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…calls for independent forensic examinations, autopsies By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — Avocats Sans Frontières France (ASF France), otherwise known as Lawyers Without Borders, has expressed concern over the deaths of 37 alleged miners who were held in government custody at a Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) facility in Minna, Niger State. In a […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — THE Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to reject division and embrace values that promote unity, as the world marks the International Day of Peace 2026. In a message to mark the day, with the theme, “Invest in Peace—For Everyone, Everywhere, Every Day,” the First Lady said […]

…Adelabu’s ally, supporters join APM in Ibadan By Adeola Badru IBADAN — Oyo State Governor and presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, Seyi Makinde, has challenged critics of his administration’s use of diesel-powered generators to illuminate some streetlights in the state to recall the promise by their political principal to fix Nigeria’s electricity […]

By Udeme Akpan The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Africa Trading and Distribution Company (ATDC) have signed a $500 million Global Credit Facility to strengthen the movement of goods, supply chains and intra-African trade.The facility will finance the purchase and aggregation of African goods, logistics, transportation, warehousing and distribution, enabling ATDC to scale trade […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA— PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has felicitated with Chief Samuel Olu Falae, elder statesman, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and co-founder of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), on his 88th birthday. President Tinubu described the celebrant as one of the great Nigerians whose contributions to the country’s political and democratic […]

By Jeff Agbodo, Abakaliki ABAKALIKI — The Ebonyi State Police Command has presented cheques totalling ₦13,228,287.91 to the next-of-kin of deceased police officers in the state. The cheques were presented by the Commissioner of Police, CP Hope Urunwa Okafor, on behalf of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu. Okafor expressed sympathy to the beneficiaries […]

….Says Nigeria has over 100 gas-flaring sites By Daniel Abia, P/Harcourt PORT HARCOURT — Dutch energy company, Energy Ventures B.V., has commenced moves to end gas flaring in parts of Rivers State and convert the associated gas into electricity and Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG. The company said the initiative would initially target about five million […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss, as lacking in merit, the N1 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit that the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, filed against him and the Independent Corrupt Practices […]

Wike said the only former G5 governor who had not taken up a position in the Tinubu administration was former Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom.

Challenging Obi’s supporters to back their claim with evidence, Wike said: “Let them produce that result sheet that says Obi won.”