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By Favour Abbah ABUJA — The Third Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Alexander Kwabena Afenyo-Markin, has called for swift and coordinated regional action to protect West African citizens amid recent killings in Burkina Faso and escalating xenophobic violence in South Africa. Speaking at the Parliament’s first ordinary session of 2026 in Abuja on Tuesday, Afenyo-Markin warned that the region... Read more

By Daniel Ado ABUJA — The Nigerian Senate witnessed a fresh wave of defections on Tuesday as three lawmakers dumped their parties, further weakening the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and altering the balance of power in the Red Chamber. Former Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, representing Abia South, defected from the ADC to the Labour Party, citing deepening leadership and... Read more

By Sarah Mattew ABUJA: The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has announced that the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration CVR exercise will resume on Monday, May 11, 2026, in what it described as the third and final phase of the registration cycle. INEC said in a statement signed by the Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Kudu Haruna,... Read more

By Daniel Ado ABUJA — The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Olakunle Nafiu, has cautioned Corps Members to remain strictly non-partisan as they prepare for participation in the 2027 general elections. Nafiu gave the directive while addressing 2026 Batch ‘A’ Stream II Corps Members at the Kubwa orientation camp in the Federal Capital Territory and the Keffi... Read more

Makurdi — The Deputy Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ode, has dismissed reports alleging that a reconciliation committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) endorsed automatic tickets for National and State Assembly members, describing the claim as false and misleading.Speaking with journalists on Tuesday in Makurdi, Ode, who chaired the communique drafting committee, said the document being circulated did not... Read more

Kaduna — The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has condemned the sealing of its national secretariat in Kaduna by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, describing the action as unlawful and without justification. In a statement issued Tuesday, the Forum’s National Publicity Secretary, Prof. Tukur A. Muhammad-Baba, said the premises were shut ahead of the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting scheduled... Read more

By Clement John Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ike Nwachukwu, has called for the establishment of a Foreign Service Commission to strengthen professionalism and institutional stability in Nigeria’s diplomatic system. Nwachukwu made the call in Abuja during the public presentation of a memoir titled “Fragments of Time: My Foreign Service Years” authored by Ambassador Eineje Onobu, where diplomats, policymakers and... Read more

By Rosemary Nwanpka Dubai-based carrier, Emirates, has restored 96 per cent of its global flight network following weeks of disruption triggered by the Middle East crisis. Air travel across the region was affected after tensions escalated on February 28, 2026, when the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, forcing several airlines to scale down operations and operate limited... Read more

By Adamu AliThe Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has revealed that pricing disagreements between crude oil producers and domestic refiners significantly reduced supply to local refineries in the first quarter of 2026, leading to a shortfall of between 54 and 64 percent. In a statement issued by its Head of Media and Corporate Communication, Eniola Akinkuotu, the Commission said... Read more

By Juliet Usman An Islamic cleric, Sheikh Bukar Kashim Goni, standing trial over an alleged plot to overthrow the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has told the Federal High Court in Abuja that over ₦10 million traced to his account was for prayers and charitable purposes. Sheikh Goni is among six defendants facing prosecution in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CR/206/2026,... Read more