One of the sons of the late Islamic cleric, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi, Naziru Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, has been affirmed as the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for Bauchi State…
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The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Taraba State chapter has affirmed the former House of Representatives member for Wukari/Ibi Federal Constituency, Hon. Danjuma Shiddi (Danji SS)…
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Nigerian rapper and singer, Zlatan Ibile, has publicly apologized to fellow musician Seyi Vibez following their recent online clash.
DAILY POST gathered that the feud began on May 26 after Seyi Vibez accused Zlatan of mocking his Fuji Moto project with ad-libs on Adekunle Gold’s song, Life of the Faaji.
In response, Seyi Vibez reportedly called Zlatan a “backup artiste” and also took a swipe at his clothing line.
However, apologizing via his social media handle on Thursday, Zlatan wrote:
“It actually hurts that my brother thinks I would diss him in anyway. It’s literally a misunderstanding. @seyi_vibez it’s all love bro, when you’re ready to talk it out I’m here!! 4L ABURO MI.”
A check by DAILY POST shows that Seyi Vibez is still yet to respond to the apology as of the time of filling this report.
Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has rejoined the race for the Senate on the platform of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) following his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
This comes days after the Delta Central senatorial dumped the APC.
A source in his camp confirmed the development to THE WHISTLER on Thursday.
“What happened in the APC primary did not diminish his political strength. If anything, it has strengthened the resolve of his supporters across Delta Central.
“He believes the people still want him to represent them and the NDC has now given him that platform,” the source added.
The ally of the former deputy senate president described the defection as “a political realignment that will change the power dynamics in Delta State ahead of 2027.”
Omo-Agege resigned from the APC after losing the party’s Delta Central senatorial primary to Senator Ede Dafinone.
In his resignation letter dated May 22 and addressed to the APC chairman in Orogun Ward 2, Ughelli North Local Government Area, he said recent developments within the party made it impossible for him to continue pursuing his political goals under the APC.
The former deputy senate president stated that his political objectives and those of his constituents would be “better served outside the APC.”
He moved to the NDC after the Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi and former Kano State governor Rabiu Kwankwaso joined the party.
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The government of Enugu State in collaboration with the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), and the European Union has launched training in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digitalisation in public service for efficient service delivery in the state.
THE WHISTLER reports that the three-day event, holding in Enugu, is being funded by the European Union (EU).
The Officer-in-Charge of UNESCO Office in Abuja and UNESCO representative in Nigeria, Dr Dimitri Sanga, represented by Dr Nneka Okafor, Coordinator of UNESCO Recommendations on the Ethics of AI in Nigeria, said the training, mainly for senior cadres, would mark significant milestone in relation to making ethical and informed decisions on AI in the civil service of the state.
Sanga said the weight of designing and implementing development goals driven by AI and other emerging technologies is situated in administrators and policy makers.
According to him, the training would strengthen skills, share knowledge, and build the capacity needed for greater impact and better service delivery.
Quoting him, “It is a moment to commit ourselves to collaboration and to embrace the spirit of lifelong learning.”
He commended the Head of the Civil Service of Enugu State, Dr Godwin Anigbo, for his commitment in positioning the state as a partner for the training.
He said, “Such proactiveness is a huge source of inspiration that encourages us as international organisations to do more.”
He encouraged the participants to make the best use of the training in the public/civil service system/institution.
The Permanent Secretary, General Administration in the Office of the Head of Service, Dr Ogbonna Idike, commended Gov Peter Mbah for enabling the movement of public and civil servants from analog to full digitalisation.
According to him, “With this training for top personnel in ministries, departments and agencies, we are attuned to latest digitalisation and how to apply AI ethically for better service delivery.”
One of the participants, Dr Joy Ezeh, from the Office of the Auditor-General for Local Government, commended the state government and the head of service for the training meant to improve work efficiency.
Ezeh said that applying digitalisation and AI in the daily work processes would reduce human contact, improve speed, efficiency and service delivery as well as check human contact and manipulation.
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Troops of the 8 Division Tactical Headquarters, Operation FANSAN YANMA, in collaboration with local vigilantes, have arrested a suspected terrorist in Shanga Local Government Area of Kebbi State.
The development was disclosed in a post shared on Thursday by security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, via his X handle.
According to military sources cited in the report, the suspect was arrested around 11:00 a.m. on May 26 while attempting to board a vehicle near Tungan Giwa village in the area.
Preliminary investigations reportedly revealed that the suspect resides in Rugan Dikko Shehu, a Fulani settlement located along the Geromasa-Yauri road.
The sources further disclosed that security operatives recovered photographs allegedly showing suspected terrorists displaying sophisticated weapons after examining the memory card in the suspect’s phone.
The suspect is currently in military custody as investigations continue, while troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA sustain ongoing operations aimed at denying terrorists freedom of movement and dismantling criminal networks in Kebbi State and other parts of the North-West.
Northern Nigeria Flour Mills (NNFM) Plc has reported a sharp decline in profitability for the 2025/2026 financial year despite recording
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A public affairs analyst and civic society advocate, Kennedy Tabuko, has urged President Bola Tinubu and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to make public the outcome of the corruption case against Beta Edu, former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs.
Tabuko made this demand in a statement on Thursday.
Recall that Edu was sacked as minister over an alleged N585 billion scandal.
Subsequently, EFCC announced the commencement of an investigation against Edu, but the outcome has not been made public.
However, reports have it that despite the minister’s pending corruption case, she has been seen in public outings with First Lady Remi Tinubu, wife of the President.
Reacting, Tabuko described the development as worrisome and a flagrant disregard for Nigerians.
He stated that President Tinubu should have prevented his wife from publicly interacting in the public space with someone whose corruption case is still pending.
Tabuko warned that the First Lady and the Presidency should not take Nigerians for granted.
“We demand that until Beta Edu’s case is decided and the EFCC makes public the corruption case against the sacked minister, it will constitute a bad public image for the government and our dear nation to see Beta Edu around the corridors of power. Mr. President and the First Lady should take note of this.
“A word they say is enough for the wise.
Again, we want to unequivocally sound this warning to the President and Commander in Chief and all the anti-corruption-related agencies that if Nigerians are not abreast with the findings of all corruption cases against Beta Edu within five days, we will take to the street to demand within the confines of the law that the right thing be done,” he stated.
Disclose outcome of corruption case against ex-minister Edu – Tabuko to Presidency, EFCC
A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue State, Dr. Jeffrey Kuraun, has urged the party’s national leadership to either nullify the recently conducted governorship primary in the state or recognise him as the rightful winner.
Governor Hyacinth Alia was declared winner of the APC governorship primary after polling 367,786 votes. Other contestants in the exercise include Terwase Orbunde, who secured 3,247 votes, and Kuraun, who got 2,923 votes.
Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Thursday, Kuraun rejected the outcome of the exercise, insisting that the primary election held in Benue last week lacked credibility, transparency and fairness expected of a ruling political party.
He alleged that the process was manipulated and failed to represent the genuine wishes of APC members spread across the 276 council wards and 23 local government areas of the state.
Kuraun further maintained that among all the aspirants, he was the only one who fully complied with the APC guidelines ahead of the primary election.
“Prior to the primary election, I duly submitted the comprehensive list of my ward and local government agents to the APC Governorship Primary Election Committee at the APC State Secretariat in Makurdi. The submission was formally acknowledged by the committee.
“To the best of available evidence, no other aspirant submitted such comprehensive agents’ lists covering all 276 council wards and 23 local government areas.
“Most importantly, I was the only aspirant with agents physically present and verifiably deployed across the field during the exercise. This fact is supported by extensive pictorial and video evidence taken across the wards and local government areas in Benue State.
“Our agents and supporters were visibly present, mobilised, and prepared for the democratic exercise. They wore identification tags, coordinated party faithful, and waited for the distribution of election materials in anticipation of a credible process.
“Unfortunately, what followed was deeply disturbing,” he stated.
According to him, election materials allegedly failed to reach many designated ward centres despite reports that they left Makurdi around 1:00 p.m. for distribution across the state.
“My agents and supporters across the 23 local government areas patiently waited at their respective ward centres for the arrival of election materials, which reportedly departed Makurdi at about 1:00 p.m. for onward distribution to the designated wards. However, in many instances, these materials never arrived at the approved ward centres for the conduct of the primary election.
“Instead, reports and evidence later showed that the materials were taken away or found in the possession of certain government appointees and individuals outside the designated electoral process.
“This unfortunate development ultimately created room for the diversion of election materials to unknown locations and opened the door for the falsification and fabrication of results without actual voting taking place in many areas.
“I challenge anyone claiming victory in that exercise to publicly provide authentic video or pictorial evidence showing actual accreditation, voting, counting, and collation processes across the 276 council wards of Benue State,” he said.
Kuraun also disclosed that he had activated the party’s internal dispute resolution mechanism in line with APC guidelines but claimed that members of the appeal committee became unreachable when he attempted to file his complaint.
“However, when it became time to formally file my appeal before the Governorship Primary Election Appeal Committee, the committee members became unavailable and could not be found anywhere despite repeated efforts by myself, my representatives, and my legal team to reach them.
“It is my firm belief that this deliberate unavailability was calculated to frustrate my constitutional and democratic right to seek redress within the party framework.
“Faced with this obstruction, I had no option but to forward my appeal through DHL courier service to the National Chairman of the APC, with copies duly sent to the National Legal Adviser.
“The complaint was officially acknowledged at the office of the National Chairman on 25 May 2026. Regrettably, up till this moment, I have neither received any formal response nor been invited for any meeting, hearing, or discussion concerning the complaint filed.
“On 27 May 2026, I further sent a formal reminder and pre-action notice through my solicitors, again urging the party leadership to urgently address the complaint before the expiration of the statutory timelines applicable to pre-election matters,” he added.
The APC aspirant insisted that many party supporters turned out across the state expecting a transparent primary process and warned against suppressing their participation through manipulation.
He therefore called on the APC National Working Committee to either conduct a fresh governorship primary under independent supervision or declare him winner of the contest.
“In view of the overwhelming irregularities, absence of transparency, denial of due process, and the failure of the exercise to meet acceptable democratic standards, I respectfully call on the National Working Committee of the APC to:
“Cancel the purported governorship primary election conducted in Benue State on 21 May 2026 and conduct a fresh, transparent, and independently supervised primary election.
“Declare me, Dr. Jeffrey Kuraun, the valid winner of the primary election based on the undisputed fact that I was the only aspirant who substantially complied with the party’s stipulated preparatory requirements for the conduct of the exercise, including the duly acknowledged submission and deployment of agents across the 276 council wards and 23 local government areas of Benue State, as well as the overwhelming turnout and visible participation of my supporters across the state despite the failure of election materials to reach the designated ward centres.
“Benue deserves credible leadership recruitment processes, not manufactured outcomes. Internal democracy remains the foundation upon which public democratic legitimacy rests. Once internal democracy collapses, governance itself becomes endangered,” he said.
Benue: Declare me winner or conduct fresh primary – Guber aspirant tells APC
The President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, has stressed the need for central banks across the world to maintain their independence amid growing political and economic pressures.
Speaking on Thursday at a conference in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Lagarde said the challenge facing monetary institutions was no longer just how to guarantee independence, but how to protect it when tested.
“The question is no longer simply how to guarantee independence,” she said. “It is how to protect it when it is put to the test.”
Lagarde noted that central banks in emerging markets and developing economies had long operated under more difficult conditions and said developed economies could learn from their experiences.
“We have more to learn from your experience than the other way around,” she told central bankers from parts of the Middle East and West Africa attending the conference.
Her comments come amid rising concerns over political interference in monetary policy, particularly in the United States, where President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticised the Federal Reserve System over interest rate decisions.
Lagarde also referenced lessons from the 1970s oil shock and stagflation era, arguing that evidence had shown countries with less independent central banks often experienced higher inflation.
“This evidence underscored the need to shield monetary policy decisions from the electoral cycle,” she said.
According to her, central banks must remain close enough to governments to serve the public interest, while retaining enough autonomy to resist political pressure.
“To best serve the public interest, a central bank must be close enough to the state — but independent enough to resist the pressures of the moment,” she added.
Lagarde further warned that increasing economic shocks and declining public trust in institutions could weaken the authority and credibility of central banks globally.
“It is precisely when monetary policy decisions are politically fraught and economically costly that credibility is most needed,” she said.
Her remarks followed recent comments by ECB board member Isabel Schnabel, who warned that rising government debt levels could quietly erode central bank independence by increasing pressure on policymakers to keep interest rates low.
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