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Vice President Kashim Shettima has announced that the death toll from Saturday’s suicide bomb attack in Gwoza has risen to 31, with 26 others still receiving treatment for their injuries. Shettima revealed that 42 people were brought to a specialist hospital, with 14 already discharged after receiving treatment. “So far, 32 people lost their lives. Forty-two (injured) were brought from …

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case makes it all but certain that the Republican will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election. In a 6-3 ruling, the justices said that former presidents are shielded from prosecution for official acts but do not have immunity for unofficial acts. The Supreme …

Justice James Omotoso of a Federal High Court, Abuja has just dismissed a N1 billion suit filed by the. detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government and the  Department of State Services (DSS). The Judge held in his judgment that the IPOB leader failed to show evidence that his conversation with his …

Politics in Rivers State has been too mucky since October 2023, over who controls its soul. This surreal situation has spawned tumultuous occurrences, dangers to lives, and, in some instances, deaths that tend to discredit the praxis of democracy. The chaos was triggered by the falling apart of Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his erstwhile political godfather, Nyesom Wike, less than five months …

As investors begin registration for the 2024 Licensing Round, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has removed five oil blocks from the ongoing licensing round due legal disputes. The five oil blocks are said to be under various litigation. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission confirmed the development, according to report by the PUNCH. The affected assets are PPL3008, PPL3009, …

Nigeria’s Senate panel probing the N30tn Ways and Means loans secured from the Godwin Emefiele-led Central Bank of Nigeria by the Federal Government has received more documents from the Office of the Accountant General, The PUNCH has learnt. As a result, the panel is set to resume physical sitting after studying the documents. The panel had written to the OAGF …

Seriake Dickson, a senator representing Bayelsa West District in the National Assembly on Friday described those behind oil theft in the Niger Delta as “big players” who reside outside the region. The Senator, elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made the allegation at Oporoza, headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta while …

WASHINGTON — The sound you might have heard after the presidential debate this past week was of voters falling between a rock and a hard place. Apart from the sizable and pumped-up universe of Donald Trump’s supporters, the debate suddenly crystalized the worries of many Americans, a portion of President Joe Biden’s supporters among them, that neither man is fit to lead the nation. …

Janine Udogu is more than a wife to the people of Isuofia in Aguata, Anambra State. She could pass for a pearl. And to millions across Nigeria, especially the Igbo, Janine, popularly known as Nwanyiocha has become a delight. She wears the traditional title – ‘Lolo Anyanwu Ututu I’, conferred on her by the people of Isuofia. An encounter with …

President Joe Biden’s campaign insisted Friday he will not drop out of the 2024 race, but fractures between those in the president’s orbit insisting on trudging forward and the broader Democratic world seeking a last-minute change were growing after Biden’s disastrous debate performance. Biden acknowledged the weak performance while giving a much more animated speech in North Carolina on Friday, saying, “I know I’m …