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The US House voted to halt President Donald Trump’s war in Iran absent congressional approval, the latest repudiation by lawmakers of the president’s handling of the conflict. Four Republicans voted with Democrats in support of the measure, which was brought Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal. The vote was 214 to 208. Republican Reps. Thomas Massie, Brian Fitzpatrick, Tom Barrett and Warren …

  The three convicts were jailed for six offences, and they will stand trial on the four remaining charges to which they pleaded not guilty. The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday sentenced three terrorists linked to the May abduction of school children and teachers in Orire Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State, to a life imprisonment. Justice …

Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has told President Bola Tinubu that his administration has no constitutional business funding the construction and renovation of palaces for traditional rulers, describing the ₦22.15 billion allocated for 106 such projects in the 2026 Appropriation Act as a constitutional aberration and an instrument for illegality and official corruption. In a …

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has identified the Nigeria Police Force and five federal ministries and agencies as having the highest number of suspected fake workers uncovered during its payroll verification exercise. ICPC Chairman, Musa Adamu Aliyu (SAN), disclosed the findings while speaking on the commission’s investigation into payroll fraud across Federal Government institutions, according to …

Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers has declared support for President Bola Tinubu’s second-term bid and the Rivers governorship candidate Kingsley Chinda for the upcoming 2027 general elections. Fubara made the declaration during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Riven Medical Industries Project in Port Harcourt, on Wednesday. He said the political differences that had divided stakeholders in the state had been …

A bill to coordinate and ensure transparency and disclosure in the management of foreign aid, grants and donations in Nigeria, on Wednesday, scaled second reading in the Senate. The Bill, sponsored by Sen. Ibrahim Dankwambo (PDP-Gombe North), is entitled: “A Bill for an Act to Provide for the Regulation, Coordination, Transparency and Disclosure of Foreign Aid, Grants and Donations in …

Gov. Alex Otti of Abia has reiterated that his administration was expanding the frontlines of quality education through the construction of smart schools across the state. Otti said this while inaugurating the Umuomayiukwu Smart School in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area(LGA) on Wednesday, one of the 20 smart schools being built across the 17 LGAs of the state. The …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s claim that the 2026 Service-Wide Vote (SWV) would fund President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election campaign. In a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja, Mr Felix Morka, APC National Publicity Secretary, described the allegation as mischievous. Atiku, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, had challenged Tinubu to explain the …

  The Court of Appeal affirmed the forfeiture order based on EFCC’s iinvestigation linked the assets to funds allegedly diverted from money released for the operations of the Joint Task Force, Operation Pulo Shield. The Court of Appeal in Lagos has affirmed the final forfeiture of N293.97 million, several properties and investment assets linked to a retired major-general, Emmanuel Atewe, …

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has decorated the former Edo State Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, with his new rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG. Agbonika was decorated on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Louis Edet House, Abuja, following his promotion to the senior rank. His elevation makes him the second …