The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has pulled out of all reconciliation agreements previously reached within the Peoples Democratic Party, accusing key party leaders of betrayal, dishonesty, and serial violations of mutual understandings.

Governor Mohammed Umar-Bago of Niger State has inaugurated a 20-year short-term development plan for the ‘New Bida Town’.
Umar-Bago explained that the plan aims to strategically modernise the city in line with his administration’s vision of ‘Urban Renewal Development’ across the state. He disclosed this at a Town Hall meeting and stakeholders’ engagement on the ‘New Bida 20-Year Development Plan’, organised by the Ministry of Lands and Survey in collaboration with the New Niger Development Project, held in Bida on Sunday.

The Niger Police Command has rescued four kidnapped victims of Sarkin-Pawa, Munya Local Government Area of the state.

This is contained in a statement released by its Public Relations officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, on Saturday in Minna.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that on February 20, around 10 pm, suspected kidnappers attacked Hayin-Dogo and Dangunu villages of Sarkin-Pawa, Munya LGA.

It had been over seven years since the ordeal, yet to Folake Olaniyi, the memory remained fresh, etched deeply into her heart like it happened just yesterday.

Her face, lined with pain and lingering anger, betrayed the weight of a loss that time hadn’t healed.

The Federal Government has concluded plans to sell a sprawling estate linked to a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, to low and middle-income Nigerians.

The massive property, comprising 753 housing units, was recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in December 2024.