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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged opposition political parties to come together and advocate for a transparent and credible electoral process, emphasizing the need for a fully electronic transmission system to enhance the credibility of Nigeria’s elections. In a statement made at a press briefing in Minna, Niger State, Atiku warned that the…
The Senate chamber descended into disorder on Tuesday as lawmakers clashed over moves to reverse an earlier decision on electronic transmission of election results in the Electoral Act amendment bill. The controversy erupted when the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Tahir Monguno, representing Borno North on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, raised a…
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon plans to withdraw most of its troops by mid-2027, its spokesperson has said, following the expiration of the peacekeepers’ mandate at the end of this year. UNIFIL spokesperson Kandice Ardiel told AFP on Tuesday that “UNIFIL is planning to draw down and withdraw all, or substantially all,…
Nigeria has fallen two places in the global corruption rankings, moving from 140th position in 2024 to 142nd out of 182 countries assessed in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index released by Transparency International. Despite the downward shift in ranking, the country retained its position as the 36th most corrupt nation in the world, scoring…
A former Rivers State Governor and ex-Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday joined protesters at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, demanding the mandatory inclusion of real-time electronic transmission of election results in the proposed Electoral Act amendment. In a video shared on Tuesday by X user #ImranMuhammed, Amaechi was seen standing side…
President Bola Tinubu has once more waded into the protracted political feud in Rivers State, convening key stakeholders for discussions aimed at halting escalating tensions between Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Reports from multiple sources indicate that the late-night meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday involved…
Sudan’s government has resumed full participation in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, ending a two-year suspension that stemmed from regional tensions over the country’s devastating internal conflict. The move, announced by the foreign ministry in Khartoum, comes as the nearly three-year war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces continues…
Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, is scheduled to face questioning from the US Congress on Monday in a closed-door deposition. Serving a 20-year prison sentence for trafficking minors to Epstein, Maxwell will participate in the deposition via videolink from prison. However, it is anticipated that she will invoke her Fifth Amendment…
The Bank of Industry has obtained regulatory clearance from the Central Bank of Nigeria to establish a Non-Interest Banking window, a development the development finance institution says will broaden financial access for ethically motivated enterprises and underserved segments of the economy. According to a statement issued by the bank, the approval authorises BoI to…
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will reconvene in extraordinary session on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, at noon—a summons that carries the unmistakable weight of a chamber seized by political urgency and facing mounting pressure to reconsider a decision that has fractured consensus on a foundational issue of electoral integrity. The announcement…
