Felix Ifijeh, THEWILL

The Nigeria Police Force has intensified its crackdown on terrorism, illegal arms manufacturing and violent crime across the country, arresting suspected terrorist collaborators, dismantling an illegal weapons factory and recovering firearms linked to previous attacks.

Security operatives comprising personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS), other security agencies and local vigilantes have rescued a 29-year-old kidnap victim and neutralised two suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State.

President Bola Tinubu has directed the reconstitution of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 general elections following the uproar that greeted the initial roaster released by the Presidency on Saturday, THEWILL can exclusively report.

Two days after electioneering for the 2027 Presidential and National Assembly polls officially kicked off on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, some political parties embarked on candidate substitution at the weekend.

President Bola Tinubu has renewed the tenure of the Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Abdulhamid Salihu Dembos, and the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Ali Mohammed Ali, for another three years.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered a disturbing mix of traditional and increasingly sophisticated methods being employed by drug traffickers across Nigeria, arresting a 101-year-old great-grandmother allegedly involved in retail cannabis dealing and intercepting cocaine concealed inside edible cassava flour popularly known as fufu.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) wants INEC to state whether it has exercised its statutory power to limit political contributions under the Electoral Act, 2026, and immediately publish any limits prescribed for individuals, political parties and...

The National Coordinator and Executive Director of the National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office, George Buchi Nwabueze, has launched a strong defence of the controversial outfit, dismissing the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission’s (ICPC) description of it as a “fake agency”.

According to the delegation, co-led by IRI President Daniel Twining and Ambassador Jendayi Frazer, a board member of the National Endowment for Democracy, NED, and former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Nigeria retains important foundations for democratic competition, including an established electoral institution and a multi-party system but political consolidation by the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, opposition fragmentation, election-related violence, monetised political competition and declining public trust are weakening the foundations built for democratic competition, established electoral institutions, an active civil society and a multi-party system.

The initial list unveiled on Saturday, contains 223 names. It is considerably smaller than the 422-member campaign council constituted by the APC for the 2023 presidential election and represents a substantial reorganisation of the party’s campaign machinery.