Wednesday, October 7, 2026

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  • Politics

    Amupitan speaking to journalists

    INEC will study court judgement on Accord presidential candidate: Amupitan

    INEC says it will review the Federal High Court’s judgement ordering it to recognise and upload the name of the Accord Party presidential candidate for the 2027 elections.

    Rights

    International Criminal Court, Taliban Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani, Habibullah Agha and Neda Mohammad Nadim

    ICC unseals arrest warrants over Taliban persecution of women, girls

    ICC has made public four arrest warrants against senior Taliban figures, accusing them of persecuting women and girls in Afghanistan, which amounts to a crime against humanity.

    Economy

    AU leaders

    AU to inaugurate Africa’s first credit rating agency amid debt burdens

    AU will inaugurate Africa’s first credit rating agency today as an alternative to the “big three” global ‌ratings agencies as debt burdens weigh on many African economies.

    OPINION

    Murder in Asaba

    There is something fundamentally wrong with treating the alleged killing of a citizen as though it were principally a disagreement within the public service.

    Incumbency power, religious sentiment can’t stop hungry, angry Nigerians from voting Tinubu out

    Across the country, the cost-of-living crisis is not an abstract economic debate.

    Azu Ishiekwene: Tinubu and his incredible ministers

    At a business lunch in December 2022, he said he shouldn’t be voted for a second term if he didn’t fix the electricity supply problem and end estimated billing in his first term.

    An open letter to a distressed priest

    Mr Soyinka said, “Public lies, like flies, beget maggots.”

    The Black Queen of Hearts: Why Mia Mottley captures the global spirit

    For Africa and its diaspora, Mottley now represents something larger than the politics of Barbados.

    What shall we do about South Africa?

    A mob is a failure of policing. A death in custody is the state performing the violence itself, in a building, on a record, with a docket number.

    Lagos

    NAF Ondo plane crash

    NAF releases names of 25 officers killed in Ondo plane crash

    The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed and named officers, including passengers, who died on board an ATR 42 aircraft, NAF 931, which crashed in the Igbokoda area of Ondo.

    Abuja

    AEDC, prepaid meters

    Abuja residents urge AEDC to enlighten public on MAP refund scheme

    Abuja residents have called on the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company to intensify public enlightenment on the Meter Asset Provider refund scheme.

    States

    Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf

    Governor Yusuf mourns Sharia chieftain Baba-Ahmed

    Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf expressed shock over the death of Nafiu Baba-Ahmed, secretary-general of the Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria.