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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the posting of four ambassador-designates, out of the 68 confirmed by the Senate last December. President Tinubu confirmed the postings of Ambassador Ayodele Oke as the ambassador-designate to France, and Colonel Lateef Are as the ambassador-designate to the United States of America. Also confirmed by the President is the posting of Ambassador Amin Dalhatu, …

Kurmin Wali community in southern Kaduna has been thrown into panic following the mass abduction of 177 Christian worshippers, the second attack in a week. On Sunday, gunmen attacked three churches in the community and whisked away more than 100 worshippers. However, on Monday, the Kaduna State Government, police command and Chairman of Kajuru Local Government Area dismissed the report …

The United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs has reacted to the recent abduction of 166 worshippers from two churches in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna by some suspected terrorists. The House committee in a post on X reiterated President Donald Trump’s proclamation that the US would not stand and watch the continued persecution and killing of Christians in …

Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Chibuzor Simeon Amadi, declines to set up a seven-man panel to investigate the allegations of gross misconduct levelled against Governor Sim Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi Ordu, citing two court orders which barred him from appointing a panel. Justice Amadi also noted that the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule, …

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has approached the Supreme Court to challenge the Court of Appeal decisions linked to the controversy surrounding Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s removal from legislative duties. Court documents obtained by SaharaReporters show that Akpabio, acting in his capacity as President of the Senate, has filed fresh processes at the apex court seeking to regularise and sustain his appeal …

The Supreme Court has dismissed the trial of Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (rtd), the former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to the late Military Head of State, General Sani Abacha in the murder of late politician, Alhaja Kudirat Abiola. Kudirat Abiola was the wife of the late businessman cum politician, Chief MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential …

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Senegal on Sunday clinched the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title after a tense 1–0 extra-time victory over host nation Morocco at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium. The final was marked by controversy late in regulation time after the Democratic Republic of Congo referee, Jean Jacques Ndala Ngambo, awarded Morocco a penalty in the eighth minute of added time …

The Federal Government has announced plans to finally abolish the long-standing dichotomy between Higher National Diploma (HND) and Bachelor’s degree holders, a move expected to significantly reform Nigeria’s tertiary education system. Under the proposed reform, accredited polytechnics will be empowered to award bachelor’s degrees, placing them on the same academic and professional footing as universities. The policy shift is aimed …

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abayomi Mumuni, has warned against any attempt to replace Vice President Kashim Shettima on religious grounds ahead of the 2027 general elections Mumuni said this on Wednesday in reaction to the controversies erupting from the omission of Vice President Shettima’s photograph from a banner displayed at the North-East Zonal Public Hearing on …