Author: Amina Mohammed

A conservative Supreme Court justice on Wednesday rejected calls to recuse himself from cases involving Donald Trump after flags linked to the former president’s false election fraud claims were flown outside his home and vacation property. Justice Samuel Alito, in a letter to the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the flags were flown by his wife and did not meet the conditions for recusal in the court’s code of conduct. Alito has been facing recusal calls since The New York Times reported this month that an inverted American flag was flown outside his home in the weeks following…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday, 29 May, turned down a motion calling for the deployment of machinery to help combat the growing insecurity in the country, resolving to discuss the issue at a later date in an executive session. However, following the adoption of a motion on urgent public importance on the floor of the green chamber on Wednesday, moved by the member representing Bakori/Danja Federal Constituency, Katsina State, Abdullahi Dabai, the House resolved to meet with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to find a solution to the worsening insecurity situation in the country. Hon. Ahmed Jaha (APC, Borno) had…