The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed allegations by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar that it granted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) rival faction led by Nafiu Gombe access codes to upload candidates’ names to its nomination portal. Responding to the claims, a senior INEC official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Punch…

President Donald Trump has said the United States will seek compensation for protecting the Strait of Hormuz after declaring it would take over responsibility for securing the strategic waterway. Speaking during an interview on Fox News’ Fox & Friends on Monday, July 13, Trump said the US would become the “guardian” of the Strait of…

Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin has said the proposed state police framework includes constitutional safeguards that would allow the president to intervene if governors misuse the outfit. Speaking during Hannu Da Yawa, a live Hausa programme on Radio Nigeria Kaduna, Barau, who chairs the Senate Committee on Constitution Review, described President Bola Tinubu’s push for…

David Umahi, the Minister of Works, has responded to reports surrounding the alleged death of a nurse, Mary Habila, at his residence in Ebonyi State, dismissing claims that the incident was handled in secrecy. Speaking while inspecting ongoing work along the Ebonyi section of the Calabar–Ebonyi–Benue–Nasarawa–Abuja Superhighway, Umahi said it was the deceased’s family that…

A Nigerian man, Imran Otuwose Oganji, has expressed concern after he observed that a known mentally ill woman is visibly pregnant.    Oganji said he spotted the woman on Monday morning, July 13, 2026 at Sharp Corner junction in Mararaba, Nasarawa State.    The incident left him disturbed and wondering what kind of a man…

Onyeka Nwelue has shared the response he received from Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka when he informed him that he needed to pay N39 million for surgery.  According to the author, he approached Soyinka and told him that he had to undergo a knee surgery that would cost him N39 million and he had about…