By Alex Crawford, special correspondent, in Islamabad There is real anger in Pakistan over Kashmir and it will be a momentous task keeping the calm over an issue which has
By Alex Crawford, special correspondent, in Islamabad There is real anger in Pakistan over Kashmir and it will be a momentous task keeping the calm over an issue which has
The Defence Headquarters in Nigeria has set up a joint committee to investigate the killing of three police officers by some soldiers in Wukari, Taraba State, on Tuesday. The incidence
Millions of Muslims have descended on the holy city of Mecca to begin a pilgrimage that sees them follow in the footsteps of the Prophet Muhammad. Huge crowds are at
By Diana Magnay, Moscow correspondent It is 20 years to the day since Boris Yeltsin named the head of Russia’s top spy agency his acting prime minister. Vladimir Putin
The African Action Alliance (AAC) on Friday expelled its national chairman and ex-presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections, Omoyele Sowore, from the party. Also affected were 28 other national
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has told President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of Urgency, give a matching order for redeployment all the military leadership in the South-East
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to immediately provide relief assistance to persons and communities affected by flood nationwide. His spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a
A group of drivers on Friday blocked the Kaduna-Abuja highway following the alleged killing of their colleague by police in the area. According to an eyewitness, who asked not to
The governorship candidate on the platform of Action Alliance (AA) in Imo, Uche Nwosu, has urged Nigerians to shun the call for RevolutionNow protest saying it is capable of causing
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has demanded evidence of the arrest of a soldier who killed a commercial motorcycle rider from Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state. The slain
The Bayelsa State Chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria says it is worried that Madam Beauty Ogere Siasia, the mother of former Super Eagles striker and coach, Samson
The Taraba state governorship tribunal on Friday granted the prayer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), seeking to be re-listed in the governorship petition that had earlier been dismissed. The
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a money laundering charge against Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, lawyer to the 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar.
No fewer than 16 persons were yesterday confirmed dead following the outbreak of yellow fever in Ndugele community in Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State. The permanent secretary of
Two medical experts, Mrs Subedetu Nafiu, a Family Planning Manager and Mr Olusola Malomo, a Nutritionist, on Friday said that breastfeeding mothers could still enjoy sex while breastfeeding. The experts
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has expressed displeasure over the delay in payment of the July 2019 salaries of workers in the State. Consequently, the Governor directed the office
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over a-13 bedroom, one-storey building forfeited by the late Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh to the North
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President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his deepest condolences to the family of Alhaji Garba Umar, a former Governor of Taraba State, following the death of his wife, Hajiya Hadiza Garba
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested leaders of Gummi Local Government chapter of Rice Farmers’ Association of Nigeria, in Zamfara State over alleged diversion N5.4 million worth