Nelson Ugwuagbo

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially adopted President Bola Tinubu as its sole presidential candidate for the 2027 general election.

The endorsement was announced on Thursday during the APC National Summit held in Abuja, where the party’s National Assembly Caucus and the Progressive Governors’ Forum declared their unanimous support for Tinubu’s re-election bid.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio, speaking at the summit, confirmed the party’s decision, citing what he described as Tinubu’s commendable performance in office.

Commenting on the development, President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, said the move followed a midterm performance review of the administration, which showed that the President had delivered significantly on his promises.

Bwala, speaking later on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said: “The APC leadership conducted a thorough assessment and agreed that President Tinubu deserves another term based on his achievements so far.”

He added that the initiative reflects a progressive shift in political accountability, noting that the President had earlier introduced performance indicators for ministers and had now subjected himself to similar evaluation.

According to Bwala, the party had been engaging in a broader review of its promises and manifesto to determine whether Tinubu had fulfilled enough of his commitments to warrant a second term.

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has stated that the sit-at-home order enforced by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Nigeria’s South-East region is losing its impact.

Speaking at the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Summit held in Abuja on Thursday, Ribadu said security conditions in the region have improved significantly under the current administration.

He noted that several high-ranking members of IPOB and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), have been captured or neutralised, weakening the group’s operations.

“The ‘sit-at-home’ orders are becoming more and more ineffective,” Ribadu said. He also reported a decline in attacks on security personnel across the region.

According to the NSA, over 50 police stations and posts have been reconstructed as normal social and economic activities begin to resume across the South-East.

The summit featured the presentation of a two-year scorecard by the Federal Government under President Bola Tinubu’s leadership.

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has suspended Wilcox Job, the paramount ruler of the Swali community in Yenagoa Local Government Area, over alleged links to cult activities involving his sons.

The suspension, which took immediate effect, was announced in a joint statement on Wednesday by Ebiuwou Koku-Obiyai, Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, and Thompson Amule, Commissioner for Chieftaincy Affairs.

According to the statement, the traditional ruler was suspended for failing to provide the leadership expected of his office in combating crime and cultism, despite credible intelligence linking two of his sons to cult activities in the community.

“The commissioner of police has been directed to declare the two royal sons and all those involved in cultism in Swali wanted,” the statement read.

The commissioners further stated that all individuals connected to cultism in the area will be arrested, investigated, and prosecuted.

The Edo State Government has uncovered and sealed a brothel allegedly operating within the premises of Ujuele Primary School in Esan West Local Government Area.

The discovery was announced on Thursday during a press briefing in Benin City by the State Coordinator for the Protection of Government Property (PGP), Eugene Okolosie.

Okolosie stated that the action followed complaints from members of the affected community who reported that land grabbers had forged signatures to illegally acquire government land, including school property.

He added that the government had so far recovered over 2,000 plots of encroached land across the state and that discussions were ongoing with Governor Godwin Obaseki on the possible conversion of the reclaimed properties.

“In Ujuele Primary School, they built a brothel inside the school. We have sealed the brothel,” Okolosie said.

He further disclosed that over 150,000 houses in the state were erected on government-owned land.