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By Henry Umoru ABUJA — The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded the name of Professor Sadiq Abubakar Gombe as the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in compliance with a Supreme Court judgment affirming the party’s autonomy in managing its internal affairs. With the development, Professor Gombe replaces Shehu Musa Gabam, the party’s expelled national chairman, whose name had earlier been restored by INEC based on a Court of Appeal judgment. The electoral commission also removed the names of other expelled party members from its records on Wednesday, a move the SDP described as a demonstration…

The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old security guard attached to an Islamiyya school in Jega Local Government Area over the alleged sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl. The Commissioner of Police, Umar Hadejia, disclosed the arrest during a press briefing in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday. The suspect, identified as Faruku Muhammed of Tungar Zabarmawa area in Jega, was arrested following a complaint involving a minor from the same community.According to the police, the incident occurred on June 14 when the suspect allegedly lured the girl into his room located within the Islamiyya school premises. “On 14 June…

Argentina’s 3-0 win over Algeria at the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be remembered for Lionel Messi’s historic hat-trick, but I believe the Argentine captain was fortunate to remain on the pitch after a dangerous challenge on Algeria defender Aïssa Mandi. Messi scored three goals to help Argentina begin their title defence in style and move level with Miroslav Klose as the World Cup’s joint all-time leading scorer. However, the biggest talking point of the match came in the 32nd minute. Replays appeared to show Messi planting his studs onto Mandi’s calf and Achilles area. The Algerian defender was left…

Afrobeats superstar, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has called on prominent Hausa singer, Dauda Rarara, to openly speak out against the country’s worsening insecurity, insisting that silence and political bias only deepen national challenges. The controversy stems from Davido’s appearance at the FIFA World Cup 2026 Countdown Concert in Los Angeles on June 10, where he wore a customised jacket bearing the inscription “Bring Them Home” alongside the names of over 40 schoolchildren and teachers abducted on May 15 in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. In a video posted on his verified Facebook page, Rarara described Davido’s…

Addressing the 15-member Council about the current situation on the ground, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said that while the 2022 truce between the Houthi rebels and the government continues to hold, the conflict is unresolved, with Yemenis bearing the cost of this uncertainty.“In meetings with Yemenis, we are told that entrenched front lines across the country are draining resources, deepening fragmentation and accelerating the militarisation of society, even driving students and teachers to join armed groups simply as a means of economic survival,” Mr. Grundberg said.“As long as Yemen’s conflict remains unsettled, the risk of further destabilisation…

Nigeria runs an accidental university. Its flagship course is Complaints 101. No JAMB cut-off, 200,000 students per session, and a 100 per cent pass rate. Lecture halls are our WhatsApp groups, Twitter spaces, and beer parlours. We can diagnose fuel prices, bad roads, and failed leadership with surgical precision. We inherited this skill from colonial and military eras, when complaining was the only weapon of the powerless. But 60 years after independence, the world has moved from diagnosis to design. We are experts at describing darkness and apprentices at lighting candles. As the Hausas say, “A mouth that complains cannot…

Elohor Aiboni, former managing director Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) has been named Executive Vice President and Country Chair Nigeria. She is currently on assignment as Asset Director at Brunei Shell Petroleum and will take over from Marno de Jong who leaves Shell to pursue an opportunity elsewhere, after a 34-year career with the Company. Marno was appointed Senior Vice President Nigeria in 2020 and later became Executive Vice President in addition to the role of Country Chair, overseeing all Shell’s operations in Nigeria. Marno joined Shell in 1992 as a Project Engineer at the start of…

The G7 summit of world powers in France is being chaired by President Emmanuel Macron as host but on Wednesday his guest US President Donald Trump left no doubt over who he believed was in charge. “I’m the boss,” Trump said as he strode in to the morning session of the last day of the three-day G7 summit, with the other leaders already in their seats. Amid laughter, Macron appeared to take the comment with good humour. “How are you?” the French president asked. “Good, thank you,” replied Trump, a tycoon before becoming president who famously hosted the TV show…

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