Somaliland has issued a “fatwa” (religious edict) banning Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), paving the way for the breakaway region to pass legislation against the harmful practice....
The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that it will conduct a special exercise tagged: “Ayem Akpatuma’’ – “Cat Race” to tackle recurring herdsmen/farmers clashes and criminal...
Nigeria’s national female basketball team, D’Tigress, has been drawn in Group B alongside Turkey, Argentina and Australia for the 2018 FIBA Women’s World Cup scheduled to take...
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Nasarawa state to inaugurate projects which the residents have said will boost economic activities and impact positively on their standard of...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja signed Executive Order 5 to improve local content in public procurement with science, engineering and technology components. Garba Shehu,...
The Police Command in Nasarawa State says it has deployed over 4,000 officers and men to ensure a hitch-free visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the...
On Monday, protesters stormed South Africa’s ruling party African National Congress (ANC)‘s party headquarters in Johannesburg demanding that President Jacob Zuma steps down. Scandal-plagued Zuma has been under...
Nigerians in diaspora have been tasked on the need to change their negative mindset about their country and join hands and resources to help build the...
The U.S. Government declared that Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is validly elected as the president of the country in accordance with Kenya’s constitution. The U.S. Department of...
U.S. President Donald Trump has been nominated for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Henrik Urdal, Director of the Peace Research Institute, Oslo said on Thursday. The...
A former Governor of Delta, James Ibori, on Thursday urged Nigerians to take the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration seriously to enable them to vote in the...
The Federal Government has approved ₦1.12 billion for the purchase of 50 operational “anti-rice smuggling” vehicles to check the persistent smuggling of rice into the country,...
Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga took a symbolic presidential oath of office on the Bible in front of thousands of ecstatic supporters on Tuesday in a...
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has said that Nigeria must not just exist as a nation but lead the black race in advancing African renaissance. The...
Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose, at a PDP rally on Monday in Ado Ekiti, declared that God directed him to support his Deputy, Kolapo Olusola-Eleka, to...
China and the African Union on Monday dismissed a report in French Media which said that Beijing had bugged the regional bloc’s headquarters in the Ethiopian...
The Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, has said that the late former Vice-President, Alex Ekwueme, was committed to the unity of Nigeria throughout his lifetime. Osinbajo made the...
South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo have won their fifth Grammy award on Sunday at the 60th Grammys Ceremony. The group won in the Best World Music...
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he sometimes posts on Twitter while in bed, defending his use of the social networking tool as necessary amid “a...
President Muhammadu Buhari says the war against corruption has come to stay in Nigeria as he described it as “one of the greatest evils of our...
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