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By Ayo Kehinde The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iran is not building nuclear weapons, but warned that the country’s enrichment of uranium to 60% purity remains a serious concern for the international community. The agency’s director general, Rafael Grossi, revealed that inspectors found no evidence of “a systematic and structured program to manufacture nuclear weapons” in Iran, despite …

Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, on Tuesday tasked the new office bearers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to secure two million votes for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. They presented the demands to the party’s State Congress in Kaduna, where Isaac Atiku Sankay emerged …

Department of State Services (DSS) operatives have arrested two suspected arms couriers, seized two Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) warheads, an RPG launcher and other items linked to bandit networks in Gombe State The suspects, Muhammed Alhaji Mohammed, 55; and Sani Gesha, 47; were intercepted in Mararaban Tula, Kaltungo Local Government Area, while traveling in a gray Toyota Corolla with Taraba …

Nigeria’s currency, the naira, continued to slide against the American dollar at the official window on Tuesday. Officially, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) foreign exchange data shows that the naira closed at N1,384.29/$1, compared with N1,378.02/$1 on Monday. This represents a loss of N6.27 for the local currency against the dollar. On the black market, the naira lost N10 against …

Clerk Ogunlana Launches Cutting-Edge Newsroom in NASS, Signaling New Era of Institutional Reform By Raphael Ekpang Nigeria’s National Assembly has commissioned an ultra-modern newsroom as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen transparency, improve institutional efficiency and modernize legislative communication. Speaking at the commissioning ceremony on Tuesday, the Clerk of the National Assembly, Barrister Kamoru Ogunlana, described the facility as more …

The Kano State High Court on Tuesday sentenced two men Aliyu Hussaini and Amir Zakariyya to death for the murder of newly married groom, Yazid Haruna, in the state. The defendants were charged by the police with stabbing the deceased with a knife They were convicted of conspiracy, armed robbery and murder. Earlier, the prosecutor, Lamido Abba-Sorondinki, told the court …

Cyprus on Monday said poor communication from the British government led to the drone attack on Britain’s Akrotiri airbase and did not rule out renegotiating the use of the base. The government in Nicosia has argued that the perceived lack of clarity regarding the use of British bases on the island, which the United Kingdom has maintained since relinquishing colonial …

A Catholic Parish house in Kamantan, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, was on Thursday night set ablaze and a seminarian killed in an attack by gunmen. The Parish in Kamantan is under the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the attackers stormed the parish house …

The equity market continued to recover as investors gained N710 billion at the end of trading on Tuesday. This follows a surge in share prices, including shares such as Sunu Assurance, UACN and Oando on the stock exchange floor. The benchmark All-Share Index (ASI) index increased to 196,621.96 points from 195,514.23 points on the previous trading day. After five hours …

A major interest group within the African Democratic Congress (ADC), known as ADC Grassroots Mobilization for Change (AGMC), has condemned the violent attack on some party leaders during a meeting in Edo State on Sunday. In a statement released Tuesday by its communications director, Andrew Iguebor, the group described the incident as a dangerous escalation of political intolerance that poses …