Editorial

The Gambia's parliament has voted to approve a 90-day state of emergency declared by President Yahya Jammeh, as well as the extension of the President’s tenure by 90 days.

Despite concerted efforts by the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to convince members of the Senate on the necessity to shut down the Abuja International Airport in order to repair its runway, the lawmakers appear apprehensive of the proposed move.

The trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki continued at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Abuja with a prosecution witness telling the court how Saraki, during his time as the Governor of Kwara State, transferred huge sums of money to his foreign accounts in the United States of America and the United Kingdom.

A military fighter jet on Tuesday mistakenly dropped a bomb inside an IDP camp in Borno State, military authorities have confirmed.

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, on Tuesday marched to the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, headquarters in Abuja in protest of the continued detention of their leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, his wife and other members of the group.

The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, has said that it would be targeting about 3.1 million children for the measles immunization drive in Borno State.