Nigeria

The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has commended President Bola Tinubu for signing into law the bill establishing North Central Development Commission. Senate President Godswill Akpabio had …

Cocaine “is no worse than whisky” and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro during a live broadcast of a government meeting. Colombia …

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to allow it to join the N100 billion lawsuit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery …

The newly constituted House of Representatives Committee on the South East Development Commission (SEDC) insists that the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra …

As the strike by workers of Kaduna Electric enters its third day, residents in the state continue to groan in darkness amid appeals by the electricity authorities that power will …

Hundreds of Bangladeshi protesters smashed down buildings connected to ousted former leader, Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday, hours after students with excavators began demolishing a museum to her father. The museum …

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a teenager for allegedly bringing a pistol to a primary school in the state and threatening to harm his schoolmates with it. …

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, led a high-profile Nigerian delegation to initiate the repatriation of refugees who fled the Boko Haram insurgency to Baga Sola, Chad Republic. According to a …

Tunisia’s President, Kais Saied, has sacked his finance minister and appointed a magistrate to the role. Michket Slama Khaldi will take on the country’s finance portfolio, the presidency announced on …

At an open-cast mine, Abdullahi Ibrahim Danjija carefully chisels away at a hunk of whitish rock before stuffing a sack with the pieces which break off the walls. In the …