The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, has highlighted persistent network coverage issues as a major obstacle to the real-time electronic transmission of election results, explaining the Senate’s decision to reject a proposed amendment…
Pensioners in Abia State, operating under the banner of Concerned Abia Pensioners, have advised Governor Alex Otti against spending public funds on political campaigns ahead of the 2027 elections, insisting that his achievements in office have already secured the people’s…
A proposal to create a “Ministry of Sex” in Armenia has stirred public debate as the country heads toward parliamentary elections. The suggestion was raised by Sargis Karapetyan, co-founder of the Strong Armenia political movement, during a recent podcast discussion….
Gunmen killed at least 162 people in Nigeria’s Kwara state in one of the deadliest attacks in the country in recent months, a Red Cross official said Wednesday. The attack late Tuesday on a village in the west-central state came…
Nollywood actress Angela Okorie has apologised to her colleague, Mercy Johnson, as well as Johnson’s children and family, over previous disagreements and statements made about them. In a video shared on her Instagram page on Wednesday, Okorie thanked her supporters…
By Farooq Kperogi I am using the last ounce of energy left in me to type this. A rural community in Kwara State’s Kaiama Local Government, which is a close geographic, consanguineal, historical and cultural cousin to my own Baruten…
The Nigerian Senate has rejected a proposed amendment to Clause 60, Subsection 3, of the Electoral Amendment Bill that sought to make the electronic transmission of election results compulsory. As reported by Channels Television on Wednesday, the provision, if approved,…
The Nigerian Army has dismissed claims circulating online that two soldiers were killed and a patrol vehicle destroyed during unrest in Oso Edda community, Edda Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The rumours emerged amid tensions in the area following…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have dismantled three detention facilities operated by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters in the Timbuktu Triangle, a forest corridor spanning parts of Borno and Yobe states. The military said the operation led…
A new investigation has shown how a Nigerian crime syndicate led by socialite Nzube Ikeji defrauded a Romanian woman of more than $2.5 million. The investigation was conducted by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and published on…
