The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has departed Abuja for Cotonou to represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the inauguration of Romuald Wadagni as the President of the Republic of Benin. S...
Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko. The President also dissolved the government, in a move that risks deepening uncertainty in a country grappling w...
France has banned Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from its territory after footage of him taunting abducted flotilla activists earlier in the week triggered internat...
An Israeli air strike has killed at least five police officers and a 13-year-old boy, Gaza police say. This is as Israel continues its attacks across the Gaza Strip despite the “ceasefire�...
A gas explosion at a coal mine in China has killed at least 90 people, in the country’s deadliest mining accident in recent years. State media Xinhua said 247 workers had been on duty underground wh...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a legal battle seeking to prohibit Senator Ireti Kingibe from participating in all activities of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). This is co...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Professor Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), succeeding Professor Is-haq Oloyede, whose two-term tenure e...
Rivers State governor, Amaopusenibo Siminalayi Fubara has withdrawn from the APC governorship primary scheduled for Thursday. He made this known in a statement personally signed on Wednesday, saying h...
Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Ogun State Police Command, have neutralized a kidnapping kingpin during an intelligence-led operation at a criminal hideout located within the Orile Ilugun Fore...
Peter Obi, the former Labour Party presidential candidate, has officially picked the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for the 2027 presidential election....
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, following his conviction and 75-year jail sentence over a N22 billion fraud linked to the Mambi...
In a significant development expected to reshape the political landscape ahead of the 2027 general elections, Dr. Samuel Mawuyon Ajose has formally withdrawn from the Lagos State governorship race and...
