France to step up security for its citizens in Africa’s Sahel region, Macron says
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a defence council video-conference on Niger at the Fort...
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China extends Hong Kong legislature by at least a year
The city’s Legislative Council, known as LegCo, will continue to perform its duties ‘for no...
Gov. Makinde sacks works commissioner who spent 55 days treating COVID-19
Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, has sacked Raphael Afonja, the state commissioner of works, infrastructure...
Egyptians vote for newly created Senate
A woman gets her hands disinfected before entering at a polling station during Egypt’s senate...
How are you different from Boko Haram – Nigerians react to Buhari’s media aide, Bashir Ahmad’s tweet in which he supported death penalty for blasphemy
Nigerians have reacted to President Buhari’s media aide, Bashir Ahmad’s tweet which surfaced in the wake...
Pay our four-year pending gratuities, pensioners beg Wike
Pensioners in Rivers State have appealed to Governor Nyesom Wike to pay their four years...
Magu says he doesn’t know why he’s being investigated, faults Buhari’s panel
Aliyu Lemu, lawyer to the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...
Insecurity: Details of President Buhari meeting with Osinbajo, northeast governors, security chiefs emerge
President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, gave strong assurances that security will be restored to Borno State,...
Court orders substituted service of disqualification suit on Ize-Iyamu
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered substituted service of a suit seeking...
Why I didn’t use military to overrun 2019 general elections, Buhari reveals
President Muhammadu Buhari has told Nigerians that his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, could...
Belarusian opposition leader Tikhanouskaya in Lithuania says foreign minister
Belarusian opposition politician Svetlana Tikhanouskaya has travelled to Lithuania from Belarus amid the protests and...
INEC to challenge reversal of deregistration of 22 parties by Appeal Court
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it will be challenging the Appeal Court...
Buhari forgets his tenure is running out: I ask for more patience in tackling insecurity – Buhari
President Buhari has appealed to Nigerians to exercise more patience in his administration’s fight against...
Defamation: Governor Uzodinma petitions NJC, AGF over ‘supreme court governor’ tag by PDP
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo state has petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC) and Abubakar Malami,...
Election 2020: Can TV debates really affect New Zealand voters?
Opinion – The election season is upon us, and with it the great television jousts...
Judith Collins on Roger Bridge allegations: ‘It’s not something I approve of’
National leader Judith Collins says allegations surrounding the party’s board member Roger Bridge is a...
Kashamu: Mourn me as you like when I die, Obasanjo replies Tinubu, Fayose
Nigeria’s former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said he does not care what people say...
Trump’s bet on a pre-election rebound meets a new test
After a spring and summer bolstered by cash infusions from the federal government of more...
We are targeting electrification of five million households with solar power – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment towards making the country better...
‘Play College Football!’ Trump demands as fall seasons collapse
President Donald Trump and several Republican members of Congress are pushing universities to save the...
‘Can’t possibly be serious’: Trump’s bid to shore up jobless aid falls short
“I honestly think this can’t possibly be serious,” said Michele Evermore, a senior policy analyst...
Blame game in high gear as Covid relief talks stall
Top congressional leaders and the White House lashed out at each other Monday over who’s...
Lawmakers press Ottawa, Washington to ease restrictions on isolated U.S. community
Canada-U.S. border rules have left residents of a small northern town under “house arrest.” Point...
Killers of my security aide will be brought to book, Gov Obiano vows
Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has vowed to fetch those who killed his 43-year-old Senior...
Liberty University taps Falwell fill-in
Jerry Falwell was widely condemned for posting and then deleting a photo that showed him...
Newsom indicates California health officer’s abrupt departure related to data blunder
Newsom declined to say outright why Angell tendered her resignation, but he repeatedly hinted at...
Trump: G-7 summit will likely take place after election
Because of the coronavirus, Trump had scrapped a planned in-person summit that was set to...
Person shot outside White House, Trump evacuated mid press conference
US President Donald Trump was abruptly ushered out of a press conference by secret service...
Appeal court upturns de-registration of 22 political parties by INEC
The court of appeal in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to...
Buhari supports killings in Southern Kaduna – Jonathan’s ex-aide, Omokri alleges
Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari is...
