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CSOs, opposition rise against Electoral Act
The Kukah Centre, Yiaga Africa, and some other civil society organisations on Thursday criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s assent to the newly enacted Electoral Act 2026, describing it as “a missed opportunity for transformative electoral...
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Electoral law signed, transparency questions linger
It is time that we will have confidence in our system. No matter how good a system is, it’s managed by the people, promoted by the people, and result is finalised by the people. In fact, for final results, you are not going to be talking to the...
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Gombe Governor Hosts Yobe Counterpart, Presidential Aide for Key Projects Commissioning, LCDAs Groundbreaking
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON, on Tuesday, hosted his Yobe State counterpart, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, alongside the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political and Other Matters, Hon. Ibrahim Kabir Masari for the...
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EFCC detains El-Rufai
Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir ElRufai, is currently facing multiple investigations and legal challenges involving antigraft and security agencies, with fresh developments emerging from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the...
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Fishermen surge into the Matan Fada River in anticipation of fish during the grand finale of the 61st Argungu International Fishing and Cultural Festival in Kebbi State on Saturday
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El-Rufai’s airport drama rekindles crackdown claims
Attempt to arrest a former Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir ElRufai, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Thursday, has instilled fear of a crackdown in the opposition. The airport drama, which allegedly involved security...
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US terror tag on Kwankwaso, Fulani groups draw scrutiny
Five United States lawmakers on Tuesday proposed a bill seeking to impose sanctions, including visa ban and asset freeze, on a former governor of Kano State and the national leader of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP), Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso,...
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Senate’s e-transmission approval raises new questions
The decision of the Senate on the amended Clause 60(3) permitting both electronic and manual transmission of results has raised fresh questions. The Senate on Tuesday rescinded its earlier decision rejecting electronic transmission of election results...
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A protester spotted carrying mattress and pillow at the National Assembly gate in Abuja yesterday, during a demonstration over the rejection of mandatory electronic transmission of election results by the Senate
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An officer of the Nigeria Police Force on duty along Bolade, Oshodi road in Lagos State on Friday
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‘We are still burying the dead’: Inside Kwara’s massacre
Thirteen more bodies were buried on Thursday at Woro community, Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State as residents continued to recover corpses from bushes, following the attack by bandits. The incident which occurred on Tuesday left over one...
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48 hours of carnage: Over 130 lives lost in 3 states
More than 130 persons have been killed in attacks by gunmen at communities in Kwara, Katsina and Benue states within the last 48 hours. In Kwara, residents said at least 100 people were killed by bandits who struck at Woro community in Kaiama Local...
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Hospital bill worse than cancer – Patient
For many cancer patients in Nigeria, the battle is not only against a lifethreatening disease but against the crushing cost of survival. As Nigeria joins the rest of the world today in marking this year’s Cancer Day, findings by Daily Trust show...
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Billions lost at Kano Commodity Hub
Traders at Singer Market, one of Kano’s major commodity hubs, are counting losses after an early morning fire razed parts of the market, destroying goods and property estimated to be worth billions of naira. The inferno, which broke out in the early...
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Revenue Service appointments flout new law
Section 17 (1) of Part IV of the NRS Act 2025 stipulates that : “The President shall appoint six Executive Directors for the Service, each representing a geopolitical zone on rotational basis among the states in the zone in alphabetical order provided...
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Electoral bill delay fuels uncertainty ahead 2027
The National Assembly has come under pressure from civil society organisations and other electoral stakeholders over delay in passing the Electoral Amendment Bill 2025, as the country inches closer to the 2027 general elections. The concerns come amid...
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Nigeria, Türkiye sign pact on counter-terrorism
By Joshua Odeyemi, Baba Martins, Dalhatu Liman (Abuja), Salim Ibrahim (Kano) & Mohammed Ibrahim Yaba (Kaduna) Nigeria has signed fresh security agreements with Türkiye to help in its fight against insecurity. Daily Trust gathered that nine agreements...
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2027: Ganduje, Barau close ranks with Kano gov
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, including former national chairman, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, have moved to close ranks with Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf,...
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Alleged coup: Military hands over report to Tinubu
The military has submitted to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the report of its investigation into what it tagged “indiscipline and breach of service regulations” by the 16 detained officers whom reports had alleged were involved in coup plot, Daily Trust...
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Residents wade across a flooded street, in La Goulette near the capital Tunis, Tunisia yesterday. Flooding across Tunisia has killed three people, authorities said.
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Kaduna abduction: The denial that failed
The Kaduna State Government yesterday confirmed the Sunday’s abduction of many persons at Kurmin Wali village in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state. Governor Uba Sani confirmed the abduction during his visit to the village where he consoled...
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Abduction: Kaduna villagers recount ordeal
Residents of Kurmin Wali village in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State have narrated how bandits attacked their community on Sunday and abducted many persons. Some of those who escaped from the bandits and families of those abducted...
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Smoke rising from a wildfire in Concepcion, Chile. Wildfires that have killed 19 people in southern Chile and wiped out entire towns, raged for a third day , fanned by high temperatures and strong winds at the height of the southern hemisphere summer.
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A general view of remnants of homes washed away following floods in Mbaula village, 50 km from Giyani following heavy rains over much of the Limpopo Province, South Africa at the weekend
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60yrs after Sardauna, Balewa, Akintola
Today, January 15, 2026, marks 60 years since Nigeria’s first military coup which claimed the lives of foremost political leaders, including the Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa; Premier of Northern Region, Sir Ahmadu Bello (Sardaunan...
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Kwankwaso backs temporary APC shift
Aformer Kano State governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has urged his associates in Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf ’s government, who are reportedly under pressure over the governor’s planned defection, to align with his move to the APC to ease rising...
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Katsina defends release of 70 bandits
The Katsina State Government has justified its plan to facilitate the release of 70 persons facing trial for alleged involvement in banditry, describing it as part of efforts towards consolidating peace deals with armed groups operating across the...
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How Rivers peace deal collapsed again
The peace brokered by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu among key political actors in Rivers State has again collapsed, as the State House of Assembly yesterday commenced impeachment proceedings against Governor The Assembly, led by Speaker Martins...
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Wintry conditions in Scarborough, UK as temperature struggle to get above freezing
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‘Gov Yusuf’s defection beyond Kano’
Despite appeals from the national leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, urging Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to reconsider his reported defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), top aides of the...
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His Excellency, Engr. Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf
Executive Governor of Kano State
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Children warm their hands in front of a sand sculpture by the artist Yazed Abu Jara in Deir alBalah, Gaza Strip
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Spectators watching as a masquerade entertains people during a festival in Plateau State yesterday
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Amid uproar, Tinubu declares tax laws effective Jan 1
By Baba Martins, John Chuks Azu (Abuja), Mumini Abdulkareem (Ilorin) & Ado Abubakar Musa (Jos) President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday brushed aside calls for the suspension of the implementation of the tax laws, insisting that they take effect on...
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Re-gazetting tax laws illegal – Lawyers
By Itodo Daniel Sule, John Chuks Azu, Idowu Isamotu (Abuja), Ahmad Datti (Kano), Afeez Hanafi (Lagos), Mumini Abdulkareem (Ilorin) & Ado Abubakar Musa (Jos) Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) and other legal experts on tax matters have described the...
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Peaceful Christmas nationwide
Christmas celebrations were held peacefully across Nigeria yesterday as families and worshippers, in major cities and remote communities, gathered in churches, homes and public spaces without reports of disruptions. Security agencies had deployed...
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Yuletide: A Santa Claus image located at Allen Junction in Lagos State
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Tax laws face legitimacy crisis
Amid the intensifying pushback from some lawmakers, political parties, civil society and regional groups as well as other critics, the tax laws are facing a legitimacy crisis. The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) yesterday demanded immediate suspension...
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CHIEFTAINCY EXTRAORDINAIRE!
On behalf of the great people of Oyo Central Senatorial District, I, Senator Yunus Abiodun Akintunde, Ph.D heartily felicitate Senator Abdulaziz Yari (Obaloyin of Yorubaland) & Barrister Seyi Tinubu (Okanlomo of Yorubaland) Two titans, one proud...
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Pressure mounts over tax laws
By Itodo Daniel Sule, John Chuks Azu, Saawua Terzungwe, Baba Martins (Abuja), Afeez Hanafi (Lagos) & Ado Abubakar Musa (Jos) Calls are mounting for immediate suspension of the implementation of the new tax laws as lawmakers, opposition parties and...
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New budget as 2025’s lags
As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu presents the 2026 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly today, questions are still being raised over the level of the implementation of the 2025 budget. Checks at the Budget Office of the Federation indicated that...
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Tax laws altered?
“...the tax authority shall have the power to investigate or cause an investigation to be conducted to ascertain any violation of any tax law, whether or not such violation has been reported to the relevant tax authority.” – Nigeria Tax Administration...
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Labour rallies against insecurity
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it has mobilised its members and affiliate unions for today’s nationwide protest against the insecurity. Its Acting General Secretary, Benson Upah, yesterday said the protest would commence at 7.30am at Labour...
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Dangote’s troubles
President of the Dangote Industries Limited, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has launched a fresh offensive against the regulator, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), insisting the leadership of the authority is...
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BOI HQ move to Eko Atlantic draws scrutiny
In November 2019 at Seattle, United states, governors in Nigeria made a commitment to strengthen primary healthcare in their respective states through notbonky making the resources needed available but their personal involvement as well. In 2022, the...
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How 9 UniJos students died in auto crash
One of the survivors of the auto crash that killed students of the University of Jos, Plateau State, yesterday narrated how the incident occurred. Speaking to Daily Trust, Dominic Dantala said, “The accident occurred when we were coming back from a...
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Banditry: Noose tightens around Turji
The army appears to be closing in on notorious bandit commander, Bello Turji, who has been terrorising Sokoto State and its environs. This follows the killing of one his allies, Kachalla Kallamu. Daily Trust gathered that troops of the 8 Division of...
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Benin: Praises, flak over troops deployment
By Joshua Odeyemi, Saawua Terzungwe, Dalhatu Liman, Seun Adeuyi & Al-Mustapha A. Mustapha (Abuja), Mumini AbdulKareem (Ilorin), & Salim Umar Ibrahim (Kano) The Senate yesterday approved President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s request for the deployment of...
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7 women protesters killed in Adamawa
Seven women died while 11 others were injured yesterday during a protest in Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Daily Trust gathered that the women were protesting what they termed delayed response by the military to calm tensions between...
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Why coups are unsettling West Africa
Political analysts, diplomats and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have identified bad governance, sit-tight syndrome, among others, as the reasons for the rising spate of coups in the West African sub-region. This followed the attempted coup in...
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ADC, Obi flay Tinubu over early campaign
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the coalition-led African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for engaging in early campaign through the distribution of...
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Revised cash policy, real effects
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revised cash-related policies, effective January 1, 2026, removing all limits and fees on cash deposits. The development is already generating reactions from sections of Nigerians. While some believe that it may...
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Why Tinubu returned Gen Musa
BStaff arring any last minute change, the immediate past Chief of Defence (CDS), General Christopher Gabwin Musa (rtd) would be the next minister of defence, following his nomination on Monday by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. General Musa left office...
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Bandits abduct pastor, wife, parishioners in Kogi
Bandits yesterday attacked a church in Ejiba Community in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, abducting the pastor, his wife and many worshipers. Daily Trust gathered that the incident occurred while the church service was going on. The...
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Smoke billows from an apartment fire in the Tai Po district. The fire has left 279 missing
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Released, rescued or ransomed?
“There are a lot of questions, honestly, regarding this whole activity that does not bode well for us. The fact that they engaged them, the fact that they did not arrest them, the fact that they did not go after them, means that these guys will go back...
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24 Kebbi schoolgirls rescued
Twenty four students of the Government Comprehensive Girls Secondary School, Maga, in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, who were abducted about nine days ago, have been rescued. Confirming their rescue to journalists in Birnin Kebbi,...
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Military’s approach to insecurity not working – Kebbi gov
By Baba Martins, Jide Olusola, Idowu Isamotu (Abuja), Ismail Adebayo (Birnin Kebbi), Hassan Ibrahim (Bauchi), Rabilu Abubakar (Gombe) & Abubakar Akote (Minna) Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has called on the military to change the tactics used in...
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Members of the All United Amhara Association hold Ethiopian flags and banners during a protest near the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on November 23, 2025, calling for an end to the persecution of the Amhara people in Ethiopia and opposing...
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No going back on convention –PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has vowed to proceed with preparations for its elective national convention slated for November 15 and 16, despite a fresh Federal High Court order restraining it from doing so. The Deputy National Publicity...
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Bandits attack 5 vehicles, abduct passengers in Kogi
Bandits attacked motorists along the Ayere-Kabba highway in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing one person and abducting several passengers. Reports from the community indicated that the incident occurred around 5.pm on Sunday when the...
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Genocide claim: FG silent on Amupitan’s legal brief We’re not aware – Senate
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US threat: Tinubu responds to Trump
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday responded to the threat of a military action in Nigeria by the President of the United Stated of America, Donald Trump. Tinubu assured that his government was engaging with the world diplomatically over the...
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Contractors protest at N/Assembly for second day
Indigenous contractors continued their protest at the National Assembly, yesterday lamenting what they termed the failure of the federal government to pay them for projects executed since 2024. The contractors, under the aegis of the All...
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Misinformation behind US-Nigeria tension – Experts
Experts across the country have said that misinformation is largely responsible for the recent designation of Nigeria as a country of particular interest and threat of an attack by the President of the United States, Donald Trump. Daily Trust...
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US threat: What FG should do – Diplomat
Adiplomat, Ambassador Suleiman Dahiru, has called on the federal government to quickly engage the American government and the American Senate, over the designation of Nigeria and potential invasion, giving them all the facts about what has been going...
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Nigerians denounce US invasion threat
From Abdullateef Aliyu (Lagos), Joshua Odeyemi, Dalhatu Liman, Baba Martins (Abuja), Muhammed Ibrahim Yaba (Kaduna) & Eyo Charles (Calabar) Many Nigerians, including diplomats, lawyers and regional groups, have denounced American President...
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Fuel price mayPAGE go up – Marketers
Major marketers of petroleum products yesterday warned that the introduction of the 15 per cent import duty on petrol and diesel could signal another round of fuel price increase. The approval of the duty by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is causing...
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Alleged coup plot: Sylva confirms raid on residence
Aformer governor of Bayelsa State and exMinister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, yesterday confirmed that military operatives raided his Abuja residence. Sylva, in a statement by his media aide, Julius Bokoru, also denied involvement...
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Sanusi to FG: Borrowing after subsidy removal wrong
The 16th Emir of Kano and former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Muhammadu Sanusi II, has queried the rationale behind borrowings after the removal of petrol subsidy by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. Speaking in Abuja...
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I’m being shut out – Sule Lamido
The crisis threatening to derail preparations for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national convention deepened on Monday as former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, vowed to take legal action following his failed attempt to obtain the nomination...
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Farmers, FG disagree over drop in food prices
Farmers and the federal government have disagreed over the recent drop in prices of food items across the country. Many of the farmers and their associations, who spoke to Daily Trust, cited what they described as massive importation of food items...
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Boko Haram attacks communities in Borno, Yobe
Boko Haram fighters and members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have launched attacks on communities and military formations in Borno and Yobe The attacks took place simultaneously between midnight and early hours of Thursday, in...
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