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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has sensitised residents and conducted flood rescue simulation exercise to strengthen community preparedness ahead of the 2026 rainy season in Kaduna The exercise formed part of NEMA’s 2026 Disaster Preparedness and Response Campaign on floods and related hazards across the country. Mr Suleiman Muhammad, Head of Operations, NEMA Kaduna Office, said the exercise was aimed at building the capacity of residents as first responders during emergencies before the arrival of rescue agencies. Muhammad said the simulation was designed to equip communities with practical rescue and response skills to minimise losses during flooding incidents. “By training the communities and carrying out simulations, they will be able to respond immediately in case of any emergency before government agencies arrive. “We want communities to start rescuing their people before the arrival of any response agency,” he said. He said Kaduna was among states id...

‎Alhaji Tijjani Galadima appears set for a decisive victory in the ongoing All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Adamawa State as collation of results from across the state nears completion. ‎ ‎Emerging figures from the exercise show Galadima maintaining a commanding lead over his closest challenger, Abdulrahman Bashir Haske, with political observers already describing the contest as firmly tilting in his favour. ‎ ‎Galadima, who established early dominance at the commencement of voting, has continued to widen the gap as results from wards and local government areas are collated. ‎ ‎According to figures obtained from the collation centre, Galadima has so far secured about 500,010 votes, accounting for more than 70 per cent of the total votes counted. ‎ ‎His closest rival, Haske, is trailing with 201,470 votes representing roughly 24.75 per cent, while Namdas has polled 89,114 votes, amounting to 10.95 per cent. Other aspirants shared the remaining...

‎Supporters of governorship aspirant, Abdurrahman Haske, have raised concerns over the alleged non-conduct of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election across Adamawa State. ‎ ‎A tour of a number of polling units by our correspondents revealed that many party members and delegates gathered at designated voting centres on Thursday but were unable to vote due to the absence of electoral officials and voting materials. ‎ ‎At Makama A, Makama B and Bako polling units in Yola South, large crowds of APC supporters were seen waiting for hours without any sign of election officials. ‎ ‎According to reports by our reporters, the same scenario was replicated across other parts of the state. ‎ ‎Some party members expressed frustration, claiming the exercise was deliberately stalled in areas believed to enjoy strong support for certain aspirants. ‎ ‎Observers at different centers noted that officials and members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) were pres...

The Secretary of the Labour Party in Ebonyi State, Comrade Igiri Innocent, has petitioned the party’s Presidential Screening Committee in Abuja, calling for the disqualification of one of the party’s presidential aspirants, Samuel Chibuzor Nwigwe, from participating in the 2026 presidential primary election. In the petition dated May 20, 2026 and addressed to the Chairman of the Labour Party Presidential Screening Committee in the Federal Capital Territory, Igiri alleged that the aspirant failed to meet critical constitutional and party requirements needed to contest for the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Allegation Of Dual Citizenship The petitioner argued that Samuel Chibuzor Nwigwe was constitutionally ineligible to contest for the presidency on the grounds of alleged British citizenship. According to the petition, the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, provides under Section 131 that any person seeking election int...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday,  held a stakeholders’ engagement and community outreach in Katsina State as part of efforts to strengthen preparedness against flooding and related disasters ahead of the rainy season. The programme was organised under the 2026 National Preparedness and Response Campaign on Flood Disaster and Related Hazards. Participants at the event included officials of the Katsina State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), security agencies, government ministries, humanitarian organisations, traditional institutions, women and youth groups, community leaders and the media. Director-General of NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, said the campaign was aimed at promoting early and coordinated action to protect lives and livelihoods during the 2026 rainy season. Umar, represented by the Head of Operations, Malam Suleiman Muhammad, said the theme of the campaign, “Strengthening Disaster Risk Governance for a Resilient Nigeria,” highlighted th...

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has alleged that there are plans by security operatives to take former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, into custody from the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. Frank, in a statement in the early hours of Monday, claimed he received information from sources alleging that operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) might attempt to arrest El-Rufai when he appears before Justice M.B. Idris of the Federal High Court. He said: “Pursuant to what appears to be a grand plan by the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to politically eliminate Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, I have been reliably informed that plans have allegedly been concluded by the DSS to forcefully take him into custody today (Monday) from  the Federal High Court, Abuja, where he is meant to appear.” According to him, such a move would allegedly contradict existing court orders dir...