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Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi has defended his support for the removal of petrol subsidies while criticizing the current government's management of the resulting savings, arguing the funds could have been inv...
The United States has proposed expanding the United Nations arms embargo on Sudan to cover the entire country and explicitly include drones, in a bid to stem the flow of foreign weapons fueling a war that has killed tens...
Ogun State Police Command operatives have dismantled an alleged illegal baby factory in Mowe, rescuing two pregnant women and four children and arresting six suspects in connection with suspected human trafficking and il...
The Federal Government on Monday, August 24, 2026, officially flagged off the reconstruction and dualisation of the 56.
Military officials from Uganda and Burundi traveled to Israel last week for discussions on contributing troops to a proposed international security force for the Gaza Strip, marking a significant step in efforts to build...
The Osun State Government has issued a strong appeal for calm and warned against any attempt to reignite violence following the recently concluded governorship election.
Nigeria's Federal Government has warned that restoring petrol subsidies would reverse the country's recent economic gains and return it to the unsustainable fiscal conditions of 2022.
Prince Harry has stepped down from the board of directors of the conservation charity African Parks, concluding a decade-long formal association with the organization.
The first field deployment of a ceasefire verification mission began on Monday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, marking a significant step under a peace framework established by a Qatari-mediated deal last year.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday, August 23, 2026, launched the ruling African National Congress's manifesto for the upcoming local government elections, pledging to restore basic services and hold offic...
At least 30 people were killed and six others seriously injured when a massive mound of rubbish collapsed onto homes in Conakry, Guinea, early Sunday morning, according to government officials.
During his weekly Angelus address on August 23, Pope Leo XIV expressed solidarity with the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic, praying for the victims of a deadly Ebola outbreak a...
Troops of the Nigerian Army's Joint Task Force South East, Operation Udoka, dismantled strongholds of the Indigenous People of Biafra-Eastern Security Network (IPOB-ESN) in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State o...
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, declared on Friday that his political mission ahead of the 2027 presidential election is to keep opposition figures Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi under constant ...
The All Progressives Congress announced on August 22, 2026, the formation of its Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 general elections, appointing former Zamfara State Governor Senator Abdulaziz Yari as Director-G...
Suspected terrorists abducted an unspecified number of worshippers during Friday prayers from a mosque in Dekara District, Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, on August 21, 2026.
Liberia has received its first group of deportees from the United States under a controversial new agreement, landing roughly 20 migrants at Roberts International Airport near the capital, Monrovia, on Thursday, August 2...
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate arrest of George Buchi Nwabueze and the suspension of three permanent secretaries following the discovery of another fraudulent government agency operating within the Offic...
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Nigeria Democratic Congress, formally launched his campaign for the 2027 general elections on Friday, August 21, 2026, during a press conference in Onitsha, Anambra State.
Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike has ordered the immediate demolition of approximately 30 buildings encroaching on the Right of Way for the Ring Road 3 corridor in Abuja.
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