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Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has said that his administration’s rescue mission is on course and yielding the desired results.

The governor stated this on Wednesday while inspecting the state government’s ongoing projects in the Shinkafi Local Government Area.

READ ALSO: Gov Lawal Pledges Investment In Human Capital, Others, Unveils Zamfara Development Plan

A statement by the spokesperson of the governor, Sulaiman Bala Idris, disclosed that in Shinkafi, Governor Lawal launched an empowerment programme by the member representing Shinkafi/Zurmi Federal Constituency, Bello Shinkafi.

The empowerment targets 2,000 people who received cars, tricycles, motocycles, and sewing machines, among others.

During the visit, Lawal inspected the Women and Children Welfare Clinic (WCWC) Primary Healthcare Centre in Shinkafi Town, which was awarded for total renovation.

The governor also visited the renovated General Hospital in Shinkafi and the ongoing new Referral Hospital project in the same town.

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At the Emirs’ palace, the governor reiterated his administration’s commitment to capital projects across local government areas.

“We are in Shinkafi today to inspect numerous key projects of my administration and to launch the empowerment program of Bello Hasan, member representing Shinkafi/Zurmi constituency.

“We have fully renovated and equipped the General Hospital in Shinkafi.

“The abandoned hospital now features state-of-the-art equipment capable of addressing the emergency needs of the people,” he said.

He further said that the referral hospital would ease a significant burden for people battling illnesses who are seeking serious medical attention.

“The Referral Hospital will be a game changer not only in Shinkafi LGA but also for the Zamfara North Senatorial Zone.

“The state government acquired the former Bafarawa Institute and will house the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the Zamfara State University. The school is undergoing serious work to complete it for effective utilization,” he added.

Three children were among five people who died in a motor accident that occurred on the Lokoja–Ajaokuta road in Kogi State.

READ ALSO: Two Dead, 19 Injured In Car Crash In Kogi – FRSC

Details of the accident obtained by Channels Television from the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) office in Lokoja showed that the children, who died in the accident on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, included two females and a male.

Two other victims, a male adult and a female adult, also died in the auto crash, which occurred at Gidan Bassa community at about 11:40 a.m.

According to the FRSC, the accident involved two vehicles, a Toyota Avensis car and a Sino truck belonging to Dangote Cement Plc.

The report further showed that the car marked Kogi BJK172LG and the truck with registration number BBR719SA had a head-on collision, leading to the death of five people on the spot.

The FRSC said 12 people were involved in the accident, saying that the remaining seven occupants sustained bruises, fractures, and other minor injuries.

The injured victims were taken to Ekpe Hospital, Ganaja, and ASCO Hospital, Ajaokuta, for treatment, while the corpses were deposited at the morgue of the Kogi State Specialist Hospital, Lokoja.

While attributing the cause of the accident to wrongful overtaking, the FRSC advised motorists to always avoid speeding and wrongful overtaking on the highways.

The FRSC said four hand-held phones recovered from the scene of the accident are under its care, while the vehicles and other luggage were handed over to policemen from Ajaokuta Division.

Two weeks ago, the FRSC confirmed the death of two persons and injuries to 19 others following a road crash at Osara community in Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State.

The Kogi State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Tenimu Etuku, disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Lokoja.

According to Etuku, four of the 19 survivors sustained varying degrees of injuries, ranging from bruises to fractures, and have been rushed to two nearby hospitals for medical attention.

Describing the incident as fatal, the sector commander said the crash involved an 18-seater Toyota Hiace bus along the Lokoja–Okene highway.

He explained that, based on the vehicle’s manifest, the ill-fated bus departed Kano on Monday evening en route to Auchi and Benin before the accident occurred at about 9:40 a.m.

Furthermore, Etuku attributed the lone crash to excessive speeding.

Health and fitness entrepreneur, Chienyenwa Amadi, says that on her journey for ‘A Ride for a Life’, she had an accident that led to her getting 25 stitches on two fingers.

Amadi said this during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Wednesday.

“Three days into my journey, I had a little incident in Burkina Faso. My box fell out, ran under my tyre, and it threw me off. I had an injury that required 10 stitches on one finger and 15 stitches on the other one, and my nails were pulled off.”

The female biker, popularly known as Chibeda, embarked on a journey from Nigeria to Europe and back to Nigeria on a motorbike to raise awareness and funds for cancer warriors struggling with the cost of treatment.

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Amadi said that despite the accident, she didn’t want to give up because there are so many depending on her, and she couldn’t afford to fail.

She explained that when the doctor finished attending to her, he told her she couldn’t leave.

“I told him you are joking, wrap up my finger. I need to get back on the road, and then he said the least he can do is give two weeks’ rest. I said, ‘No, just clean it, give me medication, and I will be on the road’.

“So he wrapped up my finger and told me to give it seven days, but on the fourth day, I was back on the road because I needed to get somewhere, give somebody hope, and let them know that this journey is not something to be done in silence. You need to speak up, and I’m giving them the voice by using my platform to give them the voice. ”

The biker said she has seen a lot of cancer patients fight in silence because of the stigma attached to the disease.

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Emmanuel Ogidi, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of empowering Nyesom Wike to destroy the opposition party, but believes the FCT minister would soon turn on the ruling party. 

“How can you reconcile with people? How can you reconcile with the man who wants to bring down your house? Now look at APC—APC, after all the shouting now. But they were the ones who empowered him to try and destroy the PDP,” Ogidi said on Wednesday during an appearance on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief. 

“So he did something. He’s going to give them their own. So you see, when you have a member of your family who is running wild, you just put him aside.” 

READ ALSO: ‘Leave Rivers Alone,’ Wike Tells APC National Secretary

Wike worked against the PDP in the 2023 presidential election, backing the APC for Nigeria’s exalted position. 

The immediate governor of Rivers State cited the non-adherence to party laws with the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the party’s flagbearer in that election. 

He was later appointed as minister, but recently had a spat with the National Secretary of the APC, Ajibola Basiru. 

Basiru asked Wike to stop dabbling in the APC affairs, as the FCT minister is not a member of the ruling party. 

READ ALSO: [Rivers] Wike Not APC Member, Lacks Right To Dabble In Party Affairs — National Secretary

“For the avoidance of doubt, our records indicate that Minister Nyesom Wike is not a member of our Party (APC), so he lacks the locus to dabble into the [affairs of] our party,” he stated.

However, the minister told the APC scribe to avoid talking about Rivers State. 

The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South-South, Emmanuel Ogidi, insists that the suspension of FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, ex-governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, and others, stands. 

Ogidi said this on Wednesday during his appearance on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, dismissing the claims to the contrary as “noise”. 

“Nigerians know the truth. They (Wike, Fayose, Anyanwu, others) are just making noise. They’ve been expelled,” the PDP chieftain said on the show. 

READ ALSO: PDP Expels Wike, Fayose, Anyanwu, Others

During its national convention in November, the PDP expelled Wike, Fayose, Samuel Anyanwu, and eight others over what the party described as “anti-party” activities. 

The convention, held in Ibadan, Oyo State, cited what it described as activities inconsistent with the party’s collective interest as reasons for the move. It later issued a certificate of expulsion to the affected persons. 

However, the group in the PDP loyal to Wike expelled Governor Seyi Makinde and others, who backed the expulsion. 

READ ALSO: [FULL LIST] PDP Expels Wike, Fayose, Others

‘I’m still in the PDP’

Weeks after the expulsion, Wike insisted he is still a member of the main opposition PDP. 

“I’m still in the PDP. So those who have remained, we’ll continue to work together.

“And I have said to the party, ‘Put your house in order. Because at the end of the day, if you don’t put your house in order, it’s the party that will lose’,” Wike said while reacting to the defection of some PDP lawmakers in the Rivers Assembly, to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

“And we still ask the party to work together to see how the remaining members will be a relevant opposition. But they chose not to.”

The FCT minister’s grouse with the PDP began in 2022 when Wike asked the party to zone its presidential ticket to southern Nigeria.

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and two others, bail in the sum of ₦500 million with two sureties.

The sureties, according to the judge, must have landed property in Asokoro, Maitama, Gwarinpa.

He added that they must submit their travelling documents to the court.

READ ALSO: Kebbi ADC Condemns Malami’s Detention By EFCC, Demands His Release

The documents of the properties are to be verified by the deputy chief registrar of the court while the sureties are also to depose to affidavit of means.

Malami was also ordered to deposit his travelling documents with the court and must not travel out of the country without the permission of the court.

The former AGF and his sureties were also ordered to deposit their two recent passport photograph with the court.

Meanwhile, Malami has been ordered to be remanded in Kuje prison pending his perfection of the bail conditions.

Justice Nwite subsequently fixed February 17 for commencement of trial of the corruption charges.

The same bail were extended to Malami, son Abdulaziz Malami, and an employee of Rahamaniyya Properties Limited, Hajia Asabe Bashir,.