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Nigeria’s Vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has condemned the killing of a pregnant woman, Mrs. Harira Jubril and her four children in Anambra State, describing the action as not only callous, brutal and demeaning, but capable of creating ethnic conflict across the country. It would be recalled that on Sunday some unknown gunmen invaded the woman’s home and killed her …

President Biden addressed the Texas school shooting in emotional remarks from the White House Tuesday evening, saying, “I had hoped when I became President I would not have to do this again.” “There’s a lot we don’t know yet. There’s a lot we do know. Parents who will never see their child again, never have them jump in bed and …

Eighteen children and one adult were killed in Tuesday’s mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, according to Sgt. Erick Estrada of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Estrada did not provide any other information on the victims. Gov. Greg Abbott said earlier Tuesday “it is believed” that the shooter, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, was killed by law enforcement. Estrada confirmed the suspect …

(CNN) [Breaking news update, published at 7:33 p.m. ET] The suspected Texas school shooter is believed to have shot his grandmother before going to the school, three law enforcement sources tell CNN. State Sen. Roland Gutierrez said the woman was airlifted to San Antonio and “is still holding on,” citing information he was given by the Texas Rangers. [Previous story, …

Adam Namadi, son of former Nigeria’s Vice President Namadi Sambo, was reported to have demanded a refund of the N2 million that he gave each delegate after he lost the primary election of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives ticket for Kaduna North Federal Constituency. Namadi had allegedly promised to add N1.5 million to the amount given to …

The  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission finally arrested a former Governor of  Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, after a long siege to his Maitama residence in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Tuesday. The EFCC officers whisked the embattled former governor away at exactly 06:48 pm in their vehicle after breaking into his living room. Minutes before the officers broke …

Governor Nyesom Wike has dissolved Rivers State Executive Council with immediate effect. Chief of Staff to the governor and Senior Special Assistant (Protocol), have also been relieved of their office. The Governor’s action, contained in the Tuesday morning statement by his Media Aide, Kelvin Ebiri, noted that, “Wike, commends the members the Rivers State Executive Council for their service and …

An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Monday sentenced a dismissed policeman, Mohammed Alidu, to life imprisonment for defiling a nine-year-old school girl in a police barracks. Justice Abiola Soladoye, in her judgment, held that Alidu was a disgrace to the police because he failed to uphold law and order and went about frolicking with an underage girl. …

•Releases fresh timetable, holds gov, Assembly primaries Thursday, Senate, Reps Friday, Saturday The All Progressives Congress (APC) appears to be walking a tight rope to beat the June 3 deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for political parties to conclude primaries. While the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commenced the conduct of its primaries across the country, …

“Nothing stops the office of the Auditor-General of the Federation, the ICPC and other investigatory agencies from opening the books of the judiciary to expose the corruption in the management of their budgetary resources.” A retired justice of the Supreme Court, Ejembi Eko, on Monday, lamented the corruption in the Nigerian judiciary, especially in the handling of its finances. He, …