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•as INEC, APC tell court to ignore appeal against Uba’s election  The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgment in the appeal seeking to nullify the election of Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State. A five-member panel of Justices of the apex court, led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, reserved judgment to a date that would be communicated to parties after they …

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s air force launched retaliatory airstrikes early Thursday in Iran against alleged militant hideouts, killing at least nine people and further raising tensions between the neighbors. Thursday’s attack followed one by Iran inside Pakistan on Tuesday. Both appeared to target Baluch militant groups with similar separatist goals on either side of the Iran-Pakistan border. The countries accuse each …

Death toll rises to three. The Oyo State government has identified the company that stored the explosives, which caused Tuesday night’s explosion on Dejo Oyelese Street, Adeyi Avenue, Old Bodija, Ibadan. Addressing journalists at the briefing room of the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, on Wednesday, Governor Seyi Makinde promised to bring the culprits to justice. “Those who brought this tragedy on …

President Tinubu approved 12 local insurance firms to cover the federal workers in case of unforeseen eventualities in the course of their duties. President Bola Tinubu has approved the payment of renewal fees for the Group Life Assurance for federal government workers. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this on Wednesday at the end of the first …

Fresh troubles appear to be in the offing for former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Godwin Ifeanyi Emefiele as the Federal Government again amended the charges against him on offences allegedly committed while in office. The initial charges have been increased from six to 20, bordering on forgery, conferring of corrupt advantage, and criminal breach of trust …

By Igbotako Nowinta No doubt in 40 years, some of us have seen remarkable turbulence and temptations, and emerged victorious; some have passed on unfortunately to meet their maker; some are experiencing spectacular success in their field of studies; some are enjoying the best times of their chosen careers, while some are struggling and grabbling with the harsh realities of …

ABOARD A FRENCH AIR FORCE AWACS — Off in the distance, Ukraine, fighting for its survival. Seen from up here, in the cockpit of a French air force surveillance plane flying over neighboring Romania, the snow-dusted landscapes look deceptively peaceful. The dead from Russia’s war, the shattered Ukrainian towns and mangled battlefields, aren’t visible to the naked eye through the clouds. But …

On Tuesday, two books including one by Femi Adesina, former special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, were presented to the public in Abuja, with President Bola Tinubu as a special guest of honour. The book by Mr Adesina is titled, “Working with Buhari: Reflections of A Special Adviser, Media, and Publicity (2015-2023),” while the other is in five …

Much of the United States is shivering through brutal cold as most of the rest of the world is feeling unusually warm weather. However strange it sounds, that contradiction fits snugly in explanations of what climate change is doing to Earth, scientists said. In a map of global temperatures the last several days, big chunks of the world — the Arctic, Asia, parts of Africa, the …

Nigeria is exploring options to increase crude oil production amidst challenges facing producing companies in the country. The Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, said the plan to ramp up production remains on course. While the Independent Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG) and Oil Producers Trade Section (OPTS) had earlier engaged the National Assembly (NASS) in a bid to stabilise …