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The bail application, filed by her legal team led by Prof. Roland Otaru (SAN), was approved by Justice Mohammed Umar, who presided over Monday’s proceedings. The case has been adjourned to September 22, 2025, for further hearing. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted bail to Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on self-recognition following her second arraignment over allegations of …

CNN — President Donald Trump has the chance to accelerate his political momentum and tighten his power grip on the country by driving his most significant piece of second-term legislation through Congress and taking a July Fourth victory lap. The measure, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” with the president’s trademark provocative hyperbole, is Trump’s attempt to engineer lasting change through legislation in …

The US must rule out any further strikes on Iran if it wants to resume diplomatic talks, Tehran’s deputy foreign minister has told the BBC. Majid Takht-Ravanchi said the Trump administration told Iran through mediators that it wanted to return to negotiations this week, but had not made its position clear on the “very important question” of further attacks while …

Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has said former presidential candidate, Peter Obi is equating constant criticism with effective opposition. Onanuga said this in an X post on Sunday after Obi faulted President Bola Tinubu’s recent trip to Saint Lucia. In a Saturday statement, Obi had said Tinubu should not be holidaying, noting that Nigeria …

Following the resignation of former Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Deputy Chairman (North), Ali Bukar Dalori, is now presiding over his first National Working Committee meeting in his capacity as Acting National Chairman. Dalori, along with several NWC members, is currently meeting at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja. The Monday meeting …

By Idahosa Musa Benin City, Nigeria –   All Progressive Congress (APC) governors and leaders of the party in the South South have endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for a second term in office. The position of the South South governors and leaders of the ruling party was made known during APC’s stakeholders’ interactive session held in Benin City, Edo State, …

*Dantata was part of a family of traders and merchants who built the famous groundnut pyramids of the First Republic President Bola Tinubu; former President Muhammadu Buhari; Vice President Kashim Shettima; former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; former Senate President, David Mark; Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf yesterday mourned an elder statesman, renowned business mogul and philanthropist, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, …

The Kano State Islamic Council of Ulama has observed a special funeral prayer for the late businessman and philanthropist, Aminu Dantata, who died on Saturday. The “Ga’ib Prayers” is an Islamic funeral procession that is performed when the corpse of the deceased is not physically present. The Chairman of the Kano State Council of Ulama, Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil, led the …

One police source said Afolabi was removed after his investigation reportedly began implicating top state actors. The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has removed Wilfred Olutokunbo Afolabi from his position as the Commissioner of Police in Ondo State for initiating an investigation into a violent attack on June 12 protesters in Akure. Police sources at Force Headquarters in …

Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have reaffirmed their commitment to President Bola Tinubu’s policies and the president’s Renewed Hope Agenda. The governors also stated that the resignation of the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, was in tandem with the party’s continued evolution. In a communiqué at the end of a …