…Accuses parties, supporters of deploying fake news against rivals …Fears fake postponement announcement on eve of polls By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has outlined a set of safeguards against Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference FIMI and AI-generated deepfakes ahead of the 2027 general elections. This was as it accused political […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela ADO-EKITI — Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has said the 10th National Assembly is committed to removing barriers limiting women’s participation in governance through a proposed constitutional amendment seeking special seats for women in the National and State Houses of Assembly. Bamidele, who represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District, said the proposed legislation […]

By Henry Umoru ABUJA — The National Assembly Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has proposed the creation of 74 additional seats for women in the Senate and House of Representatives, Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has said. The proposal also provides for three additional seats reserved for women in each State House […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — President Bola Tinubu has concluded his visit to Saudi Arabia, where he performed the Umrah pilgrimage and entered the Holy Kaaba to pray. Tinubu, who departed Abuja last Thursday, announced the conclusion of his visit on Monday in a post on his X account. The President was accompanied on the […]

By Kingsley Omonobi Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have arrested two suspected members of a cable vandalism gang and recovered several cut-to-size armoured cables in Guzape, Abuja. The command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this on Monday, saying the arrests followed a routine surveillance patrol along Walter Ofonagoro Street, Guzape, in […]