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The House of Representatives says it traced 58 bank accounts and 39 workers linked to an alleged fake director-general of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council. Preliminary findings indicate that more than 30 accounts may have been operated in the names of about nine agencies and companies. Uber has announced the shutdown of its Nigerian operations, effective September 2, 2026. Elsewhere, Wike says his support for President Tinubu’s re-election could make him a target if Atiku Abubakar or Peter Obi wins in 2027, while Ebonyi Governor Francis Nwifuru has threatened to remove local council chairmen who fail to deliver APC victories. Security forces reported separate operations in Zamfara and Kaduna, including the recovery of ammunition, while troops rescued the wife of a retired brigadier-general after her abduction in Abuja. Rivers police also dismissed three officers over the killing of a University of Port Harcourt graduate and declared another officer a deserter. Other developments include INEC’s warning over AI-driven election disinformation, a dispute over Anambra Assembly candidates, and reports of the deaths of a Celestial Church evangelist and his wife after an alleged domestic altercation in Ogun State.
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