Omar Artan was supposed to be at the World Cup. Instead, he was stopped at Miami airport. The 34-year-old Somali referee — rated among Africa’s best — was denied entry...

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has approved a constitutional amendment bill that would allow states to set up their own police forces. Lawmakers voted in favor during Thursday’s plenary session, June...

The Senate on Thursday distanced itself from an arrest warrant issued against Mele Kyari, former GCEO of NNPC Limited, by its Committee on Public Accounts. The upper chamber also rejected...

Bayelsa lawmaker Frederick Agbedi took over as Minority Leader of the House of Representatives on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Agbedi, who represents Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency, replaces Kingsley Chinda of Rivers...

The House of Representatives has dropped the final draft of its Constitution Alteration Bills, with state police topping the agenda for today’s plenary vote. Rep. Akintunde Rotimi said the bills...

Kaduna-based singer and influencer Mycah Dangata is in custody after security operatives picked him up Tuesday, supporters say. Dangata, real name Zamani Musa, leads the “Take Over Kaduna” movement. The...

Nigeria started bringing citizens home from South Africa on Thursday after fresh xenophobic attacks targeted African migrants. President Bola Tinubu ordered the evacuation under the government’s citizen diplomacy policy. The...

Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, and Attorney General Lateef Fagbemi are in Addis Ababa to sign a prisoner transfer agreement with Ethiopia. The deal gets inked Wednesday, Odumegwu-Ojukwu confirmed...

Former Ogun Central senator Iyabo Obasanjo is heading back to the Peoples Democratic Party, just weeks after quitting the All Progressives Congress. Sources close to the daughter of ex-President Olusegun...

Two babies have died from Ebola at a church-run orphanage in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, exposing how vulnerable children are in the current outbreak. Baby Buswaza, less than...