A tense and disorderly session gripped the House of Representatives on Tuesday as lawmakers moved to rescind and recommit the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2025, suspending ongoing budget defence sessions to address what Speaker Tajudeen Abbas described as matters that would fundamentally shape Nigeria’s 2027 general elections.
Months before the first whistle blows at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a mounting visa processing crisis at Canada’s immigration agency is casting a long shadow over one of the most anticipated sporting events in modern history and for fans from some countries, particularly across Africa, the window to secure legal entry may already have closed.
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has declared that the United States will not succeed in destroying the Islamic republic, delivering the stark warning on Tuesday as a second round of nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington got underway in Geneva.
Eighty percent of the judgements handed down by the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States cannot be enforced a damning statistic that the court’s own president laid bare before Nigeria’s highest judicial officer in Abuja, underscoring a deepening compliance crisis that has long undermined the legitimacy and operational effectiveness of one of West Africa’s most important regional institutions.
A legal battle that wound its way through three tiers of Nigeria’s judiciary has finally reached a decisive conclusion, with the Supreme Court of Nigeria setting aside the majority ruling of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, and declaring Joshua Ishaku as the valid candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the 2026 Bwari Area Council chairmanship election.
The West African Examinations Council has rolled out its new Digital Certificate Services System, known as WAEC DigiCert, across all five of its member countries, marking a significant shift in how examination certificates are accessed, verified, and shared across the sub-region.
Eighty percent of the judgements handed down by the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States cannot be enforced a damning statistic that the court’s own president laid bare before Nigeria’s highest judicial officer in Abuja, underscoring a deepening compliance crisis that has long undermined the legitimacy and operational effectiveness of one of West Africa’s most important regional institutions.
