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Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out mass killings, abductions of women and girls, mass gang rapes, and forced starvation in a city they besieged and captured last year as part of an intentional policy amounting to genocide, a United Nations probe found.The RSF, which is battling the Sudanese army in a civil war, committed these crimes in al-Fashir in north Darfur after a long siege. Survivors described being raped in rooms where the bodies of recently killed civilians, including their own family members, were still lying on the ground.The report found that the RSF and its allies committed the war crime of starvation by imposing a prolonged siege on the city, impeding relief supplies, and shelling food production systems. The RSF has denied such abuses throughout the ...

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has urged the Federal Character Commission to strengthen its commitment to institutional renewal, leadership cohesion and promotion of national unity through fairness, equity and equal opportunities for all Nigerians.Oyebanji said that Nigeria’s ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity remained part of the country’s greatest strengths, stressing that sustainable national development depended on ensuring that every citizen felt represented, respected and valued.The Ekiti governor, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Habitat Adubiaro, spoke at Ikogosi Ekiti on Wednesday while declaring open the Commission’s 2026 Executive and Management Leadership Retreat.He said, “The theme of the retreat, ‘One nation, equal opportu...

Justice Peter Kekemeke of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting at Maitama, Abuja has found the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, guilty of damaging the reputation of former Minister of Power, Dr Olu Agunloye, through a libelous publication on it social media handles.The judge found the commission guilty of defamation while delivering judgment in a N10 billion defamation suit brought against EFCC by Agunloye.Agunloye had in the suit claimed that the publication on the commission’s website and X handle, titled ‘EFCC arraigns Agunloye over $6 billion fraud’, damaged his reputation.The former minister, through his lawyer, Adeola Adedipe, SAN, in his writ of summons in the defamation suit he brought before the court against EFCC, marked FCT/HC/...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially recognised Major Agbo as the National Chairman of the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP), replacing Bala Yusuf on its official records.The development was announced during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, with checks confirming that Agbo's name now appears as the party's national chairman on INEC's online portal.In addition to the chairmanship, the electoral commission updated its records to reflect other members of the party's National Working Committee (NWC), including Olaposi Oginni as National Secretary, Prince Adetoyese Omokanye as National Treasurer, Anthony Apugo as National Financial Secretary, and Asuquo Ibok as National Legal Adviser.Leadership Crisis Takes New TurnThe latest update marks a ...

Governors from Nigeria's northern states have approved the establishment of a Security Trust Fund Board and pledged a combined monthly contribution of ₦1 billion to strengthen efforts aimed at addressing insecurity across the region.The decision was reached on Wednesday during a strategic security meeting in Kaduna, attended by members of the Northern Governors' Forum, traditional rulers, and other key stakeholders.Chairman of the Northern Governors' Forum and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, said the newly created Trust Fund is designed to serve as a practical, transparent, and results-driven platform for improving security coordination, rather than becoming another bureaucratic institution.According to Yahaya, the initiative is intended to enhance collaboratio...

The IMF on Wednesday cut its 2026 growth projection for the world economy again, saying an AI boom has not fully offset the fallout from war in the Middle East.Global economic growth is now estimated at 3.0 percent this year, the International Monetary Fund said, down from 3.1 percent in its April forecast. The estimate was made before fresh exchanges of fire between the United States and Iran in recent hours.It is the second time this year that the fund has lowered its overall growth expectations. The latest estimate marks a cooling from the 2025 growth rate as well.Global inflation meanwhile is anticipated to accelerate to 4.7 percent this year, a higher level than earlier projected.Still, the overall growth slowdown is modest, as momentum in artificial intelligence — dri...