Politics
Nigeria Has Reforms To Undertake Before Joining BRICS, It Will ‘At the Right Time’ – Foreign Affairs Minister
Yusuf Tuggar, Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, has revealed that Nigeria has shown interest to become a member of BRICS, an intergovernmental organisation with...
Nigerians Commence Protests Against Bad Governance on 64th Independence Day
Nigerians have commenced the announced #FearlessOctober protests on Tuesday at the Ikeja Underbridge in Lagos State and the country’s capital, Abuja. The protest...
Libya Set to Resume Oil Production as Central Bank Crisis Subsides
Libya, whose oil sector has been halted since late August, is preparing to resume as the two rival governments have agreed on a...
Ex-Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku Arraigned for ₦27b Fraud
Ex-Governor of Taraba State, Darius Dickson Ishaku, was arraigned on Monday before the Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged fraud of ₦27 billion....
HURIWA Urges UN to Protect October 1st Protesters from Tinubu’s Planned Armed Crackdown
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, or HURIWA, has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council and Secretary-General António Guterres to intervene...
France Lobbyist Robert Bourgi Discloses $4M Payment from Ex-Gabon President Ali Bongo as Middleman
A French lawyer and Françafrique lobbyist, Robert Bourgi, has revealed that Gabonese Ex-President Ali Bongo paid him about $4 million from 2009-2013 for...
Ondo: APC Leader Gbogi Emmanuel Quits Party Says APC Now a “Weapon of Poverty”
A prominent All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Mr Gbogi Emmanuel, has resigned from the party, criticising it for abandoning the principles of democracy...
Nigeria Acquires Additional N2.6trn World Bank Loan
Nigeria’s federal government has acquired an additional ₦2.6 trillion ($1.57bn) loan from the World Bank Group. World Bank disclosed this in a statement...
As Open Grazing Persists, SUV Rams into Cattle on Lagos Highway
An accident involving an Acura Sport Utility Vehicle collided with a herd of cattle, resulting in the death of two cows and substantial...
Russia, Burkina Faso Sign Joint Statement on ‘No First Deployment of Weapons in Space’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Burkinabé counterpart, Karamoko Traore, signed a joint statement on Saturday maintaining agreement on ‘No First Deployment...
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso Open Investigation Against FRANCE24 Journalist for Terror Links in the Sahel
Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have ordered an investigation into the “biased comments” made by Wassim Nasr, a journalist with the French channel,...
Tunisian Presidential Candidate Zammel Sentenced to Prison for Certificate Forgery
Tunisian presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel has been sentenced to six months in prison for using fraudulent certificates. This is his second sentence in...