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2027: Ajimobi, Folarin, Adelabu lead Oyo APC reconciliation push

Ajimobi, Folarin, Adelabu lead Oyo APC reconciliation push. The meeting, led by former Oyo State First Lady and Nigeria’s Ambassador to Austria, Mrs Florence Ajimobi, brought together the Oyo State Coordinator of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Teslim Kolawole Folarin; Senator Abdulfatai Buhari, representing Oyo North Senatorial District; former Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu; and Barrister Akeem Agbaje.

There’s a new feeling in America as kindness drives out cruelty

For a decade, good-hearted citizens witnessed horrors and insisted: ‘This is not America.’ “This is not America,” they would insist as federal agents shot people on city streets, as immigrants were called rapists and animals, as Donald Trump and his cronies stuffed their own pockets while they shrugged at the price of gas and groceries, and humiliated the nation on the world stage, alienating allies and sucking up to autocrats.

Okoa Uchumi piles pressure on State to publish IMF report

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 6 – Okoa Uchumi has renewed pressure on the government to release the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Governance and Anti-Corruption Diagnostic Report, accusing the Executive of withholding a critical assessment of corruption and weaknesses in the management of public resources. Okoa Uchumi said the World Bank’s findings reinforced the need to disclose the separate IMF diagnostic, arguing that Kenyans should have access to an assessment examining systemic governance weaknesses, corruption vulnerabilities and institutional failures affecting public resource management.

Employers to be forced to put salaries on job ads, Andy Burnham announces

Workers’ rights campaigners say measure will help young people and women in particular achieve more equal pay Business live – latest updates Employers will be forced to publish salaries on job adverts, Andy Burnham has announced, in an effort to empower both employees and jobseekers. The prime minister said his government would bring in a legal requirement for companies to say what they pay when listing new jobs, which campaigners say will help young people and women in particular achieve more equal pay.

Threatening, sexist messages scrawled on balloons left at MP's office

Threatening, sexist and abusive messages scrawled on balloons have been left outside the suburban electorate office of South Australian government MP Jayne Stinson, with police confirming they are investigating the matter.

We lost the elections to the Supreme Court, not to the BJP: Mamata-Trinamool’s Abhishek Banerjee

“Let the government of India or ECI take suo motu cognisance and file a case against me. I will represent myself and fight it at the Supreme Court,” Mr. Banerjee said.

Not just vote theft, it's rights theft: Rahul Gandhi on Centre's 'Voter ID for welfare schemes' remark

Rahul Gandhi on Centre's 'Voter ID for welfare schemes' remark. Rahul Gandhi termed as a "conspiracy" the Modi Government Minister's announcement that benefits of schemes will now be determined not by Aadhaar, but by Voter ID

Tinubu gets opposition backing in Ekiti, Oyebanji pledges 90% votes

By Rotimi Ojomoyela Ado-Ekiti — President Bola Tinubu’s re-election campaign received a boost in Ekiti State on Thursday as governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in the June 20 election declared support for his second-term bid. The opposition candidates announced their support at the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign rally in Ado-Ekiti, where Governor Biodun Oyebanji also pledged that the state would deliver at least 90 per cent of its votes for Tinubu in the January 16, 2027…

Jos stadium gets facelift in 38 years ahead of APC rally

The Jos International Stadium on Zaria Road, Jos, Plateau State, has received a fresh coat of paint.

‘Healthcare not bombs’: How Gaza shaped Adam Hamawy’s path to US Congress

Former army surgeon and Gaza volunteer Hamawy is the first Muslim American elected to the US Congress from New Jersey.

Nashra Naim elected first woman vice-president of AMU students’ union in 105-year history

Women candidates won six of the 13 posts, a record five of the 10 cabinet member posts, in the first elections after an eight-year gap

Atiku Dismisses Ruling Voiding His Candidacy, Calls It Attempt To Derail ‘National Movement’

The Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed Thursday’s Federal High Court judgment nullifying his candidacy for the 2027 presidential election, describing it as an attempt to derail a national movement. Atiku also questioned the legal basis of the judgment, citing an earlier ruling by Justice Musa Liman of the same Federal High Court, which he said had upheld the legitimacy of the David Mark-led leadership.

Somalia's top court rejects president's term extension amid political crisis

The country's first nationwide elections since 1969 are due next year - a timetable now thrown into doubt.

Tinubu: APC targets 800,000 votes in Ekiti, says North will deliver

The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has set a target of 800,000 votes in Ekiti State for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election, with the Director General of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Senator Abdul’aziz Yari, assuring that Northern Nigeria “is ready for Asiwaju 2027” and “is going to deliver him from A to Z.” Turning to the North, Yari said, “We in Northern Nigeria, Bola, are more of us than you in Ekiti, than you in Ondo, than you in Oyo, than you in Osun, than you in Lagos.

Hardeep Puri elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed from Madhya Pradesh

The Union Petroleum Minister was declared elected after the nomination papers of two independent candidates, one of them backed by the Congress, were rejected; the Opposition had criticised his nomination over alleged links with Jeffrey Epstein

From fictitious Chief Minister to Naladiyar as ‘poet’: Tamil writer Perumal Murugan flags ‘literary scam’ in Periyar Arivulagam

Rajmohan, Minister for Tamil Development, Information and Publicity, said an inquiry would be initiated immediately into the alleged scam.

Cyclone Murasu: Search for five missing fishermen intensified, says Tamil Nadu Government

The nine Kasimedu fishermen who left Chennai on October 29 during Cyclone Murasu faced engine failure near Ramayapatnam Port, Andhra Pradesh, on November 3

Kochi IT fraternity launches campaign for road safety as speeding bus kills colleague

Can America ever return to pre-Trump politics?

The US midterms were a rejection of Trump's politics of division, but his legacy may be impossible to undo.

2027: APC chairman seeks Ekiti voters’ support for Tinubu

APC chairman seeks Ekiti voters’ support for Tinubu. National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has urged voters in Ekiti State to support President Bola Tinubu and other party candidates in the 2027 general elections, citing the administration’s economic reforms and development projects.

BJP slams Congress govt. over bus fare hike, threatens stir

over bus fare hike, threatens stir. The party terms the steep revision as a heavy blow to the common people already struggling with rising living costs in the State

Form 8 must be decided during SIR; deletion without hearing denies vote: Bombay HC

The Bench also ordered the Election Commission of India to restore the six names, and to set aside the rejection of their Form 8 applications

What does Trump's midterm elections loss mean for strained US-India ties?

Donald Trump's electoral setback might give New Delhi and Washington space to reset relations, but there is no guarantee that the US will actually change its approach to India.

Three men arrested for bid to bribe TVK MLA for vote during no-confidence motion against T.N. Assembly Speaker

Investigation has revealed that V. Ashok Kumar, who is the brother of former DMK Minister and incumbent Coimbatore South MLA V. Senthilbalaji, met the accused, Naresh, in Chennai.