Gunmen suspected to be militia have killed a village head, Gowon Mutua and his wife, Hauwa, while razing down homes and churches in the Ramin Kura...
The former lawmaker who represented Kaduna Central senatorial district at the 8th National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani, has blamed the boldness and audacity of bandits in...
Self-styled disciple of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, and one-time Director General of Radio Biafra, Simon Ekpa, has accused the proscribed...
The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, has given reasons why some important projects embarked upon by his government are yet to be completed, blaming...
Background to political eclipse Before losing power in 2015 to the then major opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had...
President Muhammadu Buhari has fired an aide in the office of the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, Zainab Kazeem, who was the Special Assistant to the President...
A Yoruba socio-cultural group, the Agbekoya Worldwide, has reiterated its call on the government of Benin Republic to either release detained Yoruba Nations activist, Chief Sunday...
The death toll from the devastating Cyclone Batsirai that hit Indian Ocean Island of Madagascar in the past one week, has risen to 111, according to...
Another journalist in Mexico, Herbert Lopez, has been murdered by gunmen who fatally shot him at his recording studio at Salina Cruz, in Oaxaca State of...
A group under the aegies of the Coalition of Southern and Middle Belt Youth Leaders Assembly (COSMBYLA), has called on the Nigerian government to investigate allegations...
Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has backed calls by the Southern Governors Forum (SGF) that any party that does not field a southerner as its presidential candidate...
Libyan Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid al-Dbeibah, on Thursday, survived an assassination attempt after gunmen opened fire on his car while returning home from a function. The...
El Salvador authorities have freed a 38-year-old woman who was jailed 30 years for allegedly killing her baby through an abortion. The woman, identified as Elsy,...
The United Nations has raised an alarm over the infiltration and activities of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) terrorist group in Nigeria and...
Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has once again, assured that she would do everything possible to ensure that the 5-year-old Kano school girl, Hanifa Abubakar, who...
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), says Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, is a big threat to democracy in Nigeria following his comments that any party...
The United Nations said on Wednesday it would need $1.1 billion to provide humanitarian assistance to 8.4 million vulnerable Nigerians in the North-East this year. The...
100 eminent Nigerians across business, politics and civil society met last weekend in Lagos to chart the way forward for the country. They came together under...
A 17-year-old Iranian girl identified as Mona Heydari, has been killed by her husband in another case of ‘honour killing that has caused serious uproar in...
The Colombian National Disaster Agency has reported that 14 people have been killed and 35 injured, after a landslide buried several homes in the central city...
The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Ini Ememobong, has described as false insinuations that Governor Udom Emmanuel has categorically endorsed the Commissioner for...
Ondo State Governor and Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum (SGF), Rotimi Akeredolu, has told political parties in the country to either field presidential candidates from...
At least five persons reportedly sustained serious injuries after a cargo plane crashed in South Sudan on Tuesday. The plane was landing at the Agok Airstrip...
A former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State, Latep Dabang, on Tuesday switched to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with his supporters....
One person has been confirmed dead, with two others seriously injured in a gas explosion that occurred in Ijarawa Village, Bichi local government area of Kano...
Apex pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere and the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), have faulted the decision of government of Benin Republic to extend the detention period...
Forty four people have been confirmed dead, while dozens of others were abducted following an attack by terrorists who invaded several communities simultaneously in Niger State....
The ban on the consumption of ‘Fulani Beef’ in the South-East which is to take effect on April 1, is irreversible and cannot be changed, according...
The crisis rocking the Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is not going away soon as the faction loyal to former Governor, Sen....
A priest serving at the Kafanchan Diocese of the Catholic Church in Kaduna State, Rev. Father Joseph Shekari, was on Monday, kidnapped by gunmen while his...
At least 10 people have been killed with nearly 48,000 displaced as a deadly storm, Cyclone Batsirai, struck Madagascar on Sunday, leaving in its wake severe...
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), has called on residents of the northern region, especially those living in Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina and Niger States, to rise...
The Kogi State Commissioner of Information, Kingsley Fanwo, has confirmed that one person was killed as more than 30 gunmen attacked the Okene Area Command of...
Contrary to the predictions of Pelumi Olajengbesi, the former counsel to detained Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho, that the agitator would soon regain...
A 23-year-old transgender woman, Doski Azad, has been executed by her brother in an ‘honour killing’ for allegedly bringing shame to their family. The incident which...
The former counsel to detained Yoruba Nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has predicted that the embattled agitator will soon...
Armed bandits have killed 33 people during attacks on some communities in three local government areas of Zamfara State, Premium Times reports. Sources told the newspaper...
The Peruvian President, Pedro Castillo, on Friday sacked the country’s newly appointed Prime Minister, Hector Valer Pinto, over alleged assault on wife and daughter. Pinto was...
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on Saturday accused the Federal Government of insincerity in the fight against insecurity due to its handling of the...
Apex pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has challenged the Federal Government to immediately begin the prosecution of the identified 96 alleged sponsors of terrorism in the country...
Former Ekiti State Governor, Segun Oni is set to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), after losing the PDP...
A religious group under the aegies of Akwa Ibom Council of Ministers, has rejected the anointed successor to Gov. Udom Emmanuel, Pastor Eno Umoh, saying choosing...
A Chinese firm, Hebbelyixin Fastener Company Limited, alongside a consortium of companies in Nigeria, Duluidas Nigeria Limited, Duliz Dredging and Construction Limited and Consortium of Duluidas...
The former Senator who represented Kaduna Central senatorial district at the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to retire to his hometown...
The United Kingdom has pledged to help Nigeria in the fight against terrorism and insecurity being perpetrated by the Boko Haram and Islamic State in West...
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration of ‘politicising’ Nigeria’s economy and security, with the attendant worsening economic downturn...
A Yoruba socio-cultural group, the Agbekoya Worldwide, has called on the governments of Nigeria and Benin Republic to release detained Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly...
Forty-three terrorists have been killed by the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) airstrkes which pounded a camp belonging to a notorious bandit leader known as Gwaska Dankarami,...
Local militia killed at least 63 people at a displaced persons’ camp in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a humanitarian group said. The group accused...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) said on Wednesday the former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, was a major calamity throughout his eight-year rule in the...