Panic swept through Government Girls Secondary School, Oke-Oyi in Kwara State on Thursday morning after reports claimed that suspected bandits had invaded the premises. The Kwara State Police Command quickly...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has started distributing sensitive election materials from the Central Bank of Nigeria in Ado Ekiti ahead of Saturday’s governorship and legislative by-elections. INEC officials were...

Early Thursday morning, explosions and sustained gunfire erupted at Niamey’s international airport and its adjacent military airbase, witnesses in Niger’s capital said. The blasts began around 6:00 a.m. local time,...

A leading Ugandan lawyer defending opposition figure Kizza Besigye was charged with a treason-related crime on Wednesday, days after security forces detained him. Erias Lukwago, a senior opposition member and...

A London jury has cleared former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, of six bribery charges. The Southwark Crown Court delivered the verdict on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, after...

Suspected gunmen have thrown Ode Oriya Village in Owo Local Government Area, Ondo State, into fear after kidnapping the community’s traditional ruler and shooting his wife. The attack happened late...

Award-winning Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says Euracare Hospital in Lagos is deliberately blocking a coroner’s inquest into the death of her 21-month-old son, Nkanu. Adichie said the inquest was...

Somali official Omar Artan will still get paid his full FIFA World Cup match fee, even though he never got to blow the whistle in the tournament. The 34-year-old was...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has named Nigerian development expert Ahunna Eziakonwa as his new Special Adviser on Africa. The UN announced the appointment on Friday via its official website....

Retired Major-General Rabe Abubakar, former Director of Defence Information, has died while in the custody of bandits in Katsina State. The Katsina State government confirmed Abubakar’s death on Friday, June...