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PDP dissolves Kano State Working Committee, chairman accepts removal

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As the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dissolved the party’s entire Kano State Working Committee (SWC), the removed State Chairman of the party, Dr Bello Gambo Bichi, said he accepted the action as his sacrifice for a better PDP.

According to a letter dated Thursday, September 24, 2026, and signed by the PDP National Organising Secretary, Hon. Umar M. Bature, the dissolution took immediate effect.

Responding to the dissolution, Bichi explained that he wholly accepted his removal because it was part of the preconditions laid down by former state governorship candidate Dalhatu, who also sacrificed his candidacy for Muhammad Abacha.

The letter, addressed to the Kano State PDP chairman and titled “Dissolution of PDP State Working Committee, Kano State”, stated that the decision followed due consultations by the party’s National Working Committee.

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“the entire PDP State Working Committee (SWC) for Kano State chaired by Dr. Bello Gambo Bichi is hereby DISSOLVED with effect from the date of this letter,” the letter stated.

However, the national leadership clarified that the dissolution affected only the State Working Committee, stressing that the party’s Ward and Local Government Area (LGA) working committees remained intact.

“This dissolution affects the State Working Committee ONLY. The Ward and LGA Working Committees are NOT AFFECTED by this dissolution,” the letter stated.

The PDP national leadership further announced that the North-West Caretaker Committee would henceforth take charge of the affairs of the Kano State chapter pending the election of a new State Working Committee.

Dr Bello Gambo Bichi hinted that the new Electoral Act mandated that, in the case of changes within a party, the person to be replaced must put it in writing that they had agreed to step down and must also be allowed to give their personal conditions.

“When we agreed to reconciled PDP in Kano and bring Muhammad Abacha to replace our Candidate, because we believes he is more powerful to go for the seat, Dalhatu gives out some Condition including dissolving my State Executive which I agreed as a sacrifice”, he added.

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NPF Pensions Rolls Out Support Programmes for Retired Police Officers

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NKECHI NAECHE-ESEZOBOR—Retirement should not mark the start of fresh hardship for police officers who devoted their working lives to safeguarding the public, yet questions about pension adequacy, gratuity payments and the general welfare of retirees continue to feature in conversations on police welfare.

With Police Pension Week underway, the Nigeria Police Force Pensions Board says it is working to strengthen its services and tackle some of the difficulties confronting both serving and retired officers.

The agency says that, in addition to routine pension payments, it runs a Retirement and Resettlement Support Programme designed to help retirees cope while their retirement benefits are being processed.

It also holds pre-retirement seminars that prepare officers for life after service, offering training in areas such as poultry farming and other small-scale ventures.

According to the agency, these efforts are intended to give retired personnel better financial footing and ease their transition from active duty to civilian life.

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Robot data startup Mecka AI nabs $60M from Sequoia

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Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots and other kinds of robots, announced it has raised a $60 million Series B round led by Sequoia, with participation from Nvidia, Microsoft’s venture fund M12, and others. TechCrunch had previously reported that the startup was nearing a new funding round at a $500 million valuation.

Founded in 2024, the startup intends to do for robotics what Scale AI, Mercor, Surge, and other data-labeling companies have done for LLMs. Those companies supply the human-generated data these systems learn from. Mecka pays people to record themselves doing everyday tasks, like making coffee or fixing cars, while wearing body sensors and using smartphones.

Other startups that collect real-world data for robot training include XDOF, which was in talks to raise a Series B round at a $1.2 billion valuation according to TechCrunch’s previous reporting. Human-data platforms that began with LLMs are also expanding into robotics, such as Scale AI and Micro1.

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