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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Also receiving pardons were a top Virginia lawmaker and advocates for immigrant rights, criminal justice reform and gun violence prevention. Congressional leaders had pushed for Biden to pardon Garvey, with supporters …

Trump appeared solemn as he placed a wreath on an easel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Moments later, Vance did the same. Once the ceremony was complete, Trump’s motorcade headed to a separate section of the cemetery, a burial site for military personnel killed while fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Federal High Court in Lagos, South-west Nigeria, has barred the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) from impounding vehicles with faded number plates or imposing penalties on their owners. According to TheCable newspaper, the judge, Akintayo Aluko, handed down the decision in a suit filed against the FRSC by Chinwike Ezebube, a lawyer. The lawyer, in the suit filed on 13 February …

The minister described the tragic incident, which claimed no fewer than 50 and left several others injured, as a heart-wrenching disaster. The Minister of Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has instructed the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to initiate an investigation into the tanker explosion incident which occured in Dikko, Niger State.   The minister said he …

WashingtonCNN — As President Joe Biden was making one final lap around town this week, delivering farewell speeches to his diplomatic corps, military leaders and the nation at large, his appearances belied a grim reality: This is not how he’d hoped his half-century career in Washington would end. Biden leaves office on Monday reluctantly, firm in the view he had more to …

The League of Northern Democrats (LND) has expressed reservations about the recently proposed tax reforms endorsed by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), citing concerns over the definition of “derivation” in the revised Value Added Tax (VAT) sharing formula. In a press release issued by its spokesperson, Dr. Ladan Salihu, on Saturday, the LND acknowledged the NGF’s endorsement of a new …

The invitation added that the selected Ogoni leaders had been invited for a two-night stay at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, beginning from Monday, January 20, 2025. The President Bola Tinubu-led  Nigerian government through the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, is set to hold a secret meeting with prominent Ogoni leaders in Abuja to discuss the resumption of oil exploration in …

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has offered N1 million to any Nigerian law student who can find any precedent on stay of execution in a criminal proceeding in the country. Mr Kanu’s legal team led by his special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor disclosed this during a press conference in Abuja on Thursday. Emma Powerful, the IPOB spokesperson, forwarded …

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has stated that the country will not proceed with a ceasefire in Gaza until it receives a list detailing the captives who are set to be released by Hamas as part of a phased deal. Netanyahu’s made this known in a statement released on Saturday via X handle. The deal, which aims to bring …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON A United States of America-based Social Media Influencer, Mr. Semi Eriyo has initiated steps to take Dr. Kassy Chukwu, an Edo man, to court over comments made in a video he allegedly produced and widely circulated across various social media platforms in December 2024. The video with some unprintable and unprofessional expressions allegedly contains false accusations, and …