The ongoing prosecution of the immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, got a twist on Wednesday, as the trial judge, Emeka Nwite, alleged attempts to compromise him. Shortly after granting N1.5 billion bail to the erstwhile AGF and his co-defendants, Justice Nwite disclosed that he had been approached…
Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida on Tuesday signed an executive order, designating Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations as terrorist organisations. In a post on social media on Tuesday, Mr DeSantis shared a copy of the executive order, designating the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliate Council on American-Islamic Relations as foreign terrorist and…
A suspected phone thief has stolen the mobile phone of the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Barrister Sule Shu’aibu (SAN). According to LEADERSHIP, the incident reportedly occurred during a security-related event in Kaduna on Thursday. Reports indicated that the theft happened at public gathering, raising questions about how the suspect was…
Tanzanian authorities have blocked citizens’ access to the microblogging platform X after the hackers compromised the country’s police X account. Netblocks, a platform tracking cybersecurity and digital governance, confirmed on Tuesday that the government of the East African country blocked access to X after hackers compromised and deployed Tanzanian police X handle to falsely announce…
Suspected kidnappers on Sunday abducted the Onogie of Udo-Eguare, a traditional ruler in the Igueben Local Government Area in Edo Central, Edo State. This was contained in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Yamu. Yamu added that others whose number cannot be ascertained as of press time were also kidnapped. He…
US immigration authorities said Wednesday they will look at social media accounts and deny visas or residence permits to people who post content considered anti-Semitic by President Donald Trump’s administration. Posts defined as anti-Semitic will include social media activity in support of militant groups classified by the United States as terrorists, including Hamas, Lebanon’s Hezbollah…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors that their strategy of excluding him from key party decisions will lead to the party’s collapse. Wike, who gave the warning while speaking at a monthly media parley in Abuja on Friday, expressed his frustration at being sidelined…
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on Tuesday signed off Russia’s updated nuclear doctrine, which now includes the possibility of using nuclear weapons in response to conventional missile attacks supported by a nuclear power. This move appears to be a direct response to the outgoing US President Joe Biden administration’s decision to allow Ukraine to fire long-range…
The United States Department of State has approved a possible sale of munitions, precision bombs, and precision rockets to Nigeria at an estimated cost of $346 million. According to a Pentagon statement on Wednesday, the deal, involving contractors Lockheed Martin, RTX Missiles and Defense, and BAE Systems, among others, was certified to Congress by the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it reserves the power to review results declared under duress. The commission said this in a statement on Sunday morning. Following the upload of results on its portal, different political parties have been laying claim to victory. But in the statement, Mohammed Haruna, National Commissioner & Member,…
