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Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has been elected Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).Faye was elected on Sunday during the 69th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government held in Lungi, Sierra Leone. He succeeds Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio, who previously chaired the regional bloc.In another milestone for Senegal, Birame Diop, the country's former Minister of the Armed Forces, was elected President of the ECOWAS Commission for the 2026–2030 term. The appointment marks the first time since ECOWAS was established in 1975 that a Senegalese national has been elected to lead the Commission.Diop succeeds Gambian diplomat Omar Touray, who has served as President of the ECOWAS Commission since 2022. ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the National President of Miyetti Allah Kauta Hore, Bello Bodejo, in the sum of N2 billion with two sureties in like sum.Justice Inyang Ekwo, who delivered the ruling on Monday, ordered that one of the sureties must reside in Abuja and present a three-year tax clearance certificate before the court. The judge further ruled that the second surety must own landed property in Abuja valued at N2 billion.As part of the bail conditions, Bodejo was ordered to deposit his international passport with the court registrar and must not travel outside Nigeria without the permission of the court. Justice Ekwo held that the offences against the defendant were bailable and that the court had the discretion to grant him bail. Africans&...

A woman who lives in Canada has stood her ground after going viral for saying her husband has to take a vow to remain faithful and treat her well if she helps him relocate to join her in Canada. Ezinne Frank Nwanorue previously said on Facebook that her husband has to agree to her terms before she can allow him join her in Canada (read here). Now, in a new post, she insisted that he must take a vow which would lead to de@th if he breaks it. She wrote: "There is nothing anyone will say or do that will change the fact that my husband shall surely DI£ if he comes to Canada and has anything to do with any woman, man or animal s£xually, except with his wife, Ezinne Maryjane Nwanorue. "His d£ath will explain itself; he will d!e on top of whoever or whatever he is committing the sin of immortalit...

July 20, 2026 11:27 amThe National Business and Technical Examinations Board on Monday announced the commencement of the 2026 selection and placement of qualified candidates into state and technical colleges nationwide.The Registrar and Chief Executive of NABTEB, Dr Mohammed Aminu, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja.Recall that 15,290 candidates had earlier registered for the entrance examination, while 13,848 candidates eventually sat for the test nationwide.10,426 candidates, representing 75.29 per cent, obtained scores of 50 per cent and above, while 5,708 candidates, representing 41.22 per cent, scored at least 70 per cent.Aminu said the exercise was a critical stage in the admission process designed to ensure that qualified candidates are fairly and transpar...

Former Ogun State governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Iyabo Obasanjo, has dismissed claims by the party's governorship candidate, Senator Solomon Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, that she left the APC because she was denied financial support.Adeola had alleged that Obasanjo defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after he refused to refund her campaign expenses. He further claimed that she later sought financial assistance from the PDP governorship candidate, Ladi Adebutu.Responding in a statement, Obasanjo described the senator's allegations as false, accusing him of lacking integrity and attempting to distort the facts surrounding her departure from the ruling party.She questioned why Adeola allegedly tried to persuade her to remain in the APC...