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By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Professor Sheikh Abdullahi Saleh Usman has voluntarily resigned his appointment. Prof. Usman's resignation, effective from Monday, 9 February 2026, was contained in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen Tuesday evening in Kaduna. The statement read in part: "It is with deep reflection and gratitude to "Allah SWT" that I announce my resignation from the office of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, effective Monday, 9th February 2026. "I wish to state unequivocally that this decision is…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia has approved the appointment of Professor Timothy Terseer Alabar as new Vice Chancellor (VC) of the state-owned Father Adasu University, Makurdi (FAUM). Governor Alia, who is the Visitor to the university, made the approval following due process leading to the appointment carried out by the institution's Governing Board and other relevant authorities. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Tersoo Kula, which disclosed these. said the appointment takes immediate effect. According to the statement, Professor Alabar, who before the appointment was the Dean, Postgraduate School, FAUM, hails from…

*Senate Defends Stance On e-Transmission Of Results, Says 'We Can't Be Intimidated' With rising criticism over the proposed amendments to the Electoral Act, African Democratic Congress (ADC) stalwart, Kenneth Okonkwo has told the Senate to completely expunge provisions allowing manual transmission of election results. Speaking on Tuesday while appearing on Politics Today on Channels Television, Nollywood actor-turned politician Okonkwo insisted that results must be transmitted directly from polling units to tame rigging or manipulation. “Once they put that law that you must transmit from the polling unit, I am okay. So any polling officer would not leave the polling unit,”…

*He's On The Run -Police By Emmanuel Ogoigbe, Warri Serene Osubi community of Okpe Local Government Area (LGA) has been thrown into mourning after a man, identified simply as Iseleto, stabbed his 23-year-old son, identified as Miracle, to death. Sources familiar with the incident, which shocked the residents, revealed that Iseleto allegedly committed the act after bellyaching that his son rented separate apartments for his (Iseleto's) wife and for the suspect, following a series of marital upheavals involving his father and wife. Sources said the son took the action to let peace reign. However, it appears that the peace-making gesture…

*Heed Public Demand On Electoral Transparency, Don't Manipulate, Undermine Electoral Act, Protesters Warn Akpabio *'Election Results Must Be Transmitted Electronically From Polling Booth Directly. Let People Watch It. This Is What Is Done In South Africa, Ghana, Other Countries. Giant of Africa Has Refused To Be Giant' A mammoth crowd of protesters today stormed the National Assembly complex to give vent to their indignation over the legislature's bid to dump electronic transmission of election results ahead next year's general polls. The crowd was led by prominent opposition leader and 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi. There…

*Warns Soludo *Sues For Unity Beginning at dawn today, Monday, 9 February, 2026, huge, happy crowds are expected to pour out onto the streets of major towns and villages in the South-East as residents comply with the "total and permanent cancellation" of the sit-at-home exercise imposed by Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to protest the long-time detention of the group's leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, by the Federal Government. Kanu is presently serving life jail in Sokoto Correctional Facility for treason-related offences and others. Indeed, it promises to be happy moments again as vehicles take up the roads, honking horns and…

*As NAWOJ Visits By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu The State Project Coordinator of Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) in Enugu State, Dr. Ebele Georgina Chukwu Onuora, has called for stronger partnership with the media to promote girl-child education, enhance school retention, and combat gender-based violence across the state. Dr. Onuora made the call while receiving the leadership of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Enugu State chapter, during a courtesy visit to her office in Enugu. Welcoming the delegation, Dr. Onuora expressed delight at the visit and described the media as a critical stakeholder in driving social change,…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu The Nigerian Army said it deployed troops in a joint operation within Amasiri and adjoining communities, Afikpo North Local Government Area (LGA) of Ebonyi to protect innocent citizens. This was contained in a statement issued by Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 82 Division, Lt.-Col. Olabisi Ayeni, yesterday, in Enugu. Ayeni noted that the attention of 82 Division headquarters had been drawn to videos currently circulating on social media, featuring journalists condemning deployment of troops to Amasiri following the killing of innocent citizens in the community, The Army spokesman said that the intervention of soldiers and…

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi From the inner closet of Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has come a direct brick wall against his 2007 re-election aspiration. His kinsmen from the governor's Kunav community, Vandeikya Local Government Area (LGA), have called for his replacement as the state's Chief Executive in 2027. This is as Alia insists that he has six more years to complete his eight years as governor with his loyalists in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) repeatedly voicing it loudly that there is no vacancy in Government House, Makurdi, the state's seat of power, in 2027. The governorship…

Ghana President John Dramani Mahama has directed the immediate recall of Mohammed Baba Jamal from his post as Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria following allegations of voter inducement during the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC)'s Ayawaso East parliamentary primary yesterday. The decision has been hailed as exemplary of a leader intent on sanitizing his country's electoral process to weed out political corruption and clear the path for free and fair polls. The controversy arose after footage circulated on social media showing delegates allegedly receiving 32-inch television sets said to have been distributed by Mr Jamal’s campaign team. The decision to…