Some Republican legislators in the United States House of Representatives have introduced bill that seeks to designate Fulani ethnic militias as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) over “religious violence” in Nigeria. Riley Moore introduced the ‘Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026’, which was co-sponsored by Chris Smith and other Republican lawmakers. The bill…
President Bola Tinubu is expected to sign the amended Electoral Act into law this month, according to Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Akpabio said this on Tuesday during an emergency plenary session where the lawmakers constituted a committee to harmonise its version of the bill with the one passed by the House of Representatives amid the…
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North-East), Operation HADIN KAI, say they killed 16 ISWAP terrorists and rescued 11 kidnapped victims in a series of coordinated counter-offensives across Borno. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday. It said the operation followed a failed midnight attack by ISWAP fighters on the forward operating base, Auno,…
A shooter killed nine people and injured dozens more at a secondary school and residence in a remote part of western Canada on Tuesday, before the suspect took their own life. The killings occurred in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, a picturesque mountain valley town in the foothills of the Rockies. A total of 27 people…
Hon. Tosin Alabi, a hopeful for the Egbeda/Ona Ara Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives ahead of the 2027 general elections, has expressed profound gratitude to residents, party faithful and stakeholders for their overwhelming show of love, solidarity and massive turnout at the recent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gathering held in Ona Ara…
The Oyo State lawmaker, Hon. Olufunke Comforter Adeniyi-Olajide, has congratulated the Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly on the successful completion of his tenure as Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria (CSSLN), describing him as a real game changer whose leadership has left an indelible mark. Hon. Comforter…
A member of the House of Representatives representing Kaduna North, Hon Mohammed Bello El-Rufai, has reaffirmed his commitment to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He declared that he will not act against the party’s interests despite political differences involving his father. Bello, who is the son of former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai,…
Fresh tensions erupted within the Labour Party on Tuesday night after the Julius Abure-led faction announced that it had reclaimed the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, barely 24 hours after the Nenadi Usman-led caretaker committee took over the facility. The Abure faction, through its National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, made an announcement in a statement…
As Valentine’s Day draws closer, conversations about love, commitment, and expectations naturally come to the surface. While some people are certain about where they stand with their partners, many others find themselves in unclear emotional spaces. One of the most common of these is the situationship, a connection that feels like a relationship but lacks…
A driver and a passenger were burnt to death, and others were injured in an accident involving a minibus along the Ballet inward corridor to Mile 2, Okota, Isolo, Lagos State, on Tuesday. Spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq, in a statement, said the minibus was trying to avoid another vehicle…
