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Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is resigning after weeks of mass protests, state media report. Mr Bouteflika, who has been in power for 20 years, had already dropped plans to seek a fifth term as opposition to his rule grew. The powerful Algerian army had called for the 82-year-old to be declared incapable of carrying out […]

The tiny South-east Asian country of Brunei is introducing strict new Islamic laws that makes gay sex an offence punishable by stoning to death. The new measures, set to begin Wednesday, also cover a range of other crimes including punishment for theft by amputation. The move has sparked international condemnation and outcry. The Bruneian gay […]

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is “100 per cent” prepared to close down the US-Mexico border, warning Congress and Central American governments to take action to stem the flow of migrants into the country. Delays were already rising at several key border crossings as Trump ratcheted up pressure on Democrats in Congress to toughen […]

President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo met on Tuesday for the first time after the 2019 general elections. Both leaders met in Dakar at the inauguration ceremony of the Senegalese President, Macky Sall. Despite President Buhari’s victory at the poll, former President Obasanjo has restated his support for the presidential candidate of the […]

The Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, says the federal government will ensure free access to the internet in public places across Nigeria. Mr Shittu said this on Tuesday in Abuja at a one-day stakeholders workshop on the role of the Public Internet Access for Economic Development. “We are trying to ensure the vision of free […]

The National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) has condemned the visit of the Christian Association of Nigeria to the Presidential Villa, Abuja. In a statement on Monday, NCEF described the visit as evidence that the Christian Association has unholy ties with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The NCEF has had a long-standing dispute with the […]

Ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday said that President Muhammadu Buhari and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, are incomparable, insisting that his former vice is politically, economically and socially sound than Buhari. Obasanjo disclosed this on Sunday evening when the Southwest PDP leaders led by the party’s National Vice […]

The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, admits to taking joy from the ability of fellow Argentine Lionel Messi, but is eager to point out that the Barcelona talisman “is not God”. Many consider the mercurial South American to be a sporting deity, with his achievements raising the bar of individual excellence. He is […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja assured Nigerians that he will put in all effort to ensure the best for the country and her citizens when he begins a second term in office on May 29. The president also appreciated all those who voted him during the elections. Receiving the Board of Trustees and Advisory […]

The police have explained how they responded to the fatal shooting of Kolade Johnson in Lagos on Sunday. Mr Johnson was killed by men suspected to be from police special anti-cultism unit as he watched a football match in his neighbourhood Sunday evening, in yet another pear-shaped police operation that has sparked nationwide outrage. Nigerians […]

The election of Zuzana Čaputová as Slovakia’s first female president was greeted Sunday as a vote for change, with the anti-graft activist expected to provide a check on a government tarnished after last year’s murder of a journalist. The 45-year-old environmental lawyer’s clear victory Saturday over the ruling party’s candidate was a blow to the […]

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has asked the Federal Government  not to provoke him, adding that he has the capacity to make the country ungovernable. He described an alleged plan by the Federal Government to arrest him with the International Police as an effort in futility. He said he was […]

Data compiled by Steve Hanke, an economist from John Hopkins University in Baltimore, US, has classified Nigerians as the sixth “most miserable people in the world”. The Misery Index was calculated using economic indices including unemployment, inflation and bank lending rates. For Nigeria, the unemployment rate was the major contributing factor. “The original Misery Index […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said those responsible for his security would have been in trouble if he had died in the February 2 helicopter crash he was involved in. Mr Osinbajo and his team escaped death as his helicopter crash-landed in Kogi State. Neither he nor other occupants of the helicopter suffered any serious […]

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says he will challenge the court order directing his arrest in the United Kingdom. The IPOB leader also tackled the federal government over his prosecution, insisting he is innocent of the accusations against him. A federal high court in Abuja had revoked the bail granted Kanu in […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says every part of the country will be represented in the allocation of political offices in his second term. The president gave this assurance on Friday when he received the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Samson Ayokunle, CAN president who led the delegation, had urged the president to see […]

Adams Oshiomole, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) worked against his party in the just-concluded general election. Mr Oshiomhole disclosed this during an interview tagged: “Hard Copy” on Channels Television on Friday evening. “I have huge reservations about the way INEC conducted this […]