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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has sensitised residents and conducted flood rescue simulation exercise to strengthen community preparedness ahead of the 2026 rainy season in Kaduna The exercise formed part of NEMA’s 2026 Disaster Preparedness and Response Campaign on floods and related hazards across the country. Mr Suleiman Muhammad, Head of Operations, NEMA Kaduna Office, said the exercise was aimed at building the capacity of residents as first responders during emergencies before the arrival of rescue agencies. Muhammad said the simulation was designed to equip communities with practical rescue and response skills to minimise losses during flooding incidents. “By training the communities and carrying out simulations, they will be able to respond immediately in case of any emergency before government agencies arrive. “We want communities to start rescuing their people before the arrival of any response agency,” he said. He said Kaduna was among states id...

Ahead of the 2027 general election, a philanthropist, Honourable Matthew  Moses popularly known as Dr. Matt has assured that if he emerges member representing Chikun Constituency in the Kaduna  State House Of Assembly under the  NDC party, it would be all round blessings for his constituents. He made the promise at a special dinner held in his honour at the Neat Place in Kaduna on Tuesday. "We deserve better. We deserve a community where hard work is met with opportunity, and where every citizen can sleep at night knowing their home, their neighborhood, and their future are safe. "My vision for our Local Government is centered on three core pillars: Power, Economic Revitalization, Community Safety, and Infrastructure for Growth," he said. On power, he described it as the first trigger for development, adding,  "I am committed to ensuring that we get as many power plants (Transformers) for people in Chikun, which will help businesses to thrive and als...

The Secretary of the Labour Party in Ebonyi State, Comrade Igiri Innocent, has petitioned the party’s Presidential Screening Committee in Abuja, calling for the disqualification of one of the party’s presidential aspirants, Samuel Chibuzor Nwigwe, from participating in the 2026 presidential primary election. In the petition dated May 20, 2026 and addressed to the Chairman of the Labour Party Presidential Screening Committee in the Federal Capital Territory, Igiri alleged that the aspirant failed to meet critical constitutional and party requirements needed to contest for the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Allegation Of Dual Citizenship The petitioner argued that Samuel Chibuzor Nwigwe was constitutionally ineligible to contest for the presidency on the grounds of alleged British citizenship. According to the petition, the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, provides under Section 131 that any person seeking election int...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday,  held a stakeholders’ engagement and community outreach in Katsina State as part of efforts to strengthen preparedness against flooding and related disasters ahead of the rainy season. The programme was organised under the 2026 National Preparedness and Response Campaign on Flood Disaster and Related Hazards. Participants at the event included officials of the Katsina State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), security agencies, government ministries, humanitarian organisations, traditional institutions, women and youth groups, community leaders and the media. Director-General of NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, said the campaign was aimed at promoting early and coordinated action to protect lives and livelihoods during the 2026 rainy season. Umar, represented by the Head of Operations, Malam Suleiman Muhammad, said the theme of the campaign, “Strengthening Disaster Risk Governance for a Resilient Nigeria,” highlighted th...

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has alleged that there are plans by security operatives to take former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, into custody from the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. Frank, in a statement in the early hours of Monday, claimed he received information from sources alleging that operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) might attempt to arrest El-Rufai when he appears before Justice M.B. Idris of the Federal High Court. He said: “Pursuant to what appears to be a grand plan by the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to politically eliminate Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, I have been reliably informed that plans have allegedly been concluded by the DSS to forcefully take him into custody today (Monday) from  the Federal High Court, Abuja, where he is meant to appear.” According to him, such a move would allegedly contradict existing court orders dir...

*Calls for international sanctions against  officials found culpable in undermining democratic freedom Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has alleged that there are covert plans within sections of Nigeria’s security establishment to eliminate former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, while also calling for the immediate release of businessman, Tunde Ayeni. In a statement issued on Sunday, Frank claimed he received information from what he described as a “reliable source within the security agencies” alleging that some officials within government circles were plotting against el-Rufai. “I received a troubling call from a reliable source within the security agencies alleging that there are plots to eliminate Nasir el-Rufai — a strategic plan allegedly orchestrated by top appointees within the government and the presidency,” Frank stated. “According to the information, he may be administered a harmful substanc...