Queen Elizabeth II warned of religious “tribalism” in a Christmas message on Tuesday delivered against a backdrop of Britain bickering over its impending exit from the EU. The tone of the 92-year-old monarch’s annual TV appearances reflected a sombre mood…
Syrian government forces have entered the country’s northern border region of Manbij controlled by Kurdish fighters, local sources told Al Jazeera and Turkey’s state-run Anadolu agency. Trucks carrying regime forces and equipment, two tanks, and other armoured vehicles have arrived…
The 2019 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has said the war on corruption by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is selective, saying his government will use technology to end corruption if elected. Sowore, who spoke…
The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has said clerics making new year prophecies which are unfulfilled are mere false prophets. Kumuyi spoke on Monday during the National December Retreat of the church at the…
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said its troops had repelled attack coordinated by Boko Haram insurgents at a military formation in Kukareta, Damaturu Local Government Area of Yobe. In a statement, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations,…
Elections in the Indian Ocean island nation of the Comoros will take place in March, according to a presidential decree published on Monday. Voters will choose the president of the union, a role that had rotated among the three islands…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Nigerians to keep working for peace as the 2019 general elections draw closer. He warned that Nigerians, and not God, should accept responsibility, if peace eludes the country. The elder statesman gave the advice…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo thrilled some residents of Abuja to `Next Level’, a song composed from the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign slogan for the 2019 general elections. The vice president addressed a crowd of enthusiastic residents, then paid a…
Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola, the Osun State governor, has admonished Christians to celebrate the Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ, peacefully. Oyetola, in his Christmas message to residents of the state, while rejoicing with them on the occasion, urged them to…
Dr Kayode Fayemi, the Ekiti State governor, has congratulated Christians in the state, saying the nation can achieve more if the people are united. The governor urged Christians to continue to live by example in matters relating to love, peace…