Communities from Delta State’s Warri Federal Constituency have accused Nigeria’s electoral commission of disenfranchising them by failing to implement a Supreme Court ruling that ordered a fresh delineation of their constituency. Representatives of the Ijaw and Urhobo groups stormed INEC headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, demanding the immediate release of the commission’s final report on…
The wife of a prominent Ugandan opposition politician, Kizza Besigye on Wednesday alleged that her husband has been kidnapped during a book launch in Kenya. According to the wife, Winnie Byanyima, the husband was kidnaped over the weekend, transferred to Uganda and is being held at a military jail in Kampala. Besigye has run against…
The Southern Kaduna Journalists’ Forum (SKJF) has applauded President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of retired General Christopher Musa as Minister of Defence, describing the move as both “well-deserved” and reassuring for the nation. At a press briefing jointly addressed by Chairman Ango Bally and Secretary Lilian Silas, the forum said Musa’s rise to the top of…
The Israeli military said on Monday that the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah fired around 165 rockets into the north of Israel. According to the Magen David Adom rescue service, a total of six people were injured, including a one-year-old child, in the Karmiel area of the Galilee and in the area of Kirjat Ata, just…
