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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...

Henrietta Bulabari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Khana II State House of Assembly Constituency bye-election in Rivers State.According to reports, Bulabari polled 7,647 votes, outperforming candidates from other political parties in the contest.The Returning Officer, Prof. Angela Briggs, officially declared her the winner, stating that she fulfilled all constitutional requirements. “Having satisfied the requirements of the law,” Briggs said while confirming the APC candidate as duly elected.The final results announced showed the following scores:AA – 46APC – 7,647NNPP – 37YPP – 23ZLP – 47Out of 71,914 registered voters, 7,834 were accredited to vote. A total of 7,800 valid votes were recorded, with 34 ballots rejected.Party repr...

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mohammed Kasim, has emerged the winner of the Gwagwalada Area Council chairmanship election held as part of the Federal Capital Territory’s local government polls on Saturday.Announcing the results in the early hours of Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission Returning Officer, Philip Akpen said Kasim secured 22,165 votes to defeat his closest rival, Yahaya Shehu of the All Progressives Congress, who polled 17,788 votes.Akpen also described the election as peaceful and smoothly conducted.He declared, “I am the returning officer for the 2026 FCT Area Council, Gwagwalada chairmanship held on February 21, 2026.“That Mohammed Kasim of PDP, having certified the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the wi...

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 ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secured a decisive victory at Big Cele Settlement, Polling Unit 076, Dutse Alhaji Ward in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), during the 2026 Area Council elections.The party emerged dominant in both the chairmanship and councillorship elections at the polling unit.According to the official results from Polling Unit 076 (EC 8A, Serial No. 0000258), the PDP polled 74 votes in the chairmanship contest. The All Progressives Congress (APC) received two votes, while the African Democratic Congress (ADC) secured three. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) recorded one vote each, with other parties failing to gain any votes.In the councillorship race, the PDP obtained 75 votes, APC scored four, AD...

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...