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Former President Barack Obama led a chorus of national leaders condemning the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University (UVU) on Wednesday. In a poignant statement posted on X, Obama wrote, “We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this …

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has lamented the electoral management body’s inability to sanction political parties, candidates, and their supporters who engage in premature campaigns ahead of elections. Yakubu expressed this frustration during a roundtable organised by the Commission with the theme, “Challenges of Premature Political Campaign.” According to Yakubu, while the Electoral Act …

The Northern Ethnic Nationality Forum (NENF), a coalition of socio-cultural and political leaders from the 19 northern states, has called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately reshuffle his cabinet and overhaul the nation’s security architecture in response to Nigeria’s worsening crises. In a strongly worded statement signed by its Convener, Dominic Alancha, the Forum said it had “deeply examined the …

Elon Musk has lost his title as the world’s richest person to Larry Ellison, the co-founder of Oracle and an ally of US President Donald Trump. Ellison’s wealth surged to $393bn (£290bn) on Wednesday morning, surpassing Musk’s $385bn (£284bn), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Shares in Oracle soared more than 40% after the database software company gave investors a …

A leaked conversation between the APC Deputy Governorship Candidate in the November 8 Guber election has gone viral. Whilst Iyom as she is fondly called has accused Soludo of taunting her PhD Degree and her person, she has entered into the fray. She was apparently speaking with a former supporter, named Ifeanyi. Iyom (Uche Lilian Ekwunife) is a former Reps …

A former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has revealed that late former President Muhammadu Buhari threatened to sack him if his push to remove petrol subsidy during Buhari’s tenure failed. Kachikwu, who served as minister between 2016 and 2019, made the disclosure on Monday during a virtual business mentorship lecture series organised by the Nigerian Content …

Mele Kyari, a former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mele Kyari, on Wednesday, visited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, office. Kyari arrived EFCC’s headquarters in Abuja at about 2:15pm. He was invited to answer questions on financial and technical matters during his time in office. Recall that the EFCC had placed …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has formally recognised the new leadership of the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC), with former Senate President, Senator David Bonaventure Mark, emerging as National Chairman, News360 Nigeria reports. INEC confirmed the change in the party’s particulars on its official website on Wednesday in Abuja, effectively ending months of leadership tussle within the ADC. According …

The Abia State Government has banned graduation ceremonies for nursery and primary school pupils, as well as secondary school students who are not in exit classes, in both public and private schools. The government also announced the abolition of compulsory combination of textbooks and workbooks by publishers, a practice that prevents parents from reusing textbooks for younger children. Commissioner for …

Data from the Independent System Operator (ISO) revealed that power generation dropped from 2,917.83 megawatts (MW) to just 1.5MW between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m, confirming a national grid collapse. In a statement to its customers, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) explained that the outage across its franchise area was due to the grid failure, which occurred around 11:23 …