BREAKING: Kanu: US Secretary Of State To Engage Nigerian Govt: 13 Rep Members Switch Parties

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Nnamdi Kanu: US Congress directs Secretary of State to engage Nigerian govt 

The United States Congress has directed the Secretary of State to engage the Nigerian government over the trial, conviction and imprisonment of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

The directive followed a resolution passed by Congress on May 22, 2026, a copy of which was obtained in Abuja by Daily Sun yesterday.

The resolution, numbered H.Res. 1321, was moved by Congressman John James, who called on Congress to urge the Nigerian government to ensure that all legal proceedings involving Kanu are conducted in full compliance with Nigeria’s constitutional obligations and international human rights commitments.

Kanu was sentenced to life imprisonment on November 20, 2025, by Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice James Omotosho, after being convicted on terrorism charges filed by the Nigerian government. He is currently serving the sentence at Sokoto Prison.
13 rep members switch parties

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Thirteen members of the House of Representatives yesterday switched parties.

At the resumption of plenary following the Sallah break, Speaker of the House of Representatives Abbas Tajudeen, who presided over the session, read 13 letters announcing party changes by lawmakers.

Out of the number, six members of the Oyo House of Representatives caucus defected to the APM.

They include Anthony Adebayo, Adedeji Olajide, Sunday Makanjuola, Oyedeji Oyeshina, Fola Oyekunle, and Adigun Adekunle.

Kingsley Chinda: Rivers will soon be renamed Wike’s state – Babafemi Ojudu 

Former presidential aide and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Babafemi Ojudu has slammed the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, over the emergene of his loyalist as the candidate of the ruling party for the Rivers State governorship election.

DAILY POST recalls that Kingsley Chinda, the immediate past Minority Leader in the green chamber, won the APC governorship ticket ahead of the 2023 election.

However, confusion trailed his emergence on Tuesday following the announcement of his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the APC weeks after the primary election.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, announced Chinda’s defection during plenary on Tuesday.

Civilian casualty allegations undermine air operations’ legitimacy — CAS warns 

The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, has warned that allegations of civilian casualties during military air operations could undermine mission legitimacy, public confidence and the reputation of the Nigerian Air Force.

Aneke gave the warning on Tuesday in Abuja at the maiden seminar on Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response for Strategic Level Officers.

He said while the Nigerian Air Force remains committed to professional and responsible air operations, incidents whether confirmed or alleged, continue to highlight the need for stronger application of civilian protection principles.

According to him, such allegations have far-reaching implications for trust in the military both locally and internationally.

ADC crisis: Aregbesola asks new judge to withdraw from Gombe’s suit 

National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has asked Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja to recuse himself from the party’s leadership crisis suit reassigned to him.

Aregbesola’s application came barely less than a day to the hearing in the suit filed by Mr Nafiu-Bala Gombe to stop Sen David Mark-led leadership of the ADC from parading themselves as valid leaders of the party.

Justice Lifu had fixed tomorrow for the hearing of the case after the Chief Judge of the court, John Tsoho, reassigned the matter to him.

The case filed by Gombe, the aggrieved former National Deputy Chairman of the ADC, was earlier before Justice Emeka Nwite of a sister court. The matter was, however, reassigned to Justice Lifu, after Nwite’s name was announced among the 12 new justices whose names were sent to President Bola Tinubu for approval as judges of the Appeal Court.