NIGER REPUBLIC JAILS LEADING ACTIVIST CRITICAL OF JUNTA
A Niger court on Friday jailed a leading civil society figure and critic of the military-led authorities, one month after he was detained following a...
NAPTIP, NIS ARREST HUMAN TRAFFICKER WANTED FOR FIVE YEARS
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), in partnership with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has apprehended Uadiale Christiana Jacob, also...
YOUTHS BEAT OSUN MONARCH OVER DISPUTED IMAM APPOINTMENT
The crisis erupted in the Hallelujah community in Egbedore local government area of Osun State on Friday, as enraged residents beat the newly installed Ajeniju...
OYO TO ISSUE APPOINTMENT LETTERS TO 5,600 NEW TEACHERS
Oyo State Government, on Friday, said that the distribution of letters of appointment to 5,600 newly recruited basic school teachers in the state will begin...
MANY FEARED DEAD, OTHERS INJURED IN JIGAWA COMMUNAL CLASHES
A communal clash, on Friday, in the Miga Local Government Area Jigawa State has reportedly claimed dozens of lives and left many hospitalised. Eyewitnesses described...
ARMED FORCES COMMITTED TO SECURING NIGERIA – CDS
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has restated the commitment of the Nigerian Armed Forces to ensuring that the nation is secured by...
SOLUDO OFFERS N10M BOUNTY FOR KILLERS OF SECURITY OPERATIVES, OTHERS
Governor Chukwuma Soludo has placed a N10m bounty on the killers of security agents and some civilians in Anambra State. Gunmen attacked and killed two...
THREE FRENCH POLICE OFFICERS TO FACE TRIAL OVER ‘SUFFOCATION’ DEATH
Three police officers will be tried in Paris for the involuntary homicide of a man who repeatedly said “I’m suffocating” during his arrest in January...
MAGNITUDE 5.5 EARTHQUAKE HITS ETHIOPIA AS VOLCANO ERUPTS
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck northern Ethiopia Friday, where a volcano erupted after months of increased seismic activity, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) and local...
VIDEO: GHANA PRESIDENT’S ADC COLLAPSES DURING NATIONWIDE BROADCAST
A startling moment unfolded in Ghana’s parliament on Friday as Colonel Isaac Amponsah, the aide-de-camp (ADC) to President Nana Akufo-Addo, collapsed during the President’s State...