The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) has released an official statement on the clash with the police in Abuja earlier on Monday. The sect claimed that...
Around 7,500 Congolese refugees have arrived in Uganda since the start of June, placing a strain on already badly overstretched facilities, the UN refugee agency’s UNHCR...
UN agencies warned on Friday that almost seven million people are facing severe hunger in South Sudan, despite a peace agreement which has largely stopped fighting...
Two electoral officers engaged by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have recounted what they went through during the February 23 and March 9 general elections...
President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has called on the security agencies to intensify efforts to protect the people and nab criminals perpetrating violence across...
A fresh outbreak of prison violence which occurred late Saturday in one of the overcrowded facilities in the northeastern region of Brazil has claimed the lives...
The Independent National Electoral Commission today conducted the rescheduled National Assembly and State House rerun and supplementary elections in Rivers State. And as many had expected,...
No less than 30 lives were claimed in an apparent escalation of deadly violence between two rival groups that has flared repeatedly this year. An ethnic...
Reports from Akure ward 2 is that there is violence after an alleged All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman was chased away by angry voters as he...
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused Governor Adams Oshiomhole and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of usiung violence and...
Not less than 100 staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, are currently being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. This was...
Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has said he is no more interested in politics, at least for now as he declares a “temporary withdrawal from active partisan politics”....
The Rivers State Legislative rerun elections have again proven to be a hard nut for INEC to crack, as it has postponed the scheduled elections in...
Reports say the death toll arising from street violence in South Africa has risen to five as two more dead bodies have been discovered. According to...
Russia captain Vasili Berezutski inflicted Euro 2016 heartache on England on Saturday after a day in which fan violence brought new shame on football. Battles involving...
At least 22 people have been reportedly killed after local police clashed with scores of squatters in India following operations to clear thousands of people from...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Friday, maintained it resolve not to return to Rivers State until security of voters and others involved in the electoral...
The violence that marred the National and State assembly rerun elections in Rivers State continued Sunday evening as Governor Nyesom Wike’s Chief of Staff driver was...
Following widespread violence and disruptions, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, last night suspended further action on National and state assembly rerun elections in Rivers State....
The Kaduna State government, on Wednesday, met with the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, over concerns raised relating to the Religious Preaching Bill...
South African President Jacob Zuma has informed that the African Union (AU) will send 200 human rights and military monitors to Burundi. Zuma made the comments...
The Bayelsa State governorship supplementary election got under way Saturday, but just like the December 5 exercise, it was marred by violence, ballot snatching and destruction...
Violence continues to brew in Burundi’s capital of Bujumbura following recent attacks on security forces which have escalated with frequent ambushes of police convoys by rebels...
Days after Burundi accused Belgium of links to opposition groups blaming it for the spate of killings in the capital Bujumbura, Burundi’s ruling party says all...
A resolution strongly condemning the escalating violence in Burundi has been unanimously adopted by the United Nations Security Council. The resolution paves the way for the...
Football Federation Australia (FFA), the national football body, is monitoring the security situation in Tajikistan ahead of their FIFA World Cup qualifier in Dushanbe after 10...
In a bid to avoid being caught up in violence that may erupt after the February 2015 general elections, politicians, many chief executive officers/ chairmen of...
