Fire has destroyed several shops at Gusau Central Market, killing one person. The fire reportedly broke out at around 9 p.m. last night in the furniture section of the state capital’s larges…
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison, less than two weeks before the country votes in an election his party has been hamstrung from contesting. …
Kano State House of Assembly has received a letter from the state Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf requesting the House to consider and subsequently approve the request for the establishment of Ka…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has expressed sadness over the pronouncement by the Military authority in the Republic of Niger indicating that the Republics of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have …
Usman Ododo was sworn in as the Governor of Kogi State months after he was elected to take over from Yahaya Bello who had completed his second term in office. Ododo took the oath of office a…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Oyo State has confirmed a fire incident at its Ibadan South East Local Government Area Office. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in …
The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, has appealed to Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State to dump the ruling New Nigeria Peoples’ Party, (NNPP), and join t…
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob, 82, is flying to the US to receive “specialised” medical treatment for cancer, his office has said. It comes less than a week after his office said that med…
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has supported the planned relocation of five CBN departments from the head office in Abuja to Lagos. Sanusi, the 1…
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, affirmed the election of Ahmed Aliyu as the governor of Sokoto State, dismissing the appeal of Saidu Umar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The judgement…
The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Agbu Kefas as governor of Taraba State. The apex court in a unanimous decision on Thursday, dismissed the appeal by Professor Yahaya Sani of th…
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of Tonye Cole and the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the election of Siminalayi Fubara as Rivers State governor for lacking in merit. Affi…
