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Eight children and a security guard have been confirmed dead after a 14-year-old boy opened fire in a school in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital. Veselin Milić, Belgrade police spokesperson, said the suspect called authorities to turn himself in and waited in the schoolyard to be arrested. Milić said the head teacher called the […]

Alhassan Doguwa, majority leader of the house of representatives, says his alleged murder trial cannot stop his bid to contest for the speakership position of the 10th national assembly. Doguwa spoke in Abuja on Wednesday when he officially declared his intention to contest the number four seat in the country. Doguwa said […]

The senate has approved the sum of N22.7 trillion that was spent by the executive arm of government without the initial approval of the national assembly. The upper legislative chamber approved the request on Wednesday, after Ibrahim Gobir, senate leader, presented a report. Gobir said some of the beneficiaries of the funds […]

Senate president Ahmad Lawan says the security situation in some parts of the country is deteriorating, but the military has done “a good job” in trying to fix it. Lawan made the comments after Istifanus Gyang, senator representing Plateau north, drew the attention of the senate to some attacks by bandits in some […]

The presidential election petitions court has fixed Monday, May 8  for the hearing of the petitions challenging Bola Tinubu’s emergence as the president-elect. According to Tinubu’s legal team, Monday’s hearing is a pre-hearing session. The session will settle pending applications after which a timetable will be set for hearing of the substantive matters. […]

Bola Tinubu, president-elect, says he couldn’t have won the presidential election without the support of Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers. On March 1, the independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Tinubu as the winner of the election with a total of 8,794,726 votes. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]

The senate is seeking leniency for Ike Ekweremadu, a former deputy senate president, and Beatrice, his wife, ahead of their sentencing in the UK. The decision of the upper legislative chamber followed a motion sponsored by Chukwuka Utazi, senate minority whip. The lawmakers asked the UK court to “temper justice with mercy” […]

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) says Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the chairperson, did not prevent any Nigerian from being evacuated from Sudan. On Monday, a video clip surfaced online in which one of the Nigerians stranded in Sudan alleged that some of them were left behind while others were evacuated. “They have […]

Sidie Tunis, speaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) parliament, has pleaded with a UK court to show mercy to Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president and his wife. In March 2023, Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, were found guilty of organ trafficking by a UK court. In a […]

Salihu Lukman, vice-chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the north-west, says his suit against Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman, is to prevent a “looming anarchy” in the management of the party. In a letter dated May 2 and addressed to Adamu, Lukman said he did not violate any provision of the party’s […]