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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party’s and 2027 Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), presidential candidate, to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race, citing alleged financial liabilities linked to his administration as governor of Anambra State.The APC Presidential Campaign Council made the call in a statement issued by its spokesman, Dele Alake, on Friday night.Alake said Obi should honour an earlier pledge to step aside from the presidential race if liabilities were established against his administration in Anambra State.The council claimed that official financial records had already established the liabilities and urged the former Anambra governor to keep his word.The statement also criticised Obi, who is now the pr...

Troops of Sector 2, Operation FANSAN YAMMA  have recovered and neutralized explosive devices planted by terrorists to cause major havoc to commuters along  Magami - Hannutara- Dansadau  road in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.The Army disclosed this in a statement on Friday, October 9, 2026.A cording to the statement, the troops acting on credible information secured the affected area and conducted a thorough search and identified 2 spots planted with explosive devices. Consequently an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was subsequently  deployed to destroy one device and safely recovered and rendered another harmless.The troops  have intensified patrols and surveillance in the area to safeguard residents and prevent further threa...

he Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of three staff of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) in Ibadan, saying efforts are underway to rescue them and arrest the perpetrators. NigerianBusiness DirectoryThe victims were reportedly abducted this morning October 9, while inspecting crops on a farm within the institute’s premises.In a statement released, the command stated that it launched intensive operational efforts immediately after receiving the report, with a view to securing the victims’ release and bringing those responsible to justice.The Command disclosed that a manhunt had been launched for the kidnappers, adding that security operatives were working to ensure the safe return of the abducted staff members.The police urged anyone w...

A yet-to-be-identified Vehicle Inspection Officer has reportedly been crushed to death by a truck opposite Mega Primary School, along Hospital Road, Akure, the Ondo State capital.According to an original video shared by Akure-based radio station Crest FM on Friday, residents were seen shouting following the fatal incident.According to eyewitnesses, the officer tried to intercept the truck, which was already in the fast lane, but couldn’t stop it before the incident.The officer was reportedly trapped beneath the trailer after the truck struck him, leaving residents at the scene in distress.The video also showed some of the officer’s colleagues panicking as they watched the incident unfold. Residents could be heard shouting while people gathered around the scene.The circu...

The Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum and Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, said Nigeria needed an additional 554,353 personnel to adequately staff the proposed state police system.He disclosed this while delivering the keynote address at the posthumous 70th birthday colloquium of the late former Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, held at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, in Oyo State.The governor explained that the state police had moved beyond advocacy to a national imperative, warning that the success of the reform would depend on a sustainable financing arrangement that would not leave poorer states behind.The colloquium, organised in honour of Akeredolu under the theme, “Fundamentals and Governance of State Po...

An Ado-Ekiti-born mini-truck driver, Adeleye Adeniyi, has said he borrowed N3.5m to support the re-election bids of President Bola Tinubu, Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele and Ekiti State House of Assembly member Steve Fatoba.Adeniyi, popularly known as “Online Loan Man for BAO”, disclosed this in an interview with journalists now circulating on Friday, in which he displayed a Wema Bank cardboard cheque indicating N2m for Tinubu, N1m for Bamidele and N500,000 for Fatoba.He said he was prepared to campaign for the three politicians ahead of the forthcoming elections, citing what he described as their performance in office.“I am supporting Mr President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for his second-term ambition. I have borrowed money. I want to use this money to support him because he...