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Eighty per cent of the judgements handed down by the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States cannot be enforced a damning statistic that the court’s own president laid bare before Nigeria’s highest judicial officer in Abuja, underscoring a deepening compliance crisis that has long undermined the legitimacy and operational…
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has declared that the United States will not succeed in destroying the Islamic republic, delivering the stark warning on Tuesday as a second round of nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington got underway in Geneva. Speaking in a nationally broadcast address, Khamenei directly responded to remarks made by United…
A tense and disorderly session gripped the House of Representatives on Tuesday as lawmakers moved to rescind and recommit the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2025, suspending ongoing budget defence sessions to address what Speaker Tajudeen Abbas described as matters that would fundamentally shape Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. The emergency legislative session, which drew members…
The West African Examinations Council has rolled out its new Digital Certificate Services System, known as WAEC DigiCert, across all five of its member countries, marking a significant shift in how examination certificates are accessed, verified, and shared across the sub-region. The announcement, made on Monday, February 17, 2026, through a statement issued by Demianus…
Nigerian travellers to the United Kingdom will no longer receive physical visa stickers in their passports from February 25, 2026, as the British High Commission in Abuja confirmed a full transition to electronic visas for all Nigerian nationals applying for UK visit visas. The announcement was contained in a statement released on Monday by…
Months before the first whistle blows at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a mounting visa processing crisis at Canada’s immigration agency is casting a long shadow over one of the most anticipated sporting events in modern history and for fans from some countries, particularly across Africa, the window to secure legal entry may already…
The death of two close friends of Anthony Joshua in a car crash in Nigeria last December was not merely a personal tragedy for the British heavyweight star it also, according to Tyson Fury, became the defining moment that convinced the self-styled Gypsy King to lace up his gloves once more. Fury, the 37-year-old former…
A legal battle that wound its way through three tiers of Nigeria’s judiciary has finally reached a decisive conclusion, with the Supreme Court of Nigeria setting aside the majority ruling of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, and declaring Joshua Ishaku as the valid candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the 2026 Bwari…
Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo Worldwide, Rivers State chapter, has firmly dismissed claims by former militant leader Asari Dokubo that Igbo people were attacking Northern Muslims in Rivers State, describing his widely circulated video as misleading, inciting, and factually unfounded. The President of Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo Worldwide, Rivers State chapter, Livingstone Wechie, issued a statement in Port Harcourt…
Nigeria’s data protection authority has launched a formal investigation into Temu, the fast-growing Chinese e-commerce platform, over alleged violations of the country’s data protection law, raising fresh questions about how foreign digital platforms handle the personal information of millions of Nigerian users. The Nigeria Data Protection Commission confirmed the development on Monday, with its…
