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  The governors, at an extraordinary meeting held Thursday night in Abuja, also resolved to replace Mr Uzodimma with Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah. Twenty state governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have passed a vote of no confidence in Hope Uzodimma, the Imo State governor and chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), accusing him of financial impropriety …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. forces fired on and disabled two Iranian oil tankers on Friday after exchanging fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz overnight. The United Arab Emirates, meanwhile, reported another Iranian missile and drone attack. The attacks cast more doubt on a tenuous month-old ceasefire that the United States has insisted is still …

The Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation has corrected the official appellation of President Bola Tinubu following recurring errors by some organisations and media outlets. This is contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the SGF, Mr Yomi Odunuga. Odunuga said the clarification was personally signed by the Secretary …

Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, has defended the FCT Administration’s policy of allocating land to diplomatic personnel. Wike spoke on Thursday in Abuja during the inspection of ongoing projects across the Federal Capital Territory. He accused critics of hypocrisy, saying many questioning the policy once benefited from similar allocations. According to him, land allocation remains a standard government procedure for …

US President Donald Trump has predicted that the war in Iran will be “over quickly” and says that most people “understand” his goal of ending Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. His comments come after Iran said a US proposal to end the war is “still being considered”. US news outlet Axios reported that the White House believes it could be closing in …

The Tanimu Turaki-led Interim National Working Committee (INWC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says there is nothing the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, can do about the ongoing sales of its nomination and expression of interest forms for the 2027 general elections. The INWC’s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja while …

The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) says its ongoing nationwide data verification exercise is aimed at ensuring accurate data for sharing revenue among states and local government areas (LGAs). Prof. Adekunle Wright, an RMAFC commissioner who led the delegation to Kebbi, stated this at the inauguration of the exercise in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday. Wright described the exercise …

Prof. Nantewe Yilwatda, National Chairman of the APC, says the party is unconcerned about Mr Peter Obi’s defection from ADC to NDC. Yilwatda spoke on Wednesday in Abuja during the ongoing purchase and submission of APC nomination and expression of interest forms for the 2027 elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obi was the Labour Party presidential …

Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo State Command, has recorded what it described as an impressive operational outing in April, arresting 29 suspected drug traffickers and seizing 10,359.71 kilograms of assorted narcotics. State Commander of the agency, Mitchell Ofoyeju, disclosed that the suspects—19 males and 10 females, were apprehended during targeted raids on drug flashpoints and routine patrols …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military fired on an Iranian oil tanker Wednesday as the two countries appeared to be moving closer to an initial agreement to end the war and President Donald Trump sought to pressure Tehran into reaching a deal. A fighter jet shot out the rudder of the tanker in the Gulf of Oman as it tried …