Senate confirms 15 RECs, says 12 others pending...

The nomination of 15 of the 27 Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission was on Thursday confirmed by the Senate.

Over 42 killed as migrant boat capsizes off Egypt;

On Wednesday,over 42 persons drowned when a boat carrying migrants capsized in the Mediterranean off Egypt’s north coast, thereby prompting a search operation in which another 150 were rescued, officials said.