Niger Files Formal Request To Exit ICC
Niger has officially submitted its formal request to withdraw from the International Criminal Court. The…
Niger Files Formal Request To Exit ICC
Niger has officially submitted its formal request to withdraw from the International Criminal Court. The tribunal in The Hague confirmed on Tuesday that it received the instrument of withdrawal from the junta-led West African nation. General Abdourahamane Tiani submitted the documentation on June 18, initiating a twelve-month exit timeline. The official departure will take effect…
El-Rufai Demands Dismissal As DSS Closes Case
Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has chosen to file a no-case submission in his criminal trial for alleged wiretapping. His defence lawyer, Paul Erokoro, announced the decision before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday. The move followed an announcement by the Department of State Services that it had concluded its prosecution. State…
Civil Servants Demand 400% Wage Increase
Nigerian civil servants have demanded an immediate 400 per cent increase in the national minimum wage to counter severe economic hardship. The Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council announced the position following a two-day national retreat in Osogbo, Osun State. Union leaders insist the current N70,000 monthly baseline leaves public workers entirely unable to cope…
Iran Announces 3-Day Funeral Holiday for Late Ayatollah
Iran has declared a three-day public holiday in Tehran for the funeral of late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. State television announced the measure on Tuesday as the regime prepares for a massive public gathering. The official ceremonies will finally begin on July 4, more than four months after his death. US and Israeli airstrikes…
Gunmen Kill 22 In Plateau, Target Hospital Patients
Gunmen who stormed Kawel village in Mushere District of Bokkos Local Government Area have left at least 22 people dead, including health workers and patients shot inside a primary healthcare centre, deepening fears over the collapse of rural security in Plateau State. The Plateau State Police Command confirmed 20 deaths, while community leaders put the…
Lassa Fever Claims APIN Doctor in Benue
A senior medical doctor with the AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria has died of Lassa fever in Benue State, forcing health authorities to restart a fresh round of disease surveillance just as the state prepared to declare itself free of the viral haemorrhagic illness. The state Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Paul…
“No Cause For Alarm,” Police Say After Lagos Car Bomb
A homemade bomb concealed beneath a parked vehicle ripped through a residential street in the Oke Mushin area of Lagos on Monday morning, injuring the car owner and sending shockwaves of fear through a community more accustomed to commercial bustle than security scares. The blast went off around 6 a.m. at 22, Wey Street,…
Trial Of Ex-Skye Bank Boss Ayeni To Begin July 6
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arraigned a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the defunct Skye Bank Plc, now Polaris Bank Limited, Tunde Ayeni, before the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, Abuja, over an alleged N15.6 billion fraud. A statement by the EFCC’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said Ayeni…
Presidency Rejects Obi’s Tinubu Resignation Call, Points To Polls
The Presidency has dismissed as “childish, hollow and an unworthy distraction” the call by Nigerian Democratic Congress presidential candidate Peter Obi for President Bola Tinubu’s resignation, framing the demand as a misreading of Nigeria’s constitutional order and a reaction to the All Progressives Congress’s recent electoral gains. In a statement signed on Monday by…
Medical Treatment: Okowa Asks EFCC To Release Held Passport
Former Delta State governor Ifeanyi Okowa has moved to retrieve his international passport from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, seeking to travel abroad for medical treatment even as the agency presses on with its investigation into the alleged diversion of N1.3 trillion in state funds. Sources within the anti-graft agency said the former…