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1. The Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN) has said no power or authority can make Muslims relinquish the practice of Shariah. The Secretary General of SCSN, Nafiu Baba Ahmad, said this in response to a recent report that a United States Congress committee submitted to President Donald Trump.
2. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has fixed January 16, 2027, for the Presidential and National Assembly elections. National Commissioner, Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Haruna, announced this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja.
3. Leaders of the opposition political parties in Nigeria have rejected the amended Electoral Act 2026 signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The leaders led by major opposition parties and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar faulted the manner the act was passed by the National Assembly.
4. Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has warned the newly appointed Secretary to the State Government and the Chief of Staff that any involvement in unauthorised or secret meetings would lead to their immediate dismissal. The governor issued the warning on Thursday shortly after the swearing-in of the SSG, Dr. Dagogo Wokoma, and the Chief of Staff, Sunny Ewule, at Government House in Port Harcourt.
5. Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has recovered official vehicles from commissioners who voluntarily resigned from the state executive council. The recovery exercise, carried out by operatives of the commission on Thursday, followed the alleged continued refusal of the affected commissioners to return the government property.
6. Tragedy struck Ibelebiri in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Wednesday afternoon when a fuel tanker collided with a tricycle, popularly known as Keke Napep, killing the driver and four children. The crash, which occurred along the Ibelebiri stretch of the Yenegwe–Okarki–Otuasega road, plunged the predominantly farming and fishing community into mourning.
7. Following a failed ambush on an Army General Officer Commanding, GOC, in Kebbi State, suspected Lakurawa terrorists have attacked a mosque in Dadinkowa community, Maiyama Local Government Area, killing six worshippers and injuring three others in the latest assault on fasting Muslims. According to local sources, the terrorists stormed the mosque while worshippers were observing prayers and opened fire indiscriminately.
8. The Naira on Thursday appreciated to N1,382 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,391 per dollar on Wednesday. However, the naira depreciated to N1,361 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market, NFEM.
9. A prosecution witness on Thursday told the Federal High Court in Abuja that some disgruntled Fulani chiefs sponsored over 200 armed men wielding AK-47 rifles to carry out the June 13, 2025, attack on Yelwata in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The witness, Moses Paul, a team leader with the Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, testified in the trial of nine suspects charged in connection with the attack in Benue State.
10. Ondo State Police Command on Thursday announced the arrest of six men who allegedly posed as pastors and defrauded unsuspecting residents of Idanre community in Idanre Local Government Area of the state through staged “miracles.” In a statement issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Kazeem, the suspects were identified simply as Fadahunsi, Kolade, Tijani, Iyanuoluwa, Arijesulola and Ademola.
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