The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reaffirmed that the deployment of the Armed Forces during elections should remain an exceptional measure, insisting that the Nigeria Police Force remains the constitutionally designated lead agency for election security. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the position known on Thursday in a keynote address delivered on his...
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Ghana Backs Five-Year Presidential Term, Lowers Eligibility Age to 35 Ghana’s government has approved key constitutional reform proposals that would extend the presidential term from four to five years and lower the minimum age for presidential candidates from 40 to 35, marking a major step in the country’s ongoing constitutional review process. The reforms were...
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday reaffirmed his administration’s hardline position against negotiating with kidnappers, terrorists and other violent criminal groups, declaring that the federal government would neither pay ransom nor release detained suspects in exchange for abducted victims. The President disclosed that kidnappers who abducted schoolchildren and teachers in communities in Oriire Local Government...
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The Federal Government has adopted Kaduna State’s household mapping model as the national framework for identifying out-of-school children, marking a major shift from estimate-based planning to data-driven interventions across the country. Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Olatunji Alausa, announced the decision during a meeting with Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, saying the new approach...
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JUST IN: DSS, Forest Guards Rescue Nine Kidnap Victims, Kill Three Bandits in Kwara Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), working alongside the Kwara State Forest Guards, local hunters and vigilantes, have killed three suspected bandits and rescued nine abducted victims during a coordinated intelligence-led operation in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara...
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The spiritual father and leader of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church Worldwide, Ayo Ni O, His Grace, Most Reverend Prophet Emmanuel Alogbo, has died at the age of 93. The church announced his passing in a statement on Thursday, saying the revered cleric died peacefully in the early hours of July 30, 2026, at...
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Former Finance Minister, Sardaunan Sokoto Abubakar Alhaji Dies at 87 Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance and Sardaunan Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji, has died at the age of 87. Family sources confirmed on Thursday that the elder statesman passed away in Abuja after a brief illness. Alhaji served as Minister of State for Budget and Planning...
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Billionaire investor and Chairman of First Holdco Plc, Femi Otedola, has acquired an additional 1.78 billion shares in the financial institution worth N222.21 billion on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX). A disclosure filed with the Exchange showed that Otedola purchased 1,779,094,976 ordinary shares at N124.90 per share, marking his largest single share acquisition in the...
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The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, has urged African leaders to move beyond policy commitments and focus on measurable actions that can transform the continent’s development trajectory. Speaking at the fifth Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS 2026), themed “Financing for Development: Building Resilience and Transforming Emerging Economies,” Mohammed said Africa has the...
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Nigeria’s efforts to achieve its 2026 crude oil production and revenue targets have suffered a fresh setback following the declaration of force majeure by Esso Exploration & Production Nigeria Limited (EEPNL), an affiliate of ExxonMobil, on crude exports from its Erha deepwater field, placing about 200,000 barrels of oil per day at risk. The disruption...
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