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The leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has claimed the governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, will regret their decision leaving the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).Kwankwaso stated this during an interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Wednesday.He described the governor’s defection as shocking and difficult to comprehend.According to the former Kano State governor, the circumstances surrounding Yusuf’s exit from the NNPP appeared unreal and confusing, even to him.“Many people have come to me saying they believe what happened was part of an arrangement—either between me and him or between me and those around him. Even I, on several occasions, find it hard to believe that events have unfolded the way they did,” Kwankwaso said.He expre...

Iran has executed a man convicted of spying for Israel, according to Mizan, the media arm of the country’s judiciary.The judiciary said Hamidreza Sabet Esmailpour was put to death by hanging at dawn on Wednesday after being found guilty of providing classified information to Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad. He was arrested on April 29, 2025, and later convicted of espionage and intelligence cooperation with a hostile foreign service. The sentence was carried out after it was upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court and all legal procedures were completed, Mizan reported.Human rights groups say Esmailpour is among at least 12 people executed on similar espionage-related charges following the outbreak of hostilities between Iran and Israel in June 2025.The execution comes at a time of...

Of this amount, ₦133 million was spent between October and December, representing a three-month period and the last quarter of the year.ASaharaReporters' review of the Kogi State budget performance document for the 2025 fiscal year has shown that a sum of ₦146million was spent on "burial expenses." Of this amount, ₦133 million was spent between October and December, representing a three-month period and the last quarter of the year.Earlier, a SaharaReporters' review of the Kogi State budget performance document for the full year 2025 showed that a total of ₦2.6billion was spent on international travels by the administration led by Governor Usman Ododo.Half of this amount, representing ₦1.3 billion, was spent between October and December 2025 alone—a three-month period ...

Former Anambra State Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate, George Moghalu, has resigned his membership of the party.Moghalu disclosed this in a letter he posted on his verified X handle on Tuesday.The letter, dated January 26, 2026 and  addressed to the Chairman of Ward 1, Labour Party, Uruagu, Nnewi.In the letter, Moghalu said his decision took immediate effect.“I bring you the good wishes of my family and to formally inform you of my resignation from the Labour Party, effective today, the 26th of January, 2026,” the letter read.He expressed gratitude to the party and its members for giving him the platform to run for governorship in the 2025 Anambra State governorship election.

The Federal Government has unveiled plans to deploy military veterans to help secure Nigeria’s ungoverned spaces as part of strategies to strengthen national security and drive economic activities in conflict-affected areas.This followed the inauguration of an 18-member committee by the Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.), tasked with reclaiming ungoverned spaces for economic viability and repositioning the Nigerian Legion Corps of Commissionaires and Veterans.A statement on Wednesday by the Ministry’s Deputy Director of Information, Enderline Chukwu unbehalf of the Director Information and Public Relations, said the committee was inaugurated on Tuesday at the Ministry of Defence headquarters, Abuja, with the minister represented by the Permanent Secretary, Mr Richar...

The Lagos Royal Family of the late Chief (Prince) Abdul Lasisi Ajayi Ojora has announced the death of its Olori-ebi, His Royal Highness Otunba (Dr) Adekunle Ojora, OFR, CON, JP—widely known as the Otunba of Lagos and the Lisa of Ife.In a statement released by the family, it was confirmed that the respected traditional leader passed on in the early hours of Wednesday, January 28, 2026.Born on June 13, 1932, Otunba Ojora held numerous prestigious traditional and family roles throughout his lifetime within the Lagos royal lineage. These included Chief Olori Omoba of Lagos, Head of the Oba Ologunkutere and Oba Adele Ajosun Royal Family, Head of the Ojora Royal Family, and Head of the Aiyeomosan Chieftaincy Family of Lagos.The family stated that burial arrangements will be announced...