Suspected herdsmen have allegedly invaded and burnt the farm of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae. Workers at the farm were also attacked at Ilado village in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo…
Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, has revealed that Nigeria would emerge from recession in the fourth quarter of this year or by the first quarter of 2021. Nigeria on Saturday, November 21, officially went into…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari led administration on the need to cut the cost of governance. In the letter dated 21 November, 2020 and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organization…
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has expressed optimism that the lingering ASUU strike will end soon based on the last offer made by the government to the union. Ngige while speaking on Monday also noted that he…
Human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, has reacted to the death of the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Nasarawa State, Philip Shekwo. Shekwo was abducted by gunmen at his residence in Lafia on Saturday night. The co-convener of BringBackOurGirls,…
Senator Ali Ndume, the lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial district has been ordered on Monday by a federal high court to be sent to prison. The order follows his inability to produce Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the defunct…
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Accord have arrested 11 illegal miners and eliminated scores of bandits on Nov. 21 in parts of Zamfara and Katsina States. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development has thrown its weight behind an Igbo presidency, insisting that the position should be zoned to the region. The group explained that its position was…
Mauritania’s former president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, the West African state’s first democratically elected president, died overnight, his family members and the president’s office said Monday. The politician died at a private clinic in the capital Nouakchott after suffering heart…
A South African commission hearing testimonies about rampant state corruption during Jacob Zuma’s reign said Monday that it would ask police to investigate the former president after he walked out last week. After months of playing cat-and-mouse, Zuma appeared before…
Hundreds of thousands of voters in Burkina Faso were unable to cast ballots in Sunday’s general election due to security threats, officials said, as the West African nation grapples with a growing jihadist insurgency. An undisclosed number of troops were…
The Head of Department, Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, (ATBUTH), Bauchi, Dr. Zuhwaira Hassan, 45, has died in a car accident. Adamu Garkuwa, a Junior brother to the deceased, told News Agency of Nigeria…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday he had recovered from Covid-19 and urged Ukrainians to observe virus measures as infections in the country spike. In a video published on his Facebook page, the smiling president said that he had returned…
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held secret talks in Saudi Arabia Sunday with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, several media said, in the first reported trip by an Israeli premier to the kingdom. The meeting, reported Monday by Israeli public…