A report released on Thursday by a United Nations arm, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has indicated that extreme poverty in Nigeria and the West...
A court in the northern Pakistani city of Rawalpindi on Thursday, sentenced a Muslim woman to death for allegedly committing ‘blasphemy’ and insulting Prophet Muhammad and...
A chieftain of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, says 90% of present governors in the country have no business being anywhere near power....
The increasing cases of kidnappings recorded on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in recent times is giving the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, sleepless nights. The pan-Yoruba group also...
The Lagos Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court, Ikeja, on Wednesday, sentenced a 38-year-old businessman, Ofure Siakpere, to life imprisonment for defiling and impregnating his 14-year-old...
The police in Kenya on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of over 20 dead bodies in River Yala in the north-western region of Kisumu. The spokesman for...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on Wednesday told President Muhammadu Buhari to prove his respect for court orders by ensuring the payment of...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Wednesday dismissed the Nigerian Army’s claim on the killing of its members at a camp in Lilu, Ihiala local...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday adopted the direct and indirect means of primaries for political parties in the country, but voted against the use of...
Embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has pleaded not guilty to the 15-count treasonable felony charges preferred against him by...
The Senate on Wednesday succumbed to President Muhammadu Buhari’s request, and has reversed itself on the use of indirect mode of primaries for for political parties...
The police in Adamawa State has confirmed the killing of the village head of Madagali community in Madagali local government area of Adamawa State by terrorists...
The Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello, has confirmed that over 220 people, comprising of 165 civilians, 25 security personnel, and 30 local vigilantes, were...
The former Governor of Adamawa State, Admiral Murtala Nyako (Rtd), has been ordered by a Court of Appeal in Abuja, to enter his defence in an...
Sudan security forces on Tuesday shot dead seven protesters during anti-coup rallies in the capital Khartoum The Sudanese Central Doctors Committee (SCDC) in a statement condemned...
Some communities in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State have been burnt down after heavily armed bandits laid siege to them from Sunday to...
Some communities in Zamfara State have been thrown into panic after they were served a notice by terrorists to pay a levy of N24 million or...
The Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused former Niger Delta militant leader, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, of recruiting misguided Ijaw youths, cultists and some Niger Delta...
A black woman, Joyce Watkins, who was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 27 years in prison, has been exonerated and freed from prison. Watkins, from...
Jamaican authorities said its police have arrested a former Haitian senator, John Joel Joseph, who is a key suspect in the murder of Haitian President Jovenel...
The Taliban government has pledged that it will restart education for girls and women in Afghanistan by late March, the government’s chief spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said...
Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has confessed that the biggest hindrance to the fight against banditry and terrorism in the state are informants who leak...
Apex Northern socio-political organisation, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has expressed its concerns over the health conditions of former Lagos State Governor and the National Leader...
Five persons have been confirmed dead with several others sustaining injuries in a fresh clash that broke out between farmers and Fulani herdsmen in the Idofa...
Residents of Kautikari community in Chibok local government area of Borno State, have cried out for help following the constant invasion of Boko Haram and ISWAP...
Police operatives in Bauchi State have arrested a man, Ali Lawan, for allegedly defiling his three-year-old daughter. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ahmed Wakil,...
The Benue State House of Assembly, on Friday, amended the State’s Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law of 2017, stipulating stiffer penalties for offenders. The...
President Muhammadu Buhari, has once again, committed the security of Nigeria and its citizens to the hands of God, expressing hopes that the almighty will listen...
An Indian Catholic priest, Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who was been standing trial over accusation of r*ping a nun, was on Friday, discharged and acquitted by a...
Barr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor, the lead counsel to the leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is confident his client would come out victorious...
The underdevelopment of Nigeria since independence has been blamed on civil servants by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who opined that the absence of a “highly capable...
To midwife a smooth handover and swearing in on March 17, Anambra State Governor-elect, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has unveiled an 80-member transition committee comprising of prominent...
A middle-aged local government worker in Delta State, Chuka Nwosu, has been arrested for allegedly hypnotising and raping a 13-year-old girl to death. Confirming the arrest...
The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested a Nigerien woman, Aisha Ibrahim, after a failed attempt to sell her co-wide’s two-year-old son. While parading the suspect...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) faction loyal to Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has, once again, lost to the faction led by former Governor, Senator Ibrahim...
Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State, has boasted that the ruling party is now the largest...
Anambra State governor-elect, Prof. Charles Soludo, has appointed former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, as the head of the transition team that will see to the...
Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has once again opened up on the source of his stupendous wealth, which has positioned him as one of...
The Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday asked the British government to send delegates to monitor proceedings during his January...
Policed operatives in Plateau have arrested the suspected killer of an undergraduate student of the University of Jos (UNIJOS), Jennifer Anthony, in the state. Anthony, who...
No less than 18 people were reportedly killed, with several others seriously injured when armed bandits suspected to be herdsmen invaded another community in Plateau State,...
The death of Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan, who headed the Interim National Government (ING), that succeeded the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida, on Tuesday,...
Residents of Abia State have been warned against criticising the state government on social media as defaulters could face jail terms. This warning was handed down...
The Middle Belt Forum (MBF), believes the recent designation of bandits as terrorists by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has not changed anything as the terrorists...
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has insisted that only the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will rescue Nigeria from the “mess and economic woes” the...
Former Deputy-Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Uche Mefor, says the agitation for a Republic of Biafra will not end even if an...
Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, has blasted ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, accusing him of not being a true democrat. Attah also accused Obasanjo...
A massive fire that engulfed a residential apartment building in the Bronx in New York City on Sunday, left 19 people, including 9 children, dead, according...
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has mandated all public schools in the state to operate a four-day workweek as schools reopen for the second...
A member of the Kenyan Parliament, Fatuma Gedi, has been suspended for distributing sweets and lollipops to her colleagues during an active session. One of Gedi’s...
