Umahi Signs Tinubu’s Nomination Form, Describes It As Victory Form, Reaffirms Support For Continuity

The Honourable Minister of Works, Senator Engr. David Umahi, CON, has signed the nomination form of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for a second term, describing it as a “victory form” and a defining moment in Nigeria’s ongoing development journey.

Umahi said it is a collective commitment to continuity, stability, and the consolidation of gains recorded under the current administration. He noted that the President’s leadership has set in motion critical infrastructure reforms, particularly in road construction and rehabilitation, which remain vital to economic growth.

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According to the Minister, ongoing projects across the country are part of the administration’s resolve to deliver tangible results, adding that the progress made so far provides a strong foundation for sustained national transformation.

David Umahi

He expressed confidence that President Tinubu is well positioned to complete ongoing initiatives and further deepen development across all sectors.

Umahi also called for continued support for the administration, stressing that consistent leadership is essential to achieving long-term national goals.

Francis Nwaze, FIPMD
Senior Special Assistant to the Honourable Minister of Works (Media)
May 5, 2026

NPF Arrests Six Notorious Kidnapping Suspects, Rescues Victms In Kaduna

The Nigeria Police Force, through the Force Intelligence Department Special Tactical Squad (FID-STS), has recorded a major breakthrough with the arrest of six (6) notorious kidnapping suspects and the rescue of victims in Kaduna State.

The suspects, Yusuf Shuaibu (23), Abubakar Bature (19), Yau Murtala, Bello Suleiman (19), Abdul Kareem Nuhu (36), and Ahmed Musa (28), were arrested on 3rd April 2026.

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Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects are members of a kidnapping syndicate operating within Kaduna State and its environs, with links to criminal camps located in Rijana Forest.

Further findings indicate that the group was involved in multiple kidnapping incidents, including the abduction of a senior police officer and his son in October 2025. Despite collecting a ransom of Twenty-Four Million Naira (₦24,000,000) and other items, the victims were not released until police operatives intervened, leading to the successful rescue of the officer’s son unharmed. Efforts are ongoing to rescue the officer.

The suspects are also linked to the abduction of other victims, including a young child and members of the same family, where a ransom of Eighteen Million Naira (₦18,000,000) was collected before the victims were eventually rescued through police operations.

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Investigations are ongoing to apprehend other fleeing members of the syndicate, rescue remaining victims, and recover the syndicate’s weapons.

DCP ANTHONY OKON PLACID, psc(+), mnipr, mni Force Public Relations Officer Force Headquarters, Abuja, 5th May 2026

Alleged N10b Kogi Fraud: Ali Bello Used BDC in Transferring Money to Cronies- Witness

The trial of Ali Bello, nephew of the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello, before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja, continued on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, with the 17th Prosecution Witness, PW17, Ahmed Audu Abubakar, telling the court how Bello utilised bureau-de-change, BDC to make monetary transfers to his cronies.

Led in evidence by prosecution counsel and Director, Public Prosecution, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, the witness, informed the court that Bello, the first defendant in his extra-judicial statement admitted the inflows and outflow of funds through BDC.

“The second column shows that the utilisation of the funds in the BDC were carried out by the instruction of the first defendant, most of them are the cronies of the first defendant. In the extrajudicial statement that was taken he has already made a statement as to the inflows and the outflows,” he said.

When asked by the prosecution counsel to tell the court about the funds, the witness stated that the money spent was on behalf of Ali Bello and the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello.

“The spending of the money is for the first defendant and for the former governor. Some of the beneficiaries were the cronies of the first defendant. Some of the money was for payment for the first defendant or the former governor. We have Mother Care Welfare, an NGO belonging to the wife of the governor. We have Mumuni Benghazi, a resident of Benghazi Street, Wuse, Abuja.

I remember the payment of N100 million for the first defendant to Dantata. We have payment for one of the properties for N80 million.

“We have CI Automobiles, paid to CI Automobiles. The second payment for Dantata is N20 million to complete the N100 million. We have Sunny Benghazhi, N19 million, Mother Care Welfare is also here. Exhibit R and S. These are the statements of the defendant before my lord,” he said.

Fraud

The PW17 was cross-examined by counsel to the first and second defendant Ahmed Raji, SAN and O. Jolaooyo, SAN, respectively

Justice Omotosho, thereafter, adjourned the matter till May 6, 2026 for continuation of cross-examination.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Ali Bello, who is also the chief of staff to the governor of Kogi State governor, Usman Ododo, alongside Dauda Sulaiman on amended 16-count charge, bordering on misappropriation and money laundering to the tune of ₦10,270,556,800.00 (Ten Billion, Two Hundred and Seventy Million, Five Hundred and Fifty-six Thousand, Eight Hundred Naira).