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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has emerged winner of the presidential primary election of the African Democratic Congress ahead of the 2027 general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Atiku polled 1,846,370 votes to defeat Rotimi Amaechi, who scored 504,117 votes, while Mohammed Hayatu-Deen secured 177,120 votes. The results were announced on Wednesday in Abuja after the collation …

The United States and Iran again exchanged attacks near the Strait of Hormuz early on Thursday amid a ceasefire and ongoing negotiations on ending the war. The U.S. military attacked an Iranian position from which drones were being controlled, a U.S. official said. U.S. forces also shot down four drones that posed a threat to the U.S., the official said, …

Dr Latinore Oghenesivbe, APC chieftain and Director General, Delta Bureau for Orientation and Communications, Governor’s Office, says Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege’s resignation from the party will not affect its lot in the 2027 general elections in the state. Oghenesivbe in a statement on Thursday in Asaba , said that Omo-Agege’s exit has not effected the APC structure in Delta in anyway. …

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump’s administration announced last week that it would require green card seekers to apply from their home countries instead of in the U.S., immigration attorney Flavia Santos Lloyd’s phone began ringing off the hook with clients worried about the implications for them. Lloyd wasn’t sure what to tell them, but she knew the confusing …

Donald Trump is on a winning streak in Republican primaries, most recently endorsing Ken Paxton ahead of his Tuesday runoff victory over Sen. John Cornyn in Texas. The president bragged at his Cabinet meeting Wednesday that Paxton’s romp “was a prelude” for success in the November midterms. But Trump’s tightening grip on his party could make it harder to hold …

  President Tinubu promised intensified rescue operations and stronger protection measures for schools in vulnerable communities across the country. President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerian children abducted in parts of the country, particularly in Oyo and Borno states, that they have not been forgotten nor abandoned by the government. President Tinubu promised intensified rescue operations and stronger protection measures for …

President Donald Trump’s war with Iran hasn’t exactly been a rousing success so far. And much of the American public expects that the conflict’s end — whenever that will be — won’t change that. Polling in recent weeks paints a picture of an American public that is over it. People didn’t like the war to begin with, they don’t think …

President Bola Tinubu has called on Nigerians to embrace love, tolerance and unity as Muslims across the country celebrate Eid-el-Kabir. Tinubu spoke with journalists on Wednesday shortly after observing the Eid prayers at the Dodan Barracks prayer ground in Lagos. The President thanked God for preserving the lives of Nigerians to witness another Eid-el-Kabir celebration and urged citizens to reflect …

The Israeli military has ordered the evacuation of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, after carrying out another wave of air strikes that it said targeted the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah. The military told residents of Tyre and surrounding areas that it was “compelled to act forcefully” because Hezbollah was violating a US-brokered ceasefire that began five weeks ago. Also …

Ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo is hampering the Ebola outbreak response, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the east of the country was at the centre of a “catastrophic collision of disease and conflict” with the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province outpacing the response. In a statement posted …