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AIR PEACE PICKETING: Due process followed, we owe passengers nothing – Unions
By Dickson Omobola Unions in the air transport sector, Tuesday, defended their decision to picket the country’s largest airline, Air Peace, saying the industrial action was lawful and that they
2027: Tinubu’s group begins campaign as INEC lifts ban
By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, a political support group of President Bola Tinubu, the Hope Alive Initiative HAI, has unveiled a multi-platform grassroots campaign to
2027: INEC begins clean-up of voter register, lists challenges ahead of polls
To deploy 1.4m ad-hoc staff across 176,000 polling units By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: As political activities heighten across the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has declared that it
2027: Registered voters will exceed 100m – INEC
By Olayinka Ajayi The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has projected that Nigeria’s registered voter population will exceed 100 million ahead of the 2027 general elections. The Commission also said
2027: Tinubu signs Peace Accord, warns against AI-driven misinformation, primordial tensions
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Ahead of the 2027 general elections, President Bola Tinubu has urged political parties and candidates to refrain from exploiting ethnic, religious, and other primordial sentiments in
‘Nigeria needs more mad men in your government’ – Murray-Bruce tells Tinubu
Former Senator representing Bayelsa East, Ben Murray-Bruce, has urged President Bola Tinubu to appoint more “mad men” into his administration, saying Nigeria needs people willing to confront entrenched interests and
US envoy condemns Israeli strikes on Syrian airbase
By Favour Ulebor & Agency report The United States has criticised Israel over airstrikes on a Syrian military airbase in the northwestern Idlib region, describing the attack as an unnecessary
Trump posts map showing Strait of Hormuz as US territory
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted a map on his Truth Social platform showing the Strait of Hormuz as “NEW U.S. Territory,” pressing his threat to claim sovereignty over
Kano govt bans IV fluid, blood transfusion at patent medicine stores
The Kano State Government has banned the administration of intravenous (IV) fluids and blood transfusions at patent medicine stores across the state, an official disclosed. The Acting Executive Secretary of
Trump votes by mail after calling ballots ‘inherently corrupt’
US President Donald Trump voted by mail in Florida’s Republican primary taking place on Tuesday despite repeatedly denouncing the practice as corrupt and pushing to restrict its use ahead of
