The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is facing serious allegations of mishandling the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in Kwali Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Reports indicate that some registered voters have been left without their cards, while others have received PVCs belonging to different individuals entirely. The accusations gained traction after a video surfaced on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), posted on Thursday. In it, @Enyowins — identified as the African Action Congress (AAC) councillorship candidate for Pai Ward — expressed outrage over the mix-up. He claimed that his own PVC, collected after proper registration, had been handed over to someone else by INEC officials in Kwali. “The INEC in Kwali is giving the voters card of registered voters to other people,” the candidate stated in the clip. “My voters card has been given to someone else by INEC Nigeria. What kind of madness is this?” The issue appears t...

 The Lagos State Office of Public Private Partnership has come under scrutiny after spending N135 million on just 20 office tables and chairs in 2025, only to propose another N40.5 million for similar items in the 2026 budget. According to a review of state financial records by SaharaReporters, the Office of Public Private Partnership (often referred to as the PPP Office) expended the N135 million between January and September 2025 specifically for the "purchase of 20 office chairs and tables." This works out to roughly N6.75 million per set—or about N2 million to N6.75 million per individual piece, depending on how the items are counted—prompting questions about value for money and procurement transparency in a state where many residents face pressing infrastructure and social service needs. Despite this recent outlay, the approved 2026 Lagos State budget includes a fresh allocation of **N40.5 million** for the same category of furniture at the PPP Office. The revelation hig...

 Vice President Kashim Shettima arrived in Kwara State on Saturday to assess the aftermath of a devastating attack on Woro village in Kaiama Local Government Area, where gunmen killed at least 75 residents—some reports putting the toll even higher, with over 100 lives lost. The visit came on the direct instructions of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who tasked the vice president with evaluating the situation firsthand and delivering the federal government's heartfelt condolences to the grieving families and community. Shettima was received at the Tunde Idiagbon International Airport in Ilorin by Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Senator Sadiq Umar representing Kwara North, and other senior state officials. From there, he proceeded toward Woro to meet with affected residents and local leaders. The assault, which occurred last Tuesday, saw suspected terrorists—linked by some accounts to extremist groups like the Mamuda sect or Boko Haram elements—invade the community, opening...

A devastating petrol tanker explosion rocked the Ihiala axis of the Onitsha-Owerri Road in Anambra State on Sunday, claiming the lives of two people and leaving another seriously injured. The incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. when a fully loaded petrol tanker collided with a vehicle, smashed into a road barricade opposite the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) office, and spilled its contents. The spilled fuel quickly ignited, triggering a massive explosion and fire that engulfed the scene. According to FRSC Sector Public Education Officer Margaret Onabe, the victims included the tanker's driver and his conductor (motor boy), who were burnt to death instantly at the scene. A commercial motorcycle rider caught in the chaos sustained varying degrees of injuries and was promptly rescued and rushed to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Ihiala for treatment. The collision involved three male adults in total, with the two tanker crew members perishing on the spot amid the inferno. Emergency ...

 A Nigerian national has been sentenced to more than eight years in a U.S. federal prison for his role in a sophisticated inheritance scam that defrauded over 400 elderly and vulnerable Americans of more than $6 million. Tochukwu Albert Nnebocha, 44, received a 97-month prison term, equivalent to just over eight years, followed by three years of supervised release. The court also ordered him to pay more than $6.8 million in restitution to his victims. The sentencing took place in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, following his extradition from Poland in late 2025. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Nnebocha and his accomplices ran a transnational fraud operation that preyed on unsuspecting individuals, many of them seniors. They sent personalized letters posing as officials from foreign banks—often claiming to represent institutions in Spain—informing recipients that they were entitled to a multimillion-dollar inheritance from a distant relativ...

 Troops from the Nigerian Army's 14 Brigade, based in Ohafia, Abia State, have discovered two locally made improvised explosive devices (IEDs) hidden in a forest at Umuchinma, in the Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area. The find came during a clearance operation on February 8, 2026, around 9:00 a.m., as soldiers swept along the Umuchinma pipeline route that stretches into the dense forest. Acting Assistant Public Relations Officer, Captain Mazinho Attah, confirmed the discovery in a statement, describing the devices as crude but potentially deadly homemade bombs. According to the brigade, the IEDs were constructed using 5kg gas cylinders packed with nails, water-gel explosives, two detonators, and electrical cables—components that point to makeshift assembly by criminal elements operating in the region. This recovery forms part of intensified security efforts targeting criminal hideouts and threats in Abia's forested areas, where such devices could endanger civilians, secur...

 Gunmen suspected to be bandits launched a terrifying predawn raid on the quiet community of Karku in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, leaving at least three residents dead and abducting a Catholic priest along with ten other villagers. The attack unfolded around 3:20 a.m. on Saturday at the residence of Rev. Fr. Nathaniel Asuwaye, the parish priest of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Karku, under the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan. According to a statement from the diocese's Chancellor, Rev. Fr. Jacob Shanet, the assailants—described by locals as a well-organized group of terrorists—stormed the area, overpowered the community, and carried out the killings and abductions in a matter of minutes. The diocese expressed profound sadness over the incident, confirming that Fr. Nathaniel Asuwaye was taken alongside ten other individuals. Among the victims killed were Mr. Jacob Dan'azumi, Mr. Maitala Kaura, and Alhaji Kusari. Church sources described the assault as a brazen i...

Tragedy struck the quiet town of Ogidi in Anambra State's Idemili North Local Government Area on Friday evening, February 6, 2026, when unidentified gunmen shot and killed Chief Ikwuka Okoye, the President-General of the Ogidi community, along with another individual. The attack took place at the Ogidi School Field, a well-known public space in the community. Chief Okoye, popularly known as Anumili, was a respected leader who had been actively involved in efforts to curb cultism and violent crime in the area. Sources indicate that the incident may have been a reprisal attack linked to the recent arrest and death of a notorious cult leader during interrogation by local vigilante operatives. The second victim, whose identity has not yet been publicly confirmed, was with Chief Okoye at the time of the shooting. Some reports describe the individual as a relative or companion, while others suggest possible ties to local cult activities, though details remain unclear. The Anambra State P...

Pope Leo XIV has voiced deep sorrow and concern over the recent wave of deadly violence sweeping through parts of Nigeria, where gunmen have killed dozens—reports suggest as many as 160 or more—in attacks targeting various communities. Speaking after the Sunday Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square, the pontiff described the assaults as causing “a heavy loss of life” and expressed his heartfelt closeness to the victims of violence and terrorism. “It is with sorrow and concern that I learned of the recent attacks against various communities in Nigeria leading to a heavy loss of life,” he said. He extended prayers for those affected and their grieving families, while calling on Nigerian authorities to act with greater determination to safeguard every citizen’s life and ensure lasting security. The remarks come amid a surge in banditry, kidnappings, and communal clashes that have plagued Nigeria’s northwest and north-central regions, including a particularly brutal incident in the village ...

 A wave of shock and grief has gripped the Omoku community in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) of Rivers State following the brutal murder of a prominent youth leader and his aide. Gunmen, widely suspected to be cultists, launched a deadly attack on Thursday evening, February 5, 2026, at a popular drinking spot along Ogolo Street, off Palace Road. The assailants shot and killed Chigozie Oluwu, the personal aide to the youth leader, on the spot. They then abducted Comrade Ifeanyi Azuazu, the recently elected President of the Omoku Youth Federation (OYF), who had assumed the position just two months earlier. Hopes for Azuazu's safe return quickly faded. On Friday afternoon, February 6, members of the ONELGA Security and Planning Advisory Committee (OSPAC), working alongside local security networks and police, recovered his headless body from a forest in the Elieta area of Omoku. OSPAC spokesman Godnews Nkem confirmed the grim discovery, stating that while Oluwu was ki...