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Jack Teixeira, an airman in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was arrested Thursday in Massachusetts in connection with the leak of classified documents shared in a group he managed on a website popular with gamers. Teixeira oversaw Thug Shaker Central, a group on Discord where more than 100 classified documents on topics ranging from Ukraine to intelligence gleaned from spying …

The spokesperson of the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign, Daniel Bwala, has said the British government apologised to Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over his detention at Heathrow Airport. Recall that Obi was, on Friday, accosted by an immigration official at Heathrow Airport in London, and handed a detention note. In a statement on Wednesday by the spokesman for the …

Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has asked the ‘Obidient Family’, which he leads, to see the incessant attacks on them as a considerable sacrifice needed to rescue and build a new Nigeria that is possible. In a series of tweets, Obi said on Easter Monday that he identified with his supporters who have been under attack over …

The British Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick has been disqualified from driving for six months for breaking a temporary motorway speed limit by almost 30mph. The MP for Newark was also fined £1,639 after admitting to traveling at 68mph in the 40mph limit area on the M1 in Nottinghamshire on 5 August last year. The case was dealt with through a …

Former President Trump lashed out on Thursday after he was indicted in an alleged hush money scheme, maintaining his innocence and accusing Democrats and law enforcement officials of “weaponizing our justice system to punish a political opponent.” “This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history,” Trump said in a statement. “From the time I came down the …

Former President Trump was indicted on criminal charges in New York on Thursday for his role in organizing hush money payments made to an adult film star during his 2016 campaign, according to a source familiar with the proceedings. The history-making indictment marks the first time a president has been charged in a criminal matter and comes as several law enforcement entities …

The President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has nominated two persons to the Presidential Transition Council (PTC). Two slots were reserved for the president-elect in the transition council President Muhammadu Buhari set up before the elections. On Tuesday, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the PTC, Boss Mustapha, disclosed that Kebbi State Governor, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, …

A high court in Makurdi granted an ex-parte order to stop Dr. Iyorchia Ayu from parading himself as the National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). Justice Wilfred Kpochi, who granted the order, directed that Ayu restrains himself from acting as the party’s national chairman pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice already filed. “An order …

Islamic police in Kano State have warned Muslims against violating religious norms during the holy month of Ramadan, including “eating in public”. In a statement on Thursday, the religious police force, known as Hisbah Board, warned that those who engage in societal vices during the sacred month will be punished, local media reported. “Some of the youths who eat in …

The United States and Canada have reached an agreement that would allow America’s northern neighbor to turn away asylum-seekers attempting to cross the U.S.-Canada border at unofficial points of entry, according to media reports. The deal, which is expected to be announced at the end of President Biden’s visit to Ottawa on Friday, will reportedly expand a decades-old treaty between …