Xi Jinping said that reunification was inevitable, but stopped short of mentioning military force. Taiwan though swiftly rejected Beijing's demands as tensions continue over the island's future.
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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — Following his rearrest by security operatives after he was convicted in absentia, the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday remanded Faisal, son of the jailed former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, in prison. The trial court had, in its verdict, held that the EFCC successfully established that Faisal operated a fictitious bank account with the United Bank for Africa (UBA), through which his father, Maina, laundered the sum of N58.11 million.
The Obidient Movement has congratulated its former National Coordinator, Dr Yunusa Tanko, on his appointment as National Coordinator of the Social Democratic Party’s Presidential Campaign Council ahead of the 2027 general elections. Tanko was on Wednesday unveiled as the SDP’s national presidential campaign coordinator during the inauguration of the party’s campaign council in Abuja.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani says crews are working through ‘extremely dangerous conditions’ to find anyone trapped Rescue crews continued to search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building in Brooklyn, New York, at first light on Thursday as the death toll rose to eight. Authorities in New York City said at least 17 people were hurt when the three-story residential building on the edge of a construction site in the borough’s Flatbush section collapsed at about 4pm on Wednesday.
At a time when individual men wield massive power, the ramifications of the Nvidia CEO’s affair could be enormous One of the reasons you want to distribute power and responsibility in powerful organizations and high-stakes enterprises is so that the narcissism or myopia of one man do not come to carry outsized consequences. When power is spread out across multiple people, it matters less if one of those people is prone to flattery, or in the midst of a midlife crisis, or perhaps just a bit stupid; the limits on his power become limits on the fallout of his character flaws.
But experts say Washington’s shift away from Europe runs deeper than Trump and is unlikely to be reversed.
Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Ejura Sekyeredumase, Gifty Ndoma, has declared her intention to contest the party’s parliamentary primaries to secure the mandate to represent the NPP in the next general elections. Ndoma, who represented the party in the 2024 general elections, is seeking a second opportunity to lead the NPP’s parliamentary campaign in the constituency after losing to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Ibrahim Bawa Braimah.
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Members of the All Progressives Congress APC in Kano State have begun mobilising non-indigenes living in the state to vote for President Bola Tinubu and Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf in the 2027 general elections. Our responsibility is to mobilise at least one million five hundred thousand votes from non-indigenes residing across Kano State for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, our esteemed governor and leader, the people’s governor, Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf, popularly known as Abba Gida Gida, as well as all APC candidates in the state,” he said.
Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has said Yunusa Tanko was one of the strongest advocates of Peter Obi in northern Nigeria, following his departure from the Obidient Movement and appointment to the Social Democratic Party’s 2027 presidential campaign council. In a post on X on Wednesday, the former lawmaker wrote: “Nobody in the Northern part of River Niger has fanatically defended and promoted Dr Peter like Dr Yunusa Tanko.
By Idris Salisu, Gusau The All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared Hassan Umar Dangaladima winner of the rerun primary election for the Birnin Magaji/Kaura-Namoda Federal Constituency of Zamfara State. The result was announced in Gusau by Mustapha Muhammad, Acting Chairman of the APC Electoral Committee from the party’s National Headquarters, in the presence of party leaders and other stakeholders.
The Indian Overseas Congress chief said he and his wife met Mr. Modi in the past and the Prime Minister had been very warm towards them.
Suspected political thugs, on Thursday, invaded a rally at Kudirat Abiola Way, Ikeja, Lagos, organised by the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, supporters. The rally was organised as part of the ongoing campaign for the presidential candidate of the NDC, Peter Obi, and governorship candidate, Funsho Doherty.
City Boy Movement targets 500,000 Enugu students for Tinubu. By Chinedu Adonu The City Boy Movement has launched a membership registration drive across tertiary institutions in Enugu State, targeting 500,000 students as part of its mobilisation efforts for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.
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