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Post views: 20 The Young Progressives Party (YPP), Imo State chapter, strongly condemns the attack on its State Secretariat located at Ama Wire, Orji, along Okigwe Road, Owerri. According to security personnel on duty, the incident occurred at around 3:30 am on Sunday, July 19, 2026, when an unmarked Toyota Sienna vehicle stopped at the entrance of the party …

Powerful armed gangs control much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and continue to expand into other regions of the country. Countless families have fled their homes, schools and health centers have closed, and humanitarian agencies are struggling to meet soaring needs as funding runs out. But amidst this crisis there are also signs of progress. Haitian authorities are pressing ahead with …

The Concerned Northern Forum has warned against attempts to use the business of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) to sow ethnic and regional divisions, urging Nigerians to reject narratives that pit the North against the South. Speaking at a press conference in Kaduna, the coordinator of the forum, Aliyu Muhammad, said recent reports on alleged irregularities in …

For more than a year, six schools founded by United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is inaccessible, and six others have been closed, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the reporter in New York. Ten schools in Area C of the West Bank were recently abandoned due to settler attacks and access restrictions, he added. On Wednesday, Suzanna Tkalec, deputy …

Senior Lawyer of Nigeria, Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, has been elected as the 33rd President of the Nigerian Bar Association after achieving a decisive victory in the association’s national elections conducted electronically. Badejo-Okusanya polled 12,317 votes, accounting for 47.18% of the total votes cast, defeating his closest rival, Lateef Akangbe (SAN), who garnered 7,934 votes, while Olumuyiwa Akinboro (SAN) came third …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas to “immediately reject and withdraw the Nigerian Data Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2026, as the bill is a backdoor attempt to regulate social media and expand government control over online expression, which is inconsistent …

Mallam Salihu Isa Nataro, a former Kebbi State governorship candidate and strong supporter of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, has appealed to elites and youths to enlighten the rest of the Nigerian populace on the achievements of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the last three years. According to Mallam Nataro, the current administration has achieved what the combination of Jonathan and …

The Kwara State Football Association (KWSFA) Congress passed a unanimous vote of confidence in the leadership of the association under its President, Mallam Idris Abdullahi Musa Thuraya, and approved on August 25, 2026 elections to the 16 Local Football Councils across the state. The resolutions were contained in a statement issued at the end of the KWSFA Congress held at …

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Sunday arrived in Lungi, Sierra Leone, to participate in the 69th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States. Upon arrival at Sierra Leone International Airport, Lungi, Shettima was received by the Vice President of Sierra Leone, Dr Mohamed Jalloh; Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu; …

An attempted attack by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on the Federal Polytechnic, Monguno, Borno State, has been foiled by troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) who stopped the mass abduction of 46 students. The attempted attack occurred at around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, according to OPHK’s Acting Media Information Officer, Captain Mohammed Goni. He revealed that several …