​As he settled in to deliver the judgment of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on 2 April 2025, presiding judge, Wilfred Kpochi, felt obliged to get one ritual out of the way. Glancing left and right, he asked each of his two colleagues on the three-person tribunal to confirm that the judgment he […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to reject the recently approved $1.08bn World Bank loan and instead direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly investigate the allegations that over N233bn of public funds are missing, diverted or unaccounted for by the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc., Abuja and other ministries, departments and agencies [MDAs].

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed, has expressed deep sorrow over the death of 17 persons, including a rescue operative of the Corps, in a multiple road crash that occurred in the Gbara area of Ogun State on Saturday.

Violent storms battering the central-eastern United States have killed at least 16 people, officials said, with the National Weather Service warning on Saturday of “severe” flash flooding in the coming days.

Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has said that the sustained attacks in communities in the state should not be described as conflicts between herders and farmers but should be defined in their proper perspective, which, according to him, is a genocide against the Plateau natives.