Vice President Kashim Shettima has urged leaders and aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to embrace unity and restraint ahead of primaries and 2027 general elections. In a statement titled “2027: Don’t Pull Down the Roof,” issued in Abuja, Shettima warned that internal divisions could weaken the party’s chancesContinue Reading
In February, Alok (name changed), a business analyst based in the western Indian city of Pune, got a text message asking him to pay 1,000 rupees ($10.75; £7.9) as a speeding fine. The message asked him to settle the amount quickly to avoid his driving licence being suspended, prompting AlokContinue Reading
A landmark royal commission into antisemitism, called in the aftermath of the Bondi shooting, has recommended that gun reforms be prioritised and policing arrangements for Jewish holidays extended to other Jewish festivals. The commission – Australia’s most powerful form of public inquiry – was announced in January, three weeks afterContinue Reading
A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced a 27-year-old farm manager, Israel Tony, to eight months in prison for stealing 30 crates of eggs. Tony, a resident of Barnawa Kaduna, was charged with stealing. In his ruling, the Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, sentenced Tony to eight months imprisonment without an optionContinue Reading
The youngest son of Zimbabwe’s late former leader Robert Mugabe is to deported from South Africa immediately, a court in Johannesburg has ordered. Bellarmine Mugabe has also been in trouble with the law in Zimbabwe. The youngest son of Zimbabwe’s late former leader Robert Mugabe is to deported from SouthContinue Reading
The Katsina State Government is set to commission a series of major infrastructure and education projects executed under the administration of Governor Malam Dikko Umaru Radda. Briefing journalists on the programme of events scheduled for May 1, 2, and 6, 2026, the Commissioner for Information, Dr. Bala Salisu Zango, revealsContinue Reading
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has condemned, in its entirety, the extrajudicial killing of 28-year-old Mene Ogidi by police officers attached to the Effurun Area Command, Delta State, on April 26, 2026. The act violates Nigerian laws and international humanitarian standards, including the International Humanitarian Law; the Constitution of theContinue Reading
In keeping with its commitment to impact positively on the lives of Nigerians, NNPC Limited has commissioned and handed over three units of 100-bed capacity wards it rehabilitated as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility to the management of the National Orthopedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos. The intervention carried out byContinue Reading
The Federal Government has declared Friday, 1st May 2026, a public holiday to celebrate this vear’s International Workers Day. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Oio, announced this on behalf of the Federal Government. This was contained in a statement on Wednesday by Dr. Magdalene Ajani, Permanent Secretary in theContinue Reading
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede has disclosed that the Commission places a premium on commending upright Nigerians for upholding anti-corruption values as well as holding fraudulent ones accountable for their criminal engagements. He made this disclosure in Abuja onContinue Reading
