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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that 66 out of 130 petitions challenging the final lists of governorship and State Houses of Assembly candidates for the 2027 general elections were successful. This was just as the commission said it approved the inclusion of affected candidates and political parties, while rejecting complaints that lacked merit and removing names wrongly published on the final lists. INEC announced the decisions in a statement issued on Thursday by Mohammed Kudu Haruna, Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC). According to the commission, the complaints followed the publication of the final lists of governorship and…

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has said that about $6.3bn in funds have been stolen in a “security incident” that looks to be the biggest crypto heist in history. The world’s largest crypto exchange said on Thursday that it had suspended all deposits and withdrawals and that about $3bn in funds had been frozen following the apparent hacking. Binance said an initial investigation suggested that a hacker had been able to make unauthorised transactions after gaining access to an engineer’s compromised laptop. The company said it would cover all losses, adding that user funds were “safe”. “Our teams are working around the clock…

Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana, has threatened to sue the relevant authorities if they fail to begin recovering billions of dollars and naira allegedly owed to the Federation Account by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and other oil and gas companies within 14 days. Falana said more than $123 billion and ₦66.4 billion could be recovered from unpaid oil royalties, alleged crude oil theft, undeclared exports, outstanding dividends, taxes and other government revenues. CityNews understands that in a letter dated October 28, 2026, addressed to the Senate President and copied to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Senior Advocate…

The 2027 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has described former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi as a “packaged fraud” who failed to improve healthcare services during his eight years in office. Sowore alleged that the longest recorded doctors’ strike in human history took place in Anambra State during Obi’s administration. He questioned the former governor’s claims and promises to establish primary healthcare facilities in every ward if elected president. The activist and politician made the allegations in a post on his X handle on Friday, October 30, while criticising Obi and his supporters over what he described…

Two officials of the Fusengbuwa ruling house in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, have said they will not honour an invitation from the Department of State Services (DSS) over the alleged sale of nomination forms to aspirants to the Awujale of Ijebuland throne. CityNews Nigeria reports that the DSS invited the Chairman of the ruling house, Abdulateef Owoyemi; the Deputy Chairman, Oladokun Ajidagba; and the Vice Chairman, Prof Fassy Yusuf, to its Abeokuta office on Thursday. The Awujale stool has been vacant since the death of Oba Sikiru Adetona in July 2025, after 65 years on the throne. According to a letter…

Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has reacted to the Federal High Court judgment which ordered Governor Hope Uzodimma to stop parading himself as the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for Imo West Senatorial District. The court also directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to publish Okorocha’s name as the party’s authentic candidate. Speaking after the judgment on Thursday, Okorocha said justice has finally prevailed. He recalled how one person allegedly wrote more than 300 results, causing someone who came fourth in an election to become number one, describing what happened in Imo West as similar. “Justice has finally…

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has criticised a former vice-president Atiku Abubakar’s time in office, contending that his period of service, particularly his assessment by his former President Olusegun Obasanjo, deserved to be thoroughly examined. Wike stated this during a Rainbow Coalition gathering on Thursday in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State, challenging Atiku to provide an accounting of his eight-year tenure as vice-president under former President Obasanjo from 1999 to 2007. Wike, having previously contested a presidential primary against Atiku, questioned the substantive outcomes of the former vice-president’s tenure, particularly his involvement in the…

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has rejected the Federal Government’s proposed N70,000 transport palliative, insisting that workers need an immediate salary increase and full implementation of the outstanding agreement with health workers to address the worsening cost of living. The congress said temporary wage awards were neither sustainable nor far-reaching, citing the failure to fully implement the 2023 wage award agreed upon by the government and labour. But the National Secretary of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), Gbenga Olowoyo, accepted the N70,000 wage award, while reaffirming labour’s demand for a N500,000 minimum wage. Meanwhile, ActionAid…

The Tinubu Must Go Movement, TMG, is attracting attention in Northern Nigeria amid concerns over the cost of living, insecurity and demands for better governance ahead of the 2027 general elections. Barrister Hamza Nuhu Dantani, one of the movement’s co-founders, told DAILY POST that the campaign was driven by the economic difficulties facing Nigerians and the need for greater accountability from the government. Dantani said the movement was not motivated by personal hatred for President Bola Tinubu but by concerns about his administration’s policies and their impact on ordinary citizens. “We do not hate President Tinubu as a person. Our…

President Bola Tinubu has approved N45 billion for the deployment of an integrated biosecurity and disease surveillance system at five international airports to boost Nigeria’s capacity to detect and respond to emerging infectious disease threats. The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, disclosed this on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Tinubu. He listed the five airports as Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt, and Enugu airports. According to the minister, the project will be delivered through a 20-year public-private partnership with the BioHealth Consortium, using technologies such as aircraft wastewater surveillance,…