1. The All Progressives Congress, APC, has officially expelled former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, from the party over allegations of anti-party activities. Aregbesola, who governed Osun State for eight years, had formed a faction within the APC known as The Osun Progressives (TOP), now rebranded as the Omoluabi Caucus.

2. The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has resolved to hold a nationwide anti-telecom tariff hike protest on Tuesday, February 4. It was learnt that the nationwide protest was agreed on at the ongoing National Administrative Council, NAC, meeting of the NLC.

3. The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has announced the suspension of operations by Max Air following Tuesday’s night incident involving the airline’s aircraft in Kano. A Max Air B734 aircraft with registration marks 5N-MBD experienced a tyre burst on landing at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano on Tuesday, 28th, January 2025 at about 2251 hours.

4. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have raided the Abuja home of a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, Prof. Usman Yusuf. It was learnt that the gun-wielding operatives arrested the professor of haematology-oncology and bone marrow transplantation in his house in the presence of his wife and children on Wednesday.

5. Following the clash between Samuel Anyanwu and Sunday Ude-Okoyes over the authentic National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, security agencies have taken over the party secretariat. The operatives comprised of soldiers, policemen and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps.

6. The Federal Government has secured a $1.1 billion loan from African Development Bank, AfDB, to provide electricity for 5 million people by the end of 2026. President Tinubu’s media aide, Bayo Onanuga, who disclosed this in a statement, said his principal made this known at the just concluded two-day Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

7. The Naira on Wednesday appreciated to N1,630 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,640 per dollar on Tuesday. Similarly, the Naira appreciated to N1,507 per dollar in the official foreign exchange market.

8. The Peoples Democratic Party’s elected governors have called for an emergency meeting on Friday in Asaba, Delta State, to redress the challenges plaguing the party. According to findings, the governors’ emergency meeting in Asaba, the Delta State capital, is meant to redress the challenges plaguing the party.

9. Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen late Tuesday attacked the residence of the Chairman of Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State, Maharazu Dayi, leaving a police officer dead. The hoodlums shot the officer who was identified as Police Corporal Shamsudeen Lawal, who was later confirmed dead at the nearby hospital where he was receiving medical treatment.

10. Tension engulfed Umunede and Mbiri communities in Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State on Wednesday following the killing of two farmers by suspected herders. It was gathered that the incident which happened in the Mbiri community on Tuesday led to the burning of herdsmen’s settlement in the Umunede community.