Accord Party has pushed back against moves to de-register it, taking on the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and insisting it meets the constitutional threshold to remain on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) register.

Senate Majority Leader and Ekiti Central Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele has defended the consensus provision in Nigeria’s electoral law, insisting that no candidate can be imposed on any constituency under the arrangement and that a single objection is enough to trigger full direct primaries.

A small plane crashed into the side of a building in the southeastern city of Belo Horizonte on Monday, killing the pilot and copilot, firefighters said.

The United States has destroyed six Iranian boats and shot down missiles and drones fired at US Navy and commercial vessels by Tehran’s forces, a top US admiral said Monday.

Nigeria’s public university system has been thrown into disarray following the indefinite strike by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), which has brought academic and administrative activities to a standstill nationwide.