1. An attempt by some state governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors to remove their Imo State counterpart, Hope Uzodimma as chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has hit the rocks.
This follows the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the disagreement that triggered the revolt against Uzodimma. Eighteen of the 31 APC governors yesterday met in Abuja and passed a vote of confidence on the Imo State governor, only 24 hours after some of the governors claimed they had replaced Uzodimma with Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah.
2. A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday granted an indefinite adjournment in a suit filed by an aggrieved chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Nafiu-Bala Gombe, challenging the legitimacy of the David Mark-led leadership of the party. Justice Emeka Nwite took the decision in a ruling after taking arguments from lawyers to the parties in the suit.
3. The Renewed Hope Ambassadors has said President Bola Tinubu has delivered major development projects across northern Nigeria, noting that the administration has kept the promises made to the region during the 2023 election campaign. The group made the claim after a media tour of Federal Government projects in the North-West organised in collaboration with the Presidential Media Team
4. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has issued a warning that 19 states across the country may experience flash flooding in the coming days due to expected heavy early rains. In an advisory released on Friday NiMet explained that the flooding risk is heightened because dry and hardened soils will prevent water from soaking properly into the ground, leading to increased surface runoff.
5. The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party aligned with Kabiru Turaki has challenged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to carry out his threat of shutting down its operational office. This follows remarks made by Wike during his monthly media briefing earlier this week, where he questioned the legitimacy of the Turaki-led faction and demanded that the group operate openly if it truly existed.
6. Confident that a Supreme Court judgment now reinforces the legitimacy of Alhaji Abdulrahman Mohammed and Senator Samuel Anyanwu as National Chairman and National Secretary respectively, loyalists of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, have asserted total control of Wadata Plaza, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national headquarters in Abuja.
7. Intensified joint security operations against banditry in Katsina State have resulted in the killing of five suspected bandits and the rescue of 32 kidnapped victims. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Dr. Nasir Mu’azu, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Katsina.
8. The Nigeria Labour Congress has called on the Congress of South African Trade Unions to lead a mass sensitisation campaign across South African communities to combat xenophobia and protect migrant workers. In a letter dated May 7, 2026, and addressed to the President of COSATU in Johannesburg, NLC President Joe Ajaero warned that South Africa could not claim to defend the working class while allowing African migrants to be hunted and killed.
9. The Defence Headquarters says troops have neutralised scores of terrorists, arrested dozens of criminal suspects and rescued over 50 kidnapped victims in nationwide operations between April 30 and May 7. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Michael Onoja, disclosed this in a statement on ongoing military operations across various theatres on Friday in Abuja.
10. Loyalists of former Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar have thrown their weight behind former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, ahead of the 2027 general election. The endorsement was announced on Friday in Abuja during a coalition meeting attended by members of the Obidient Movement, Kwankwasiyya Movement and the Coalition of Atiku Support Groups Initiative.
