The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, saying President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had directed that the evacuation of willing Nigerians should continue until every citizen seeking to return home had been brought back safely. According to the minister, the latest evacuation exercise follows an earlier operation in which 66 Nigerians, mostly women...
Uganda’s leading independent media outlets have been forced off air and locked out of their offices after a dramatic order from the country’s army chief, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba — son of President Yoweri Museveni. Armed soldiers surrounded the headquarters of the Daily Monitor in Kampala, while NTV and Spark TV broadcasts went dark, leaving viewers staring at blank screens.
Gen...
South Africa is on edge as heavy security forces have been deployed nationwide ahead of planned anti-migrant protests. The demonstrations coincide with an unofficial deadline set by campaigners for undocumented foreign nationals to...
In a statement issued on Friday, the command's spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi, said the suspect was apprehended during a routine stop-and-search operation along the Lekki-Epe Expressway.
Adebisi identified the suspect as Samson Onilewaji. She...
The evacuees arrived in Nigeria on Thursday night through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, marking the second batch of Nigerians brought home...
The vice presidential candidate of the New Democratic Congress (NDC), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, paid a courtesy visit to former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in Kano on Thursday night.The meeting was made known by...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the conduct of operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) during the arrest of activist and publisher, Omoyele Sowore, at the Federal High Court in...
‘Bandits Deserve No Second Chance, Must Be Eliminated’ — Gov Uba Sani
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has declared that bandits do not deserve a second chance, describing them as terrorists who should be...
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has called for the abolition of harmful widowhood practices across Africa, urging governments, communities and families to uphold...
The senator representing Kebbi South Senatorial District in the 10th National Assembly, Garba Musa Maidoki, has opposed the proposed State Police Bill currently before...
Members of the Kwara State House of Assembly have endorsed the speaker, Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu as the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) for the...
The National Chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has dismissed allegations that the party sold 69 nomination forms in Kano State...
