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Rwandans head to polls as Kagame seeks to extend two-decade rule

Voting commenced in Rwanda on Monday as polls opened nationwide for presidential and parliamentary elections, with President Paul Kagame expected to secure a...

Trump targeted in Pennsylvania rally shooting, Global leaders unite in condemnation

Former United States (US) President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted off stage by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on...

Securing financial autonomy for LGs is Tinubu’s greatest accomplishment, says Sen. Ndume

Sen. Ali Ndume, the Chief Whip of the Senate, has declared that President Bola Tinubu’s most outstanding accomplishment since his inauguration in 2023...

Corps members escape death as NYSC hostel collapses in Ekiti

A devastating incident occurred at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Ekiti State on Friday morning, as a portion of...

Sudanese authorities order foreigners to leave Khartoum within two weeks

Sudanese authorities have given foreigners a two-week ultimatum to vacate Khartoum and its surrounding areas, according to a statement from the police unit...

Exclusive: Mob justice in Nigeria: Any end in sight?

In spite of all attempts to reason with him, the determined individuals refused to listen, taking the laws into their own hands like...

Just in: Buhari’s Power Minister, Mamman, gets reprieve, N10bln bail

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday granted bail to former Minister of Power Saleh Mamman, who was being held in prison...

In Niger Republic, hundreds of inmates, including Boko Haram terrorists now on the loose

A violent uprising at the Koutoukalé prison in the neighboring Niger Republic, situated near the capital city of Niamey, has resulted in the...

ASUU gives N400,000 scholarships to two Ebonyi varsity indigent students

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ebonyi State University (EBSU) chapter, has given scholarships worth N400,000 to two final-year medicine and surgery...

Court orders trial in absentia for Ganduje, wife, others, declines bench warrants for defendants

Justice Aminu Adamu Aliyu, presiding over a Kano State High Court, has decided not to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of...

Updated: Ex-Power minister remanded in prison over alleged N33bn fraud

A Federal High Court in Abuja has remanded Saleh Mamman, a former Minister of Power, in Kuje Correctional Centre (prison), Abuja, pending his...

EndSARS Crackdown: Buhari’s govt. guilty of human rights abuses, ECOWAS Court rules

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has delivered a landmark judgment, condemning the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari for infringing on the basic...

Akpabio, Lawan spat over sitting time, prompting Senate’s emergency executive session

The Senate abruptly went into a closed-door emergency session on Thursday after an intense argument erupted among senators over the official sitting hours...

Reps denounce arbitrary detention of journalists

Members of the House of Representatives have unanimously denounced the persistent harassment and unlawful detention of journalists in the country, noting that they...

Breaking: Appeal Court affirms Ododo’s victory in Kogi governorship election

A three-member panel of the Abuja Appeal Court has upheld the election of Gov. Usman Ododo as the duly elected governor of Kogi...

Reps launch probe into Hajj commission’s handling of 2024 pilgrimage

The House of Representatives voted to inaugurate a special investigative committee to look into the National Hajj Commission’s management of the 2024 pilgrimage....