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Genocide Comments: PFN Rejects Call for INEC Chairman’s Removal Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Chidi Odinkalu, has declared that based on the shortcomings witnessed during the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) elections, Nigerians cannot have confidence in the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan, to conduct credible elections in 2027. Speaking during an appearance on Politics Today on Channels Television, Odinkalu described INEC’s performance in the FCT poll as a complete failure. He maintained that the problems observed were not due to legal limitations but rather a lack of commitment and weak electoral management. Although he referred to the FCT election as a relatively small exercise, Odinkalu warned that t...

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has confirmed a fire incident at the old terminal of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. FAAN’s Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Henry Agbebire, stated that emergency officials were promptly deployed to the scene and are actively handling the situation. He further disclosed that the agency’s emergency response team swiftly mobilised to contain the blaze and prevent it from spreading, reassuring the public that no casualties were recorded in the incident. “We are aware of the outbreak, and we are there right now. We will publish a statement right now. Our firefighting team is currently responding and working to curtail the situation. No loss of lives has been recorded. Further updates will be recorded,...

​The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Christopher Maikalangu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the elected chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). The Collation Officer for AMAC, Prof. Andrew Abue, said that Maikalangu, who is the incumbent AMAC chairman, was returned elected having scored the highest number of votes cast, 40,295 out of the total number of Valid Votes of 62,861 in the election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) came second with 12,109 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 3,398 votes. According to Abue, the rejected votes is 2,336 and total valid votes is 62,861, while the total vote cast is 65,197. He added that the number of registered voters i...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will review the Electoral Act 2026 in order to comply with the law as regards schedules for the 2027 elections. Mr Adedayo Oketola, the Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, said the commission would release a “revised timetable”. Oketola, who was not specific on the date for the release, insisted that INEC was committed to abiding by the laws of the land. He stated this in an interview with Sunday PUNCH while reacting to the demand of some political parties for the release of a new timetable. Leaders of the parties, who spoke to our correspondents, said another timetable had become inevitable in the light of the new electoral act. They added that it was...

The Lagos State Government has debunked reports claiming that the monthly environmental sanitation exercise has resumed. Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, insisted no commencement date has been confirmed. Wahab explained that what he told newsmen after a project inspection tour last Sunday was that engagements with relevant stakeholders were still ongoing. He said the state government had planned to begin with a sensitisation programme last week, but was constrained by logistics issues. “The truth is, we were meant to start with a sensitisation programme last week, but we had a logistics issue. We need to find a day that is acceptable to all stakeholders,” he said. He expressed optimism that the exercise might return very soon, adding that ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has commended the Supreme Court of the United States for overturning tariffs imposed by Donald Trump, noting that the judgment underscores the significance of checks and balances in a democracy. Speaking on Saturday at the annual agricultural fair in Paris, Macron reacted to Friday’s ruling in which the court invalidated Trump’s tariffs, declaring them unlawful. Naija News previously reported that the Supreme Court, in a 6–3 majority decision, ruled that Trump did not have the authority to invoke emergency powers to enforce taxes on imported goods. Macron stated that having a Supreme Court and adherence to the rule of law are vital to democratic governance. According to him, democracies function best when power is balanced by institutional counterw...

The United States has deployed about 200 troops to Nigeria to train the country’s military in the fight against Islamist militants, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. An American military official told the newspaper that the deployment comes weeks after US President Donald Trump accused Nigeria of failing to protect Christians from terrorist attacks. The report said the troops were expected to strengthen Nigeria’s counterterrorism capacity through training and operational support. It added that the newly deployed personnel would supplement a small number of US military advisers already in Nigeria, who assist local forces with intelligence to identify targets for military strikes, US and Nigerian officials said. Speaking during a virtual briefin...

At least nine people have been sh0t and k!lled at a high school and a residential property in a rural mountain town in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Police found six people de@d and dozens injured when they responded to reports of an active shooter at the school in Tumbler Ridge, a tight-knit town in the province’s northeast, around 1:20 p.m. Tuesday local time. Another person d!ed while being transported to the hospital, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said. Two more people were found de@d at a residence believed to be connected to the incident, police said in a statement. The suspected shooter was found deceased at the school with “what appears to be a self-inflicted injury,” said police. The suspect was described as a brown-haired woman wearing a dre...

The Edo State House of Assembly has postponed its first plenary session of 2026 following the discovery of bullets and gunshot holes on the roof of the Assembly complex. Naija News gathered that lawmakers promptly invited the Nigeria Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to probe the incident. Speaking to journalists, the Majority Leader, Jonathan Ebamewu, confirmed that the matter is under investigation and announced that the sitting had been deferred indefinitely. “We were prepared to commence sitting today when our attention was drawn to an incident within the premises. I immediately contacted the Commissioner of Police and the DSS,” Ebamewu said. “We have handed everything over to the security agencies to thoroughly investigate and provide a comprehensive report...