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1. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Saturday conducted the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, council election. The exercise was, however, married by low turnout and vote buying.
2. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has lamented the low turnout in the ongoing Area Council Elections. The minister, who toured some polling units, interacted with electoral officials. At a polling unit in Karshi, the minister met a few electoral officials without any voter
3. The Kebbi State Police Command has said it repelled an attack by suspected Lakurawa terrorists on security operatives along the Maje border road in Bagudo Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Bashir Usman, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi.
4. Governor Dikko Umar Radda of Katsina State has applauded the Department of State Services, DSS, the Nigerian Army, as well as the Nigeria Police Force, for rescuing 21 victims kidnapped in the state. The disclosure was conveyed in a statement issued on Saturday by the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Dr. Nasir Mua’zu.
5. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ukalikpe Napoleon, the winner of the Ahoada East State Constituency II bye-election held on Saturday. The Returning Officer, Prof. Rosemary Ogbo, announced the results and certified that the poll was duly conducted and contested.
6. The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Commissioner of Police, CP, Miller Dantawaye, on Saturday commended officers and men of the Nigerian Police Force, NPF over the conduct of the FCT Area Council Polls. Dantawaye, who monitored the voting process across some polling units, described the exercise as peaceful and hitch free.
7. Minister of Works, David Umahi, has decried acts of vandalism along the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway corridor warning that offenders will be prosecuted. He, however, assured that the section of the road will be ready for commissioning by May this year. Umahi gave the assurance on Saturday during an inspection of the project, a flagship infrastructure initiative of the administration of President Bola Tinubu linking Lagos to the South-South and South-East regions.
8. Three major opposition parties— the Peoples Democratic Party, New Nigerian Peoples Party, and African Democratic Congress —are missing on the ballot papers for the Kano State House of Assembly by-election holding on Saturday, as reported by Arise News. The by-election is being conducted to fill two vacant seats in the state assembly following the deaths of the former lawmakers last year, who were members of the NNPP before their demise.
9. Troops of 6 Brigade Nigerian Army Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke have intercepted a suspected gun runner and recovered 969 rounds of ammunition during an operation in Taraba State. In a Saturday statement posted on X, the Nigerian Army said the arrest was made on February 21, 2026, at Sarkin Kudu in Ibi Local Government Area of the state.
10. Katsina State Government has announced the rescue of 21 kidnapped victims and the arrest of four suspects following a joint security operation in Dargaza Hills, Danmusa Local Government Area. The operation was led by the Department of State Services in collaboration with the Nigerian Army, Nigeria Police Force, and the Community Watch Corps.
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