Latest News in Nigeria Today Sunday 22nd February 2026
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Sunday 22nd February 2026 .
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target=_blank>Passengers narrate shocking experiences on Abuja-Kaduna train services
They expressed the disappointment that the service, meant to be a safer alternative to the reported insecurity on the Abuja-Kaduna highways, has turned into a gruelling ordeal.
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target=_blank>Unusual story of Gombe varsity student who lives on liquids for 21 years
At 21, Sammy Samaila has never eaten solid food, yet he walks to class every day, studies sociology, and quietly navigates university life with determination.
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target=_blank>Why I wrote petition against Obono-Obla – Lawmaker
The lawmaker representing Yakurr I State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Cyril Omini, has confirmed that the recent arrest of former presidential aide, Okoi Obono-Obla, followed a petition he submitted to the Nigeria Police over alleged defamation and malicious accusations.
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target=_blank>Phone tapping: ‘Withdraw unlawful mass surveillance regulations now’, SERAP tells Tinubu
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “direct Mr Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy to immediately withdraw the Lawful Interception of Communications Regulations, 2019, as the Regulations are unconstitutional, unlawful, and entirely inconsistent with Nigeria’s international obligations.”
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E2%82%A62-4m-in-taraba/ target=_blank>Troops arrest suspected gun runner, recover ammunition and ₦2.4m in Taraba
Troops of the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke have intercepted and arrested a suspected gun runner during a stop-and-search operation at Sarkin Kudu in Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba State.
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target=_blank>Transparency gaps undermine Nigeria’s disaster response — Eyekosi
A disaster management expert, Samson Oritsegbubemi Eyekosi, has warned that Nigeria’s largely reactive approach to disaster management is weakened by poor accountability and transparency, worsening the plight of vulnerable internally displaced persons (IDPs).
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target=_blank>APC’s Maikalangu wins AMAC chairmanship election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Christopher Maikalangu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the duly elected chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).
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target=_blank>INEC declares APC’s Ishaku winner of Bwari chairmanship election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr. Joshua Ishaku of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Bwari Area Council chairmanship election held on February 21, 2026.
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target=_blank>He is 68 but what he is asking for will kill him
I have heard too many stories of men dying on top of women in the past and I honestly do not want to join the statistics. I was introduced to my husband more than 10 years ago by an aunty and we have been married for some 10 years now. He is my second husband; the first left
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target=_blank>APC wins Kano Assembly by-elections as sons of deceased lawmakers emerge victorious
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the by-elections conducted on Saturday to fill the vacant seats for Ungogo and Kano Municipal constituencies in the Kano State House of Assembly.
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