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Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday held a private meeting with members of the Peoples Democratic Party National Working Committee in Abuja as efforts continue to resolve the lingering crisis within the party. The meeting took place at Jonathan’s office in the Maitama district of the Federal Capital Territory. It was attended by the PDP NWC led by its chairman Dr Tanimu Turaki SAN, alongside some state chairmen of the party. Party sources said the engagement forms part of a broader consultation with key leaders aimed at restoring unity and ending internal divisions that have plagued the PDP…

UK Cabinet minister Kemi Badenoch has defended the United States military operation in Venezuela that resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, arguing that while the legality of the action may be debated, it was morally justified. Speaking during an interview on the BBC Today programme, Badenoch departed from the cautious stance taken by many senior British officials. She said that in situations where legal clarity is uncertain, moral judgement can still apply. According to her, Venezuela’s political situation made the US intervention different from previous cases that attracted criticism from Britain. She described the Maduro government…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Olugbemisola Titilayo Odusote as the Director General of the Nigerian Law School, making history as the first woman to head the institution since its establishment in 1962. The appointment was confirmed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. According to the statement, Odusote’s appointment takes effect from January 10, 2026, and is for a four year tenure. Dr Odusote, who is 54 years old, currently serves as the Deputy Director General and Head of the…

The National Youth Service Corps has fixed Wednesday, January 21, 2026, as the commencement date for the 2026 Batch ‘A’ Stream I Orientation Course across all 37 NYSC orientation camps nationwide. The announcement was made in a statement shared on the Scheme’s official X account on Tuesday. According to the statement, registration at the camps will begin on Wednesday, January 21, and run until midnight on Friday, January 23, 2026. The swearing-in ceremony for corps members is scheduled for Friday, January 23, while the closing ceremony will hold on Tuesday, February 10, 2026. The Director-General…

Former Kano State Governor, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, has criticised Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, for describing Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf as a betrayer over his reported plan to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Governor Yusuf’s alleged move to the APC has reportedly angered Kwankwaso, who has openly condemned the decision and labelled it an act of betrayal. Reacting to the development, Shekarau said Yusuf was only retracing a political path earlier taken by Kwankwaso himself. He reminded the former governor that he once defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the APC while serving as…

The Nigeria Revenue Service has stated that only Acts of the National Assembly that have been officially gazetted carry legal force, insisting that the recently passed tax reform laws were not altered after legislative approval. The Executive Chairman of the NRS, Zacch Adedeji, made the clarification during a television interview monitored in Abuja. He explained that the new tax reform laws formally changed the name of the nation’s apex revenue authority from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS). According to Adedeji, the transition from FIRS to NRS is not a cosmetic…

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to grant bail to the Bauchi State Commissioner for Finance, Yakubu Adamu, and three other defendants standing trial over alleged terrorism financing involving $9.7million. In his ruling delivered on Monday, the judge said the offences alleged against the defendants pose a grave threat to national security and public safety. He stressed that terrorism related offences undermine social stability and that granting bail at the pre trial stage could expose the public to danger. Justice Nwite explained that the court carefully considered the affidavit evidence and the proof of…

Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued a retired senior military officer, Colonel Ajanaku, who was abducted by gunmen in Plateau State. The rescue operation was carried out by soldiers of the Third Division of the Nigerian Army in collaboration with Operation Enduring Peace around the Rafiki axis of Bassa Local Government Area. Confirming the development, the Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations for the 3rd Division, Lieutenant Colonel Aliyu Danja, said the retired officer was freed during an operation conducted in the early hours of the evening. According to him, the rescued officer has been…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has resumed the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration exercise with the commencement of its second phase. The registration process restarted on Monday following the conclusion of the first phase, which officially ended on December 10, 2025. The Commission said the break between both phases was used to carry out statutory activities required under the law. INEC had earlier opened online pre registration for the exercise on August 18, 2025 before rolling out physical registration at designated centres across the country on August 25, 2025. According to the Commission, nearly 10million Nigerians initiated the…

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Monday attended a political rally in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State alongside top leaders of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in the state. Wike appeared at the event flanked by Tony Okocha, chairman of the APC in Rivers, and Chukwuemeka Aaron, chairman of the PDP in the state. During the rally, the minister issued a stern warning to individuals he described as outsiders attempting to interfere in Rivers politics. Pointing at the two party chairmen, Wike said Rivers remains united across party lines…