Today’s Headlines: Tinubu heads to Makkah to pray for Nigeria, I’ve never spoken ill of El-Rufai–Uba

Tinubu heads to Makkah to pray for Nigeria.

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Thursday for Makkah, Saudi Arabia, to perform the Islamic pilgrimage of Umrah and pray for Nigeria’s peace, unity, stability and development.

According to a statement issued on Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the visit will provide the President an opportunity for spiritual reflection and devotion.

I’ve never spoken ill of El-Rufai, says Uba Sani.

Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has said he has never spoken ill of his predecessor, Nasir El-Rufai, despite questions surrounding their relationship and his former political leader’s continued detention.

Sani said he still had tremendous respect for the former governor and would not make public all the steps he had taken to demonstrate his regard for him.

The governor stated this during an interview on Trust TV’s Daily Politics on Tuesday, when asked whether he feared El-Rufai’s influence ahead of the next election and whether he was concerned about his continued detention since February.

2027: Why Ogoni people will vote massively for Tinubu — Wike.

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, said on Wednesday that the people of Ogoni in Rivers State would reward President Bola Tinubu with their votes in the 2027 general elections for establishing the Federal University of Environment and Technology in the area.

Wike stated this at a Rainbow Coalition town hall meeting with the people of Tai Local Government Area, held at Gbenegininwa Hall, Saakpenwa, on Wednesday.

Gunmen kill farmer, injure pastor in Plateau community.

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani militias on Wednesday afternoon killed a 36-year-old farmer identified as Steven Bala, and also injured a cleric, Pastor Apollos Charly, in a fresh attack on Lamor community, Pushit District of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.

A community youth leader, Bulus Nehemiah, who confirmed the incident, said a 57-year-old man, Danbaba Libet, was also missing following the attack.

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