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Fatima Musa, a former Boko Haram member who has undergone de-radicalisation, shared her experience at a community dialogue meeting organised recently by the Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development. She admitted that, as young people with limited religious knowledge, they had been misled. “We were deceived in our youth through a misinterpretation of religion, only to later realise that we …

The US is expelling South Africa’s ambassador to Washington, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio describing him as a “race-baiting politician”. In a post on X, Rubio accused Ebrahim Rasool of hating the US and President Donald Trump, and said the ambassador was “no longer welcome in our great country”. The office for South Africa’s president on Saturday called the …

“The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) efficiently evacuated this bulk power to distribution load centers nationwide.” Nigeria generated 5,801 megawatts of electricity on Tuesday, the highest ever by the country whose citizens grapple with incessant power outages. The head of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, Sule Abdulaziz, disclosed this at the State House, Abuja, on Thursday. “…for the first time in our …

London CNN — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s response to a US-proposed ceasefire in Ukraine is “not good enough,” Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, after hosting a virtual summit aimed at drumming up support for Kyiv and piling pressure on Russia. After hosting a meeting of the “coalition of the willing” – a group of Western nations that have pledged to help …

A team of charity workers has been killed in Israeli strikes in northern Gaza, the UK-registered Al Khair Foundation has told the BBC. Getty Images The charity said eight workers – including volunteers and journalists documenting their activities – were killed when their vehicles were targeted on Saturday in what Hamas described as a “blatant violation” of the ceasefire agreement …

According to witness accounts, the shooting happened after Abimbor, who was driving a Mercedes-Benz, failed to stop when flagged down by police officers.   Operatives of the Edo State  Police Command have reportedly shot dead an 18-year-old boy identified as Chinedu Abimbor, at a checkpoint in the Ekpoma area of Esan West Local Government Area of the state. The incident, which …

Signatures attached to the report were allegedly taken from the attendance register. The controversy surrounding the suspension of the Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has deepened, with allegations that the signatures attached to the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions’ report were not for the endorsement of the suspension but rather attendance records. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan This led to confusion at …

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has raised concerns over the refusal of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to engage with its Peace and Reconciliation Committee, despite President Bola Tinubu’s appeal for dialogue to restore stability in Rivers State. Speaking at a press conference on Friday in Abuja, the Chairman of PANDEF’s Peace and Reconciliation …

Former Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasiru El-Rufai, has said that he sought the permission of former President Muhammadu Buhari before he left the All Progressives Congress, APC, and joined the Social Democratic Party, SDP. He spoke in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, monitored by our correspondent in Kaduna, yesterday.According to him, there was nothing he does without seeking …

Nasir El-Rufai has stated that he did not leave the All Progressives Congress; rather, it was the party that dumped him. The former Kaduna governor continues to make news headlines following his defection to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and has criticised his former party while sharing insight on his reason for leaving. According to El-Rufai, the APC has derailed …