The Minister of Youth Affairs, Mr Ayo Olawande, has called on members of the All Progressives Congress across Ondo State to unite and ensure that President Bola Tinubu win the presidential election in 2027. Olawande urged the youths in the state to mobilise and participate actively in the forthcomi…
Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command have arrested two suspects for alleged involvement in the peddling of illicit drugs in Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state. The command also recovered quantities of substances suspected to be variants of Cannabis sativa, popularly known as Indi…
The Nasarawa State Chapter of the Labour Party loyal to Julius Abure’s camp has commenced the distribution of free expression of interest and nomination forms to party members and intending aspirants in the state. The forms being distributed include Governorship, Senatorial, House of Representative…
The Deputy Governor of Gombe State, Dr Manassah Jatau, on Friday lauded the founders of the National Youth Service Corps, saying corps members have helped bridge manpower deficits across many states of the federation. Jatau stated this while addressing the Gombe NYSC Coordinator, Chinwe Nwachuku, c…
The National Commission for Colleges of Education has said the new Dual Mandate Policy, which empowers Colleges of Education to award degrees, will help reduce pressure on university admissions across Nigeria. The Executive Secretary of the NCCE, Angela Ajala, made this known on Friday during a med…
US President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, a surprise move that has deepened uncertainty about Washington’s military posture in Europe. In a post on his Truth Social platform on Thursday, Trump linked the decision directly to his r…
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to India on Saturday for a three-day visit taking in Kolkata, Agra, Jaipur and New Delhi. He will discuss energy security, trade and defence cooperation with senior Indian officials, US State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in a sta…
Turkiye has revoked the operational licence for a top private university with liberal values, effectively forcing it to close in the middle of the academic year, after the institution was seized by the state in a criminal investigation last year. In a presidential decree, published in the Official …
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has concluded governorship primary elections across 28 states, producing 23 candidates for the 2027 general elections, as the ruling party navigates a complex web of consensus arrangements, last-minute withdrawals, and logistical setbacks. All sitting APC governo…
Russia has expressed outrage as it reported that a Ukrainian drone attack killed at least four people in the occupied Luhansk region. The Moscow-installed regional governor, Leonid Pasechnik, reported on Friday that a student dormitory in Starobilsk was hit. The Kremlin, which has killed thousands …
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday, threw out a suit seeking to uphold an indefinite suspension of Ireti Kingibe, the senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, by the Wuse Ward chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Delivering judgement, Judge Peter Lifu held …
Senegal’s prime minister has condemned the West, accusing it of attempting to impose homosexuality on the West African nation. Ousmane Sonko made the remarks while addressing the National Assembly on Friday. During his speech, he defended newly introduced laws targeting Senegal’s LGBTQ community as…
Israeli attacks have killed at least 11 people in southern Lebanon, including several healthcare workers. The attacks occurred on Friday in the Tyre district. They are the latest in a long line, questioning the durability of the shaky United States-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. Rec…
Russia’s attempts at escalation via Belarus, where it has delivered more nuclear weapons and held highly publicised joint war games, come as its ground war falters in Ukraine. Ukrainian commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskii told Militarnyi magazine that Ukraine has seized the tactical initiative, as…
The leaders of the NPN never abandoned the idea of single-party rule. They set out to destabilise the other parties that had left them, and funded factions in the NPP, PRP and GNPP. The most terrible thing they did was to use state power to declare the illegitimate factions they secretly supported …
In what many stakeholders have described as another bold statement of confidence in young Nigerian excellence, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Professor Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), entrusting one of Nigeria’s most critical educat…
The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has been nominated as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 governorship election. He won the party’s direct primary election held on Thursday across the state. The Chairman of the APC Governorship Primary Election Committee, Moha…
Angry crowd sets Ebola hospital tents on fire in DR Congo An angry crowd set alight a section of a hospital at the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after family and friends of a young man thought to have died from the virus were prevented from taking his b…
US sanctions Tanzanian police official over 'torture' of rights activists The US has sanctioned a senior Tanzanian police official over allegations linked to the "torture and sexual assault" of East African rights activists Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire last year. In a statement, US Secretar…
Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has clinched the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress for a second term after emerging as the party’s sole candidate in a unanimous affirmation by delegates from all 225 wards across the state. The affirmation, held on Thursday at the Haliru Abdu …
