The Niger State Police Command has arrested seven suspects for alleged illegal mining and vandalism of government property at Gurara Waterfalls in Gurara Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Minna by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP W…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has called on Nigerian youths to take a leading role in strengthening the country’s democracy ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday at the unveiling of the 2026 Voter Education Manual and its youth-friendly version, in coll…
Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have apprehended one Chief Edet, the Village head of Asik Ubofa, a fishing settlement in Effiat Clan in Mbo Local Government Area, and recovered an AK-47 rifle from him. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Offic…
Hundreds of British teenagers will trial social media bans and time limits on apps as part of consultations over new measures to keep children safe online, the government announced Wednesday. The pilot comes as the government seeks views from parents on whether to follow Australia and issue a blank…
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has called for increased budgetary allocation to the health sector, particularly for HIV/AIDS and TB treatment, amid significant reductions in international donor funding. Senior Advocacy and Marketing Manager, AHF-Nigeria, Steve Aborisade, made the call during an adv…
Human rights activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, engaged in a heated exchange with a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Musibau Adetunbi, at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday over his interaction with journalists inside the courtroom. The incident occurred while Mr So…
Trump Iranian newspapers on Wednesday ridiculed what they called Donald Trump’s “lies” about ongoing diplomatic discussions to end the war, publishing cartoons of the US president styled as Pinocchio. A caricature of Trump with an elongated nose looming over a map of the Strait of Hormuz appeared o…
Gulf states’ representatives have told the United Nations Human Rights Council that Iranian attacks on their territories amount to a gross violation of state sovereignty, as the UN’s rights chief warned that the Middle East is nearing an “unmitigated catastrophe” as the US-Israel war on Iran approa…
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday nullified the January 2024 dissolution of the board and management of Union Bank of Nigeria by the Central Bank of Nigeria, declaring the action ultra vires. In his judgment, Justice Aneke set aside all decisions take…
By Favour Ulebor, Abuja Abuja – Workers in Nigeria’s informal sector have called on the Federal Government to introduce social protection and relief measures to improve living and working conditions for millions of Nigerians outside formal employment. The demand was made on Wednesday by the Federat…
The Peoples Democratic Party governors-backed Tanimu Turaki (SAN)-led National Working Committee confirmed that a fresh reconciliation process aimed at uniting aggrieved factions within the party commenced today. Turaki, who disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, said that f…
The Nigerian Army has arrested 18 individuals linked to the supply of logistics to Boko Haram terrorists in the North East, warning communities against collaboration with insurgents. In a statement shared by the agency on their official X account on Wednesday, the Army said the suspects were interc…
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike targeting the village of Arnoun in the southern Lebanese area of Marjeyoun on March 25, 2026. Israel launched strikes on south Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs on March 25, Lebanese state media said, as Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah said it kept up…
Democratic candidate Emily Gregory is projected to win a special election for a Florida state House of Representatives seat that includes United States President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, in the latest sign of strain for Trump’s Republican Party. With almost all votes counted from the Tuesd…
President Bola Tinubu has extolled Tunde Rahman, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Special Duties, for his commitment to duty and loyalty over the years. President Tinubu used the occasion of his longtime aide’s 60th birthday to shower encomiums on him for his many years of unflinching dedi…
Ghana demands compensation for slavery in landmark UN vote Slavery was the "most horrendous crime that took place in the history of mankind", Ghana's foreign minister has told the BBC ahead of a landmark vote at the UN General Assembly. Member states are set to vote on a resolution - led by Ghana -…
Trump’s war on Iran, in his own words Since the US and Israel launched the war on Iran in late February, President Trump has made many comments about the success and the length of the war, several of them contradictory. Here’s a look at Trump’s war, in his own words.
Dozens of bodies including children exhumed from mass grave in Kenya Kenyan authorities have exhumed 32 bodies, including children and foetuses from a mass grave in the town of Kericho. Published On 25 Mar 2026 Dozens of bodies including children exhumed from mass grave in Kenya Kenyan authorities …
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA– The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered final forfeiture of the sum of $13 million that was linked to a Lagos socialite, Ms Aisha Achimugu and her company, Oceangate Engineering Oil & Gas Limited. The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Emek…
‘Prolonged conflict wouldn’t make sense for US midterms’ Zeidon Alkinani of the Arab Perspectives Institute discusses Trump’s mixed signals over the war on Iran and what it means for US midterm elections in November. Published On 25 Mar 2026 ‘Prolonged conflict wouldn’t make sense for US midterms’ …
