Nigeria's economic growth picked up slightly in the fourth quarter of 2025, reaching 4.07% year-on-year, driven by improvements in both oil and non-oil sectors. The oil sector grew 6.79% year-on-year,...

A US federal court has sentenced Fode Sitafa Mara, a 41-year-old former US embassy employee, to life in prison for sexually abusing two teenage girls in Burkina Faso. Mara, from...

A federal high court in Abuja has granted bail to Abubakar Malami, former Attorney-General of the Federation, and his son, Abdulaziz, in the sum of N200 million each over alleged...

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has validated the 2025 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Convention, which took place on November 15, 2025. Justice Ladiran Akintola delivered the judgment,...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, his wife Asabe Bashir, and son Abdulaziz, on money laundering charges. The trio pleaded...

Former Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for facilitating Tunisian jihadists' travel to Syria over the past decade. Larayedh, a senior official of...

Adamawa State Governor, Umaru Fintiri, has officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing national unity and development priorities as reasons for his...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced a change in the date for the presidential and national assembly elections, moving it from February 20, 2027, to January 16, 2027....

Suspected Lakurawa terrorists attacked a mosque in Dadinkowa community, Maiyama LGA of Kebbi state, killing four worshippers and injuring five others. The attack was a reprisal for a foiled military...

A 50-year-old Burundian man, Guillaume Harushimana, has been arrested in Italy for his alleged involvement in the 2014 murders of three Italian missionary nuns in Bujumbura, Burundi. The victims, Olga...