Egypt has formally taken its long-standing battle with Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) to the United Nations Security Council, accusing Addis Ababa of violating international law by running the dam without a binding deal in place. In…
The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has once again demanded reparations, insisting that former colonial powers must acknowledge historic crimes and take responsibility for centuries of exploitation. Speaking in Addis Ababa on Sunday at the…
Seven Chinese nationals have been handed 20-year prison sentences in South Africa after being convicted of smuggling Malawians across the border and forcing them into hard labour. The four men and three women were found guilty of human trafficking and…
Kenya is in shock after the brutal killing of Mathew Kyalo Mbobu, a respected senior lawyer and legal scholar, who was shot dead in a drive-by attack on Tuesday evening in Nairobi. Police reports say Mbobu was driving near the…
In a shocking twist, six kidnapped victims have been freed by their captors after their families paid a staggering ₦60 million ransom. The release took place yesterday, September 9, 2025, after the ransom was picked up at UBA Bank, Akpakpava…
Former Anambra State Governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has announced he has resumed public engagements. This is coming days after he had announced he will be taking a short medical break. Obi had announced the brief…
The Federal Government has moved to calm growing tension over the controversial 5 per cent Petroleum Products Tax, saying there are no immediate plans to enforce the policy. Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, gave the…
Former Kaduna lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has weighed in on the ongoing tussle between Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and the Senate leadership as her six-month suspension edges to its supposed expiration. In a post shared on social media, Sani expressed concern that…
It was a day of sorrow and solemn respect in Bauchi as the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) buried two of its gallant officers who were ambushed and k!lled in Okpella, Edo State. The fallen men, ASCII Abdullahi…
For years, communities in Katsina have lived through killings, displacement, and the destruction of their livelihoods. Now, the state government has openly admitted it is in “active negotiations” with the bandits responsible for the terror. Governor Umar Radda, who had…
