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A Chinese court has sentenced a former Minister of Justice, Tang Yijun, to life imprisonment after convicting him of receiving bribes amounting to almost $20 million over more than ten years.Tang, 64, who served as China’s justice minister from 2020 to 2023, previously occupied several senior positions, including Governor of Liaoning Province and Communist Party secretary of Ningbo. The Xiamen Intermediate People’s Court in eastern China ruled on Monday that he abused the powers of his offices to illegally amass wealth between 2006 and 2022.In its judgment, the court said Tang took advantage of the influence attached to the various roles he held to secure benefits for different individuals and organisations. In return for bribes, he allegedly helped businesses and individuals with ...

Former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi in the 2023 Presidential election would not have won the election even if he secured 10 million votes.While in a podcast recently, Mohammed who served under the Buhari administration, said Obi still could not get “one-quarter of votes cast in 25 states,” a constitutional requirement for winning the presidency.“Even if Obi had got 10million votes, he wouldn’t have won. This is because he still could not get one-quarter of the votes cast in 25 states. It is even on record that he could not provide agents at about 40,000 polling units,” the ex-minister said.Speaking on factors that shaped the 2023 election, especially in Lagos state, Mohammed said,“For the first time...

A Nigerian man was k!lled in the battle field while fighting for Russia against Ukraine. Journalist Jaafar Jaafar and security analyst Zagazola Makama, confirmed the news on Monday, February 2, 2026.“Sad. He left his family in Northern Nigeria to Join Russia Army to Fight Ukraine. He was unfortunately k!lled in the battle field,” Makama wrote. 

A commercial bus has caught fire near the University of Lagos waterfront area of the Third Mainland Bridge. This was confirmed by the Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA). According to an update from the agency via its official X account, the incident occurred at the UNILAG waterfront section of the bridge, affecting traffic heading toward Iyana Oworo. The statement reads, “A commercial bus has caught fire on the Third Mainland Bridge near the UNILAG Waterfront, inward Iyana Oworo. Fire Service officials are currently on the scene, making concerted efforts to extinguish the blaze “The incident has led to significant traffic congestion, with the backlog now extending to Adekunle. Motorists are advised to exercise patience on approach.”Wat...

South African authorities have disconnected the power supply to the Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria over outstanding utility services debts.The executive mayor of the city of Tshwane, Dr. Nasiphi Moya, disclosed this on her official X account on Monday, February 2, 2026. “We ’ve disconnected electricity at the High Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. They owe the city for utility services,” she wrote. 

The National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Yinusa Tanko Yakasai, has played down concerns that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar could stand in the way of Peter Obi’s emergence as the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate for the 2027 election.Speaking on Politics on Sunday on TVC, Yakasai said Atiku could even throw his weight behind Obi to secure the party’s ticket. He described the former Vice President as a respected leader and father figure who understands that winning an election does not necessarily require being the candidate.According to Yakasai, while Atiku has every right to contest the presidency, he equally has the option of supporting another aspirant he believes can deliver victory for the party.Reacting to questions about the possib...

A total sum of N1.969 trillion, being the December 2025 Federation Account revenue, has been shared among the Federal Government, states and local government councils.This was disclosed in a communiqué from the Federation Account Allocation Committee, made available on Monday by Director Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Bawa Mokwa.The revenue was shared at the January FAAC meeting.The communiqué stated that the N1.969 trillion total distributable revenue comprised statutory revenue of N1.084 trillion, Value Added Tax revenue of N846.507 billion and Electronic Money Transfer Levy revenue of N38.110 billion.It added that total gross revenue of N2.585 trillion was available in December 2025.“Total deduction for ...

Human rights activist and BringBackOurGirls co-convener, Aisha Yesufu, has alleged that the Nigerian government is intentionally using hunger and poverty as instruments of control, warning that the deepening economic crisis has weakened citizens and reduced their capacity to think critically or hold leaders accountable.Yesufu made the claim in a post on her verified 𝕏 (formerly Twitter) account on Monday, February 2, describing hunger as the most powerful weapon currently deployed against Nigerians.According to her, widespread hunger and hardship have pushed many citizens into survival mode, leaving them with neither the energy nor the mental space to engage in political discourse or challenge those in authority. She argued that hunger in Nigeria is no longer a by-product of poor g...