The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has detained two elderly men in Abia State over accusations that they sold hard drugs to secondary school pupils. The suspects — 84-year-old...

Governor Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressive Congress, APC, has won the Ekiti State governorship election after securing victory in all 16 local government areas, results from the ongoing collation...

The Kano State Police Command has ordered a restriction of movement in Dawakin Kudu and Warawa Local Government Areas from 12 noon to 5 pm on Saturday, June 20, 2026,...

Namibia has been taken off the Financial Action Task Force’s “grey list,” the finance ministry said Friday. The Paris-based watchdog announced the decision at its plenary meeting in Paris on...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has handed 20-year prison terms to the mother and sister of Kachallah Ibrahim Battujo, a notorious bandit leader killed by security forces earlier this...

Former INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu has officially taken up his post as Nigeria’s non-career ambassador to Qatar. Yakubu landed in Doha on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, where he was welcomed...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has indefinitely suspended its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, and removed him as director of Radio Biafra. The decision was announced Thursday by Chikadibia Edoziem, head...

West Africa’s al Qaeda affiliate Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin, or JNIM, said Thursday it was behind a deadly raid on Niamey’s airport and adjacent military airbase. Niger’s government confirmed...

Namibia’s energy minister has confirmed that Maggy Shino has been removed as Petroleum Commissioner, closing out months of speculation about her position. The minister’s office announced the change on June...

Zimbabwe’s National Assembly approved a constitutional amendment Thursday that would lengthen presidential terms from five years to seven, a move that could keep President Emmerson Mnangagwa in office until 2030....