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North Korean soldier taken into custody after crossing border
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The Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday that one North Korean soldier crossed the border Tuesday night and was taken into South Korean custody.
Claims that six of nine Shiv Sena UBT Lok Sabha MPs signed a letter to form a separate group have sparked political turmoil in Maharashtra.
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Former Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirant Mohammed Hayatu-Deen has defected to the African Democratic Congress, citing urgent national concerns and shifting political realities. In a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, he pointed to worsening insecurity, rising living costs, and a shrinking democratic space. Hayatu-Deen pledged to campaign actively for ADC ahead of the 2027 elections.
Former APC National Chairman Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has returned from a holiday in Dubai, arriving in Lagos on Saturday, as Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf prepares to defect to the APC from the NNPP.
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Former Kano governor Ibrahim Shekarau has defended Governor Abba Kabiru Yusuf's impending move to the All Progressives Congress, arguing that such realignments are normal in politics. He criticized accusations of betrayal against Yusuf by his mentor Rabiu Kwankwaso, pointing to Kwankwaso's own history of party switches. Shekarau insists Yusuf can take the NNPP mandate with him, just as Kwankwaso did in the past.