benjamin Obi, a stalwart of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has called on Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, to immediately sack a list of serving Commissioners. Chief Obi who is a cousin to the 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi described the listed commissioners as “non performing commissioners” The man popularly known as ‘Igwe APGA’ (interpreted as APGA’ monarch) said that Gov Soludo needs to lay off no fewer than 80 percent of his serving commissioners and advisers and bring on board fresh hands. Similarly, Obi recommended that the entire…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
On Friday, 6 February, 2026, the Nigeria Police Force(NPF) announced that it has successfully repatriated the sum of $23,000 recovered from Nigerian international romance scammer, Achufusi Obioma Ikenna, to his victim in the Cayman Islands, thegazellenews.com reports. The NPF Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the development through a statement issued on Friday, 6 February, 2026, said Nigeria Police Force INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) recovered the funds following a request from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service seeking its assistance to investigate Ikenna over the online romance scam. Hundeyin said acting on request, INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) conducted discreet,…
Operatives of the Lagos Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) on Friday, 6 February, 2026 arrested three suspects: two male and a female, allegedly involved in cyber blackmail and extortion scheme reports thegazellenews.com According to the police, the suspects threatened to release nude pictures of their victims, demanding N10 million from one of them. The trio were arrested after a petition written to the police by the victim, who alleged that she was continuously threatened by faceless individual demanding huge of sum of money from her. The Lagos Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) spokesperson, DSP Ovie Ewhubare, who confirmed the arrest of…
The United States on Friday, 6 February, 2026 condemned the recent horrific attacks in Kwara State, which claimed the lives of over 75 people, with many still unaccounted for, reports thegazellenews.com. The US government in a press statement issued on Friday, 6 February, 2026 expressed its deepest condolences to the families affected, describing the incident as a “tragic and devastating loss of life.” The statement also welcomed President Bola Tinubu’s swift response, including the deployment of security forces to protect villages in the affected areas and the directives to federal and state officials to provide humanitarian aid and ensure the perpetrators…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has recorded 573,395 new voters under Phase II, Week Four of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise nationwide. The commission disclosed in a post on its official X handle, @inecnigeria, that the figures reflect registrations completed as at Friday,30 January 2026, combining online pre-registration and physical capture at CVR centres across the country. It added that the data remains preliminary, pending the statutory claims-and-objections window and subsequent cleansing using the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS). According to INEC, 281,502 applicants completed registration through online pre-registration, while 291,893 finalised the process…
The Liberian government has convened a national workshop in Monrovia to assess its migration governance framework ahead of the International Migration Review Forum scheduled for May 2026. The meeting brought together government officials, civil society organisations and international partners to carry out a voluntary national review of Liberia’s implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), adopted in 2018. Speaking at the workshop, the Deputy Minister of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Jeddi Mowbray Armah, described migration governance as a key national priority. He said sustained support from development partners has helped…
The British High Commission has welcomed home 99 Nigerian graduates who recently completed postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom under the Chevening and Commonwealth Scholarship programmes. The welcome-home ceremonies, held in Abuja and Lagos, brought together scholars who earned master’s degrees, PhDs and fellowships across diverse fields. Of the returnees, 30 studied under the Chevening Scholarship, while 69 benefited from the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship schemes. At the events, the graduates reflected on their academic experiences in the UK and outlined plans to apply the knowledge, skills and global networks gained to Nigeria’s development. They were also presented with completion…
As Nigeria battles rising youth unemployment and mounting economic pressure, a fashion entrepreneur, Abdusalam Lukman, popularly known as Embroidery Chief, has made a bold case for embroidery and digital garment design to be adopted as a core pillar of the country’s youth employment strategy. Speaking in Abuja at the launch of a large-scale embroidery warehouse, Lukman argued that Nigeria can no longer rely solely on conventional academic pathways to job creation, insisting that practical, technology-driven skills offer faster and more sustainable solutions. The new facility is projected to empower over 1,000 youths with modern embroidery and digital design expertise, positioning…
Nigeria and Turkey have reinforced their cultural partnership through a poetry exchange in Abuja designed to foster peace, dialogue, and mutual understanding between the two nations. The literary gathering, hosted by the Yunus Emre Enstitüsü, brought together poets, cultural practitioners, diplomats, and arts administrators from both countries to explore shared human values through poetry and performance. Speaking at the event, Director-General of the Kaduna International Film Festival, Israel Kashim Audu, described poetry as a powerful medium for cultural diplomacy and peacebuilding. He noted that although Turkish poetry is deeply influenced by Anatolian mysticism, Nigerian poetry often reflects post-colonial experiences, identity,…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Kikelomo Atanda-Owo, wife of veteran journalist and former presidential adviser Reuben Abati, has spoken candidly about the collapse of her two previous marriages, revealing that she was divorced twice before marrying Abati. She made the disclosure during an appearance on The Morayo Show, hosted by media personality Morayo Afolabi-Brown, where she featured alongside her husband and reflected on how her past shaped her views on love, marriage and personal healing. According to Atanda-Owo, her first marriage ended after she discovered that she had unknowingly married a gay man, a revelation she said abruptly shattered the union…