The governor of Niger State, Abubakar Bello, has said he has rejected all requests for him to intervene All Progressive Congress (APC) primary election that produced the party’s gubernatorial candidate. Mr. Bello, who will complete his second term on May…
To boost the capacity of relevant stakeholders working to protect migrants in vulnerable situations, the federal ministry of Women and the United Nations, (UN), and the International Organization for Migration, (IOM), have agreed to work together to create sustainable solutions…
At All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ondo State has suspended its campaign for the general election amid protests over the effects of the implementation of the naira redesign policy and fuel scarcity. A group of youths and students staged a…
Mr. Yakubu said this on Wednesday in Abuja when he fielded questions from State House Correspondents after he briefed the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on the level of preparedness for the conduct of elections. He identified shortage of petroleum products…
He used to lead the largest country in Latin America and 214 million people. Now the former far-right leader of Brazil lives in a small Florida town and eats alone in fast food restaurants. Bolsonaro, 67, has found an unusual…
A fuel tanker exploded on Wednesday on the Ore-Benin Expressway in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo StateNews Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. It was the second explosion in the area in nine days as a kerosene tanker also…
Police said on Wednesday they had seized enough cocaine to supply New Zealand for 30 years, after seizing a package of the drug floating in the Pacific Ocean. New Zealand police commissioner Andrew Coster told reporters that the haul –…
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, acquitted Jide Omokore, the chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited, of fraud and money laundering charges. Mr. Omokore and his associates were indicted in 2016 by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Spaces for Change (S4C) has raised the alarm about increasing authoritarianism in West African countries. ]At the launch of ‘Civic Space in West Africa: Trends, Threats and Futures’ in Lagos, stakeholders called for collaboration to prevent the rule of law…
The petrol shortage witnessed across the country will ease from next week, officials said on Tuesday. The Nigerian government also on Tuesday warned against trying to disrupt the petroleum supply and distribution chain. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources,…