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Justice Amina Augie, the sixth female justice of the Supreme Court, retired from the apex court on September 22, 2023 having attained the mandatory retirement age of 70. While on the bench, she was a no-nonsense jurist whose judgments have been described as not only incisive but equally analytical and rich in content and context by the former Chief Justice …

President-elect Donald Trump confounded members of Congress and flipped the government spending debate on its head when he demanded a premature increase to the debt ceiling on “Biden’s watch” rather than his own. He doubled down on his call in a Truth Social post overnight Friday, calling for the “ridiculous” ceiling to be extended into 2029. Trump, in an interview …

The Federal Government has allocated a sum of N27bn for the entitlements of former presidents, vice-presidents, heads of state, chiefs of staff, retired heads of service, and professors in the 2025 fiscal year, investigations by Saturday PUNCH have revealed. From the left: Buhari, Jonathan, Yar’Adua and Obasanjo Beneficiaries of this allocation include former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, and Muhammadu Buhari, alongside …

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, says the country needs to invest 20 billion dollars to achieve the economic targets by 2027. Edun said this during the citizens and stakeholders’ engagement on the implementation of presidential priorities and ministerial deliverables for the fourth quarter of 2024, in Abuja on Friday. He said that the …

•Say, having a credible election in 2027 a mirage•INEC failed to improve its performance in off-cycle elections•Call for urgent critical reforms before next election•There must be consequence for electoral fraud Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu was part of the election observers who monitored the recent general election in Ghana which was widely celebrated for …

Suspected driver in Christmas market attack is from Saudi Arabia, regional prime minister says The suspected driver in the German Christmas market attack is a doctor from Saudi Arabia who works in Saxony-Anhalt, according to Reiner Haseloff, the regional prime minister of Saxony-Anhalt. The suspect has been living in Germany since 2006, Haseloff said in a televised statement. A view …

Former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, was on Friday released from Kuje Custodial Centre, after perfecting the bail conditions set by the Federal High Court. Bello’s release was confirmed by the spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service, FCT Command, Adamu Duza, to our correspondent. He said, “Yahaya Bello has been released after meeting bail conditions. He was released this (Friday) …

CNN — The House voted on Friday to pass a stopgap funding bill in a bid to avert a shutdown just hours before a midnight deadline. The Senate must take up the bill next before it can be sent to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Friday evening that senators have reached an agreement to …

CNN — The House failed to pass a new GOP proposal on Thursday to fund the government into March, amid opposition from top Democrats, intensifying the threat of a shutdown ahead of a Friday deadline. The CNN reports that Democrats are frustrated and angry after Donald Trump sunk a bipartisan deal and sent Republicans scrambling to find a plan B …

IBADAN —Yoruba elders under the auspices of Kaaro Oojiire ÌmÍ Oodua Foundation (KOOOF), on Thursday, expressed worry over the rising cases of ritual killing and body parts harvesting in the South West. The Yoruba elders, in a statement by their Vice President/Diaspora Counsel, Gbenga Adewusi, wondered how cases of human decapitation and harvesting of human bodies have now become a …