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Former Chief of Air Staff and 2023 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Bauchi State, Air Marshal Sadiq Baba Abubakar (retd.), has announced his exit from active politics. Abubakar disclosed this in a post on his X handle on Sunday, May 17, 2026, stating that he would no longer participate in political contests. While he said he no longer belongs to any political party, the former CAS added that he would continue to participate as an ordinary Nigerian. He wrote, “I say goodbye to the murky waters of Nigerian politics. I no longer belong to any political party…
The Bureau of Public Procurement on Sunday barred Ministries, Departments and Agencies from processing upward revisions of contract sums without first obtaining a Bureau certificate. It also issued guidelines centralising the review of all contract variations and scope modifications under its authority. According to a statement signed by its Head of Press and Public Relations, Zira Nagga, the bureau said the reform is designed to close one of the most persistent channels for cost inflation and corruption in Nigeria’s public procurement system. The guidelines, issued pursuant to Sections 5(a) and (o) of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, give effect to…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has intensified surveillance and preparedness measures across the country following the ongoing Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a recently confirmed imported case in Uganda linked to the outbreak. The Director-General of the NCDC, Jide Idris, on Sunday, however, assured Nigerians that there is currently no confirmed case of Ebola Virus Disease in the country. “Nigeria currently has no confirmed case of Ebola Virus Disease,” Idris said in a public health advisory issued on Sunday. He explained that response activities were ongoing in the affected countries,…
Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye has earned a nomination for the Serie A Player of the Month award for May 2026 after a string of commanding performances for Udinese, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The 26-year-old has been one of the standout goalkeepers in Italy this season, keeping 10 clean sheets in 28 Serie A appearances. That tally places him in rare company among Nigerian goalkeepers in Europe’s top leagues, with the last Nigerian to reach double figures in one of the continent’s top five divisions being former Super Eagles captain Vincent Enyeama in the 2014/15 season. Okoye’s nomination is built…
A week before the ElliQ robot arrived, a neurologist told me we need to rebalance my mom’s life. Her Parkinson’s disease medication had steadily become less effective over the previous month, and with it, she had slowly stopped doing many of the things crucial to managing the disease — exercising, socializing, and engaging in hobbies. The result was a rapid, noticeable decline. As my mom’s primary caregiver, I was open to any help I could get. And surprisingly, ElliQ did help in a way I never expected.Before increasing her medication dosage again — something that can come with serious side…
Colin Jost narrowly avoided losing his “award-winning” hair live on air during Saturday Night Live’s season 51 finale. The hair-mergency was the culmination of the latest “Weekend Update Joke Swap” segment on Saturday, May 16, where Jost, 43, and his cohost Michael Che read offensive jokes they wrote for each other. After brutal jokes about Michael Jackson and Michael B. Jordan‘s Oscar win, Jost had to read a zinger that Che wrote about Kanye West. “Ye has released a new album called Bully,” Jost began. “Please try to separate the art from the artist. Remember, Ye can make awful music…
Fresh tension has emerged within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State after most governorship aspirants reportedly boycotted a consensus meeting convened by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq ahead of the party’s governorship primaries. The development comes amid widening disagreements within the ruling party over the governor’s succession plans and the choice of a consensus candidate for the 2027 governorship election. Sources familiar with the matter told The Nation newspaper that about 16 aspirants had obtained expression of interest and nomination forms to contest the APC governorship primaries scheduled for later this week. However, most of the aspirants were absent from…
When My Father’s Shadow clinched the Best Movie award at the 12th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards, the reaction among many Nigerians was a mix of surprise, curiosity and debate. For a film that had not yet enjoyed the widespread commercial visibility of some of its rivals, its victory over more popular titles sparked immediate questions: Did My Father’s Shadow truly deserve Nollywood’s biggest prize? Directed by Akinola Davies Jr., the film is not merely another family drama. It transports its audiences back to the tense aftermath of the annulled 12 June 1993 presidential election, believed to…
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the August 15 Osun State election, Mr Bola Oyebamiji, has promised to reinstate about 2,000 teachers and health workers disengaged from the state workforce if elected governor. Oyebamiji made the pledge in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos after a meeting with more than 1,500 teachers and 515 health workers who were reportedly disengaged by the Osun State Government in 2022. He described the dismissal of the workers as unfair and regrettable, noting that many of them had served the state faithfully before losing their jobs without salary payments, arrears or any form…
The All Progressive Congress, APC, Primary Election Committee for the House of Representatives, has declared the Oye-Ikole federal constituency in Ekiti North Senatorial District as inconclusive. Wasiu Adedoyin, the chairman of the committee and chief returning officer, who announced the result of Saturday’s election on Sunday morning, said the declaration was a result of the challenges and crisis observed by the committee during the primary election. He added that the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, will take the final decision on the federal constituency. DAILY POST reports that Akin Rotimi, the spokesman of the House of Representatives, is seeking re-election with his main…
