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The Kano State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, confirmed seven nominees forwarded by Governor Abba Yusuf for screening as members of the state executive council. The confirmation followed three and a half hours of comprehensive screening of the nominees and their subsequent unanimous acceptance as commissioners-designate. The governor, on Thursday, December 12, 2024, sacked five
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that the 2025 Anambra State Governorship election will be held on Saturday, November 8, 2025. The commission’s chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the announcement during a consultative meeting with political parties on Thursday in Abuja. Yakubu noted that the formal notice for the election will be published on
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that the 2025 Anambra State Governorship election will be held on Saturday, November 8, 2025. The commission’s chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the announcement during a consultative meeting with political parties on Thursday in Abuja. Yakubu noted that the formal notice for the election will be published on
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, mandated its Committee on Electoral Matters to summon the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission , Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to explain the delay in conducting bye-elections to fill vacant seats in both the national and state assemblies. This decision was made during plenary following the adoption of a
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The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, mandated its Committee on Electoral Matters to summon the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission , Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to explain the delay in conducting bye-elections to fill vacant seats in both the national and state assemblies. This decision was made during plenary following the adoption of a
United States President, Joe Biden, has commuted death sentences of nearly all the prisoners on federal death row with exception of only three. New York Times reports that the development comes amid President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to resume federal executions when he returns to the White House in 2025. Thirteen prisoners on federal death row
Amid Trump’s execution threat, Biden grants 37 death row inmates clemency
United States President, Joe Biden, has commuted death sentences of nearly all the prisoners on federal death row with exception of only three.
New York Times reports that the development comes amid President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to resume federal executions when he returns to the White House in 2025.
Thirteen prisoners on federal death row were executed during Trump’s first term.
Thirty-seven federal death row inmates sentenced across 16 states will now see their sentences reduced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
Of the 37 men whose sentences were commuted, 15 are white, 15 are Black, six are Latino and one is Asian.
They were all convicted of murder.
However, according to the report, three men, who were convicted of carrying out notorious mass killings, will remain on federal death row.
“I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level,” Biden said in a statement on Monday. “In good conscience, I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted.”
Biden had spoken about eliminating the death penalty at federal level during his campaign in 2020, but the move to enact a law to that effect during his administration failed in the Congress.
He has now decided to spare the lives of 37 death row prisoners as part of his final acts as President.
“Make no mistake: I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss,” Biden said.
Amid Trump’s execution threat, Biden grants 37 death row inmates clemency
