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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has found the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, guilty on count-1 of the terrorism charge the Federal Government preferred against him. The court said it was satisfied that Kanu made series of broadcasts to incite violence and killings, in furtherance of his separatist agitation for Biafra. Trial …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday that compels his administration to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to political pressure from his own party after initially resisting those efforts, the Associated Press reports. Trump could have chosen to release many of the files on his own months ago. “Democrats have used the ‘Epstein’ issue, …

Hussaini Aliyu, the Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area Chairman has released the names of the 25 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Comprehensive School, Maga, while refuting claims by U.S. lawmaker Riley Moore that the incident occurred in a Christian enclave. According to report by Vanguard News, Aliyu clarified that all the abducted students are Muslims and urged the lawmaker to refrain …

Armed police officers stationed around the building, barricaded the premises with iron barbed wire, preventing party officials and visitors from gaining access. The opposition party’s new leadership had earlier postponed its inaugural National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting from Tuesday to Wednesday (today) due to the chaos that erupted at the secretariat. Police barricaded the premises with iron barbed wire, Kabiru …

The legislators asked the president to “as soon as practicable” direct the AGF to invoke his constitutional powers by discontinuing Mr Kanu’s ongoing prosecution, noting that such a step would pave the way for an inclusive roundtable capable of producing a lasting and just political settlement. A coalition of 44 serving members of the House of Representatives has written to President Bola …

President Bola Tinubu has postponed his scheduled trip to Johannesburg, South Africa, and Luanda, Angola, as he awaits further security briefings on the kidnapped Kebbi schoolgirls and the attack on Christ Apostolic Church worshippers in Eruku, Kwara State. In response to the request by the governor of Kwara State, President Tinubu has ordered the deployment of more security men to …

Governor Nasir Idris alleges that security operatives withdrew from their duty posts 30 minutes before the bandits struck A wave of anger, blame game, and legislative inquiry has followed the invasion of the Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga, Kebbi State, where bandits abducted 25 students on Monday. As the families of the abducted schoolgirls begin an agonising wait, …

To paraphrase a perennial Washington question: What is the president going to release and when is he going to release it? Donald Trump is reeling from a spectacular defeat, easily his worst from his own party on Capitol Hill during two turbulent presidencies, after every step he took to stall and deflect the Jeffrey Epstein saga blew up in his face. No …

•Says FCT minister has vowed opposition party won’t form government in 2027. •Seyi Makinde: This is a fight for the future of Nigeria’s democracy •ADC condemns attack on PDP headquarters •Wike’s faction expels Oyo, Bauchi governors, George, others •Party salutes Nigerians for support in resisting attack at secretariat Bauchi State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ …

•Assures parents schoolgirls will return safely •Asks Shettima to visit, sympathise with state •Condoles with army over death of soldiers •Governor Idris: failure to act on intelligence made kidnap possible, says it’s sabotage, accuses unnamed agency•Northern governors express outrage, demand urgent, coordinated rescue operations The presidency yesterday stated that President Bola Tinubu was depressed by the abduction of 25 students …