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The African Alliance Party, AAP, has condemned in strong terms the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to register it as a political party. AAP said it has met all the requirements as provided in the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the Electoral Act, and the Commission’s Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties 2022. Recall that in a press release issued in September 2025 and signed by Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC made public the list of 14 pre-qualified associations out of a total of 171 requests for registration, including the African…

Bandits attacked Kiratawa community in Sabon-Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State on Friday, killing the community Imam and shooting another person along a nearby road. The incident was reported by Bakatsine (@DanKatsina50), who said the attackers first entered Kiratawa, where they killed the Imam. After that, the gunmen moved to the Takatsaba route and set an ambush at Dangulbi Bridge. According to the report, the bandits shot one person dead on the road before security forces arrived at the scene. The intervention by security operatives forced the attackers to flee the area.Bakatsine noted that the route had been relatively…

Wikki Tourists’ trio will miss their Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Matchday 25 encounter against Katsina United. The three players are Abba Musa, Utum Godswill, and Abubakar Aliyu Mane. Goalkeeper Utum and Mane will miss the game due to injury, while Musa is sidelined due to suspension. Abdullahi Abubakar’s technical crew will have to look inward for suitable replacements for the players. The Bauchi Elephants will trade tackles with Katsina United at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium on Sunday. Wikki Tourists currently occupy 15th position on the NPFL table with 28 points.

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has dismissed claims that it’s leadership has issued an “urgent call to arms”, allegedly warning that every Igbo man from age 18 must get a gun because “a war is coming in days”. Reports emanated in the social media claiming that the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Senator Azuta Mbata, has issued an “urgent call to arms,” allegedly warning that “every Igbo man from age 18 up must get a gun,” and urging people to “acquire weapons, foreign or locally made” because “a war is coming in days.” But reacting in a press statement issued on Saturday, the…

The Kebbi State Police Command, in collaboration with the military and other security agencies, has foiled a cattle-rustling attack by suspected Lakurawa bandits in Bunza Local Government Area of the state, neutralising one suspect in the process. The bandits reportedly invaded Tungan Babu Lada village, where they shot and killed a 35-year-old man, Usman Ferungu, before fleeing with rustled cattle. Their escape was, however, cut short following the swift response of a joint security team. A statement signed by the command’s spokesman, SP Bashir Usman, and made available to newsmen on Saturday, said, ” the team led by the Divisional…

The Kwara Government has warned health workers against falsification of data in the forthcoming immunisation exercise. The Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Primary Healthcare Development Agency Prof. Nusirat Elelu, gave the warning at the opening of a five-day training for healthcare workers on routine immunisation in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara on Saturday. “The participants play critical roles in the immunisation value chain and therefore must be continuously trained and retrained to enhance their skills and effectiveness. “The training is to ensure correct and accurate data at all times. Data falsification could undermine the effectiveness of immunisation…

Chelsea forward Cole Palmer has made Premier League history after becoming the first player to score three hat-tricks in the first half of matches in the competition. According to a post obtained from Chelsea’s website on Saturday, Palmer achieved the landmark during Chelsea’s 3–1 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux, where he struck all three goals before the break to put the Blues firmly in control on Saturday. The England international had previously recorded first-half hat-tricks against Everton and Brighton & Hove Albion, making him the only player in Premier League history to accomplish the feat on three separate occasions.…

It’s a complete coincidence that I installed Linux around the same time as my colleagues Nathan Edwards and Stevie Bonifield. A few months ago, I decided to breathe new life into a 2019 Dell XPS 15 that had been collecting dust for a couple of years.Despite its (at the time) high-end Core i7 CPU and 32GB of RAM, Windows was frustratingly slow on it. The fan was constantly at full throttle even when the machine was idle, and it regularly failed to install updates. So in early 2024, I gave up and switched to an M1 MacBook Pro.But I wanted…

The Bitcoin network mining difficulty, a metric tracking the relative challenge of adding new blocks to the Bitcoin (BTC) ledger, fell by about 11.16% in the last 24 hours, the worst drop in a single adjustment period since China’s 2021 ban on crypto mining.Bitcoin mining difficulty is at 125.86 T and took effect at block 935,429, data from CoinWarz shows. The average block time is over 11 minutes, overshooting the 10-minute target.Difficulty is projected to fall again in the next adjustment on February 23 by about 10.4% to 112.7 T, according to CoinWarz. The Bitcoin network mining difficulty from 2014…

Captain Jason Chambers opened up about why he thought chief stew Daisy Kelliher was a better fit against Ben Robinson — instead of alum Aesha Scott — during season 4 of Below Deck Down Under. “[Daisy and Ben] are at it all the time. They are non stop,” Jason exclusively told Us Weekly. “That’s why I think people like Kate Chastain was so strong. Hannah Ferrier was so strong at the start — especially with Ben. I don’t know if Aesha [Scott] would have handled it [the same way].” Jason noted that the Below Deck Mediterranean star is at a…