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The Accord Party in Osun State has officially confirmed that Governor Ademola Adeleke has been successfully registered as its nominated candidate for the August 8, 2026, governorship election.In a statement on Thursday in Osogbo, party chairman Pastor Victor Akande said the confirmation came after all documentation and submission procedures with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were completed. INEC now officially lists Adeleke as the Accord Party’s candidate for the upcoming election.Akande described the milestone as a key step in the party’s election preparations.“We are pleased to formally inform the good people of Osun State that His Excellency, Governor Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, has been successfully uploaded into INEC’s records as the Accord Par...

Kyiv said on Thursday that it had received from Russia 1,000 remains of people that Moscow said were Ukrainian soldiers killed fighting the Kremlin’s army.The exchange of prisoners of war and the remains of killed soldiers is one of the few remaining areas of cooperation between Kyiv and Moscow, which invaded Ukraine in February 2022.“Today, repatriation measures took place, under which 1,000 bodies of the deceased, which the Russian side claims belong to Ukrainian defenders, were returned to Ukraine,” Kyiv’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said in a statement on social media.Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky confirmed an exchange had taken place, writing on Telegram that the Russian side had received the remains of 38 killed Russian soldiersMed...

The House of Representatives on Thursday commenced debate on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2026 Appropriation Bill, approving the proposed ₦58.18 trillion budget for second reading. The budget is built around macroeconomic stability, improved security, and increased capital spending.Tagged “The Budget of Consolidation, Renewed Resilience and Shared Prosperity,” the 2026 fiscal plan was presented to the National Assembly on December 19, 2025, and was described by lawmakers as a major step in Nigeria’s economic restructuring.Leading the debate on the general principles of the bill, House Leader Rep. Julius Ihonvbere said the Tinubu administration inherited weakened institutions and noted that while reforms would be challenging, they were unavoidable.“Development that is not susta...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has presented 12 newly acquired ambulances to hospitals across the territory in a bid to strengthen emergency healthcare services in Abuja.The handover ceremony, held on Thursday in Abuja, highlighted the FCT Administration’s commitment to improving healthcare delivery, especially in emergency and life-threatening situations.Speaking at the event, Wike said the procurement of the ambulances forms part of the administration’s wider investment in critical sectors such as road infrastructure, education and healthcare. He stressed that effective emergency response depends largely on good road networks.According to him, without functional roads, emergency vehicles risk becoming ineffective when patients require urgent...

The All Progressives Grand Alliance has unveiled its provisional timetable for the 2026 local government primary elections scheduled to hold across Anambra State’s 21 local government areas on Saturday, August 29, 2026.In a statement issued on Thursday, APGA’s National Publicity Secretary, Ejimofor Opara, said the timetable was approved in line with the party’s constitution and the schedule of the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission.According to the timetable, the sale and submission of Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms will take place at APGA’s Awka Regional Secretariat from January 27 to February 6.Opara said the screening of chairmanship and councillorship aspirants would be conducted from February 7 to 11, across the state’s 21 local government areas an...

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. has suggested  that President Donald Trump's rhetoric toward her and the Somali community contributed to the attack on her at a town hall on Tuesday.Omar said Wednesday that the man at the town hall “was specifically upset that Trump’s order to deport Somalis was not yielding enough deportations of Somalis, so he wanted to come get the person he thought was protecting the Somalis.”“What the facts have shown since I’ve gotten into elected office is that every time the president of the United States has chosen to use hateful rhetoric to talk about me and the community that I represent, my death threats skyrocket,” Omar said at a news conference in Minneapolis.“I do believe that the facts of the situation are that I wouldn’t be where I am at today, ha...

Texas state police officers on Wednesday, Jan. 28, used tear gas to disperse a demonstration outside a US immigration detention facility where protesters gathered to demand the release of a 5-year-old Ecuadoran boy among others picked up in the Trump administration’s immigration clampdown. Scores of protesters gathered at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley on Wednesday, carrying signs accusing the federal agents of terrorizing communities. “We want Kristi Noem impeached. We want the US Senate to defund ICE, to not give it any more money. And we need people to pay attention to the midterm elections this year,” local elected official Christina Morales told AFP. Texas state law enforcement responded to the protest in riot gear, deploying tear gas cannisters, in...