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The US Supreme Court will step into the divisive and emotional battle over the abortion drug mifepristone Wednesday, when it is expected to rule on tough new court-ordered restrictions on the widely used pill. It sets up the conservative-leaning bench for its most significant intervention on reproductive rights since a seismic ruling 10 months ago that stripped women in America …

The war in Ukraine and the related intensified competition between the United States (US) and China loom over every international relations discussion. How might the war end, and how will these scenarios affect Africa? Projections for the next 20 years by African Futures and Innovation at the Institute for Security Studies show that Africa’s economic growth is unlikely to deliver commensurate standard-of-living …

Nigeria’s Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has warned that the manipulation of ethnoreligious sentiment contributed to the three-year civil war (1967-1970) in the country. Osinbajo stated this at Monday’s inaugural edition of The Policy Making and Good Governance Lecture Series Of NIPSS titled “Creating A Homeland For All: Nation-Building In A Diverse Democracy”. The vice president spoke on the unity …

The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Senator Aishatu Dahiru, better known as Binani, has denied allegations that she paid some staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, including Hudu Yunusa Ari, a Resident Electoral Commissioner in the poll, to declare her winner of the election. The PUNCH reports that Ari had on Sunday usurped the INEC Returning …

The Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) has declared Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the governorship election in Adamawa State. Mr Fintiri won the supplementary election with 9,337 votes. He defeated his closest rival, Aisha Dahiru, popularly called Binani, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who came second in the poll with 6,513 votes. Mr …

Forty years today, after Hizballah’s bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, the U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program, which is administered by the Diplomatic Security Service, has announced a reward of up to $7 million for information leading to the identification, location, arrest, and/or conviction of Hizballah key leader Ibrahim Aqil. Ibrahim Aqil, also known …

Edo State Government said it has sealed Selaf Specialist Hospital, a health facility in Uromi, Esan-North-East Local Government Area (LGA) of the State, as part of ongoing efforts to regulate and sanitize the healthcare system and rid it of quacks. Officials of the Edo State Ministry of Health led by the Directors of Medical Services and Nursing Services, Dr. Edward …

The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the 2023 governorship election in Adamawa State, Aishatu Dahiru, popularly called Binani, has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from voiding an illegal declaration that named her as the governor-elect of the state. The Leadership newspaper reports that Binani asked the court …

•FG must adhere to our terms —Unions•Why unions’ strike’s unnecessary, unfounded — FG•Make contingent plans, FAAN advise travellers Flight operations were yesterday disrupted across the country, following the two-day strike embarked upon by unions in the aviation sector to protest what they described as unpalatable working conditions. Consequently, both international and local flights were affected, as air travellers could not …

The parents of the 12-year-old deceased student of Chrisland School, Ikeja, Whitney Adeniran, Blessing and Adeyemi Adeniran, on Monday, appeared before the coroner inquest set up to unravel the mystery surrounding the student’s death. They were cross-examined by the Lagos State Government Counsel, Akin George, and one of the lawyers to Chrisland School, Bolaji Oyerinde, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). …