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Post-election violence: ‘Exercise restraint’, UN tells Zimbabwe

The UN has called on Zimbabwe’s leaders to reject any form of violence after reported attacks on demonstrators protesting election…

Woman chops off husband’s genitals in row over second wife

A woman in northern India chopped off her husband’s genitals for allegedly neglecting her and staying with his second wife,…
President Emmerson Mnangagwa

Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa talking to opposition to defuse tension

President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe said on Thursday he has been talking to opposition leader Nelson Chamisa to try to…

Election violence: Soldiers patrol Zimbabwe’s capital

Zimbabwean soldiers patrolled the streets of the capital Harare on Thursday as subdued calm returned a day after clashes between…

U S. warns Russia over attempts to influence midterm elections

The U.S. has warned Russia over any attempts to meddle in the midterm elections in November, following recent Facebook’s disclosure…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

India approves death penalty for piracy

India’s cabinet has approved a bill that will punish piracy at sea with death penalty or life in prison, local…

Attacks: Zamfara records more IDPs

Armed bandits attacks on Zamfara have continued to increase the number of Internally Displaced Persons in Maradun Local Government area…

Defectors are ‘heroes of democracy’ – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday hosted some of the rebels of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who defected…

Ebola: ‘We’ll fight new outbreak in DR Congo’ – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it would fight the resurgence of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the…
PDP National Chairman Uche Secondus

Secondus, PDP governors pay solidarity visit to Gov. Ortom

PDP National Chairman Uche Secondus on Wednesday led some PDP governors and senators on a solidarity visit to Gov. Samuel…

Okorocha assures Buhari no governor will defect from APC

The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors’ Forum, Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo, has assured that no governor will…

Tambuwal’s defection to PDP excites Secondus

Prince Uche Secondus, National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he is excited by news that the Sokoto State Governor,…

5 killed in Plateau cult clash

The Plateau Police Command has confirmed five persons dead in what it suspected was a clash between rival cult groups…

Voters reject Mugabe’s plea, return ZANU-PF with absolute majority

Former Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe’s 11th hour appeal to voters to reject candidates of Zanu-PF went unheeded. Instead, the party…
Breaking: Tinubu appoints Jim Ovia Chairman of Nigerian Education Loan Fund

Forbes publishes Jim Ovia’s autobiography

Nigerian billionaire banker Jim Ovia has published his autobiography chronicling the story of how he built one of Africa’s largest…

Yekini Nabena is acting APC National Publicity Secretary

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the appointment of Mr Yekini Nabena as…
Morocco’s King Mohammed

Morocco King sacks finance minister Boussaid

Morocco’s King Mohammed has sacked Mohamed Boussaid, the minister for the economy and finance, the Royal Cabinet said on Wednesday.…

Man arrested for sleeping with daughter for 8 years

A 45-year old man, Julius Ochim has been arrested by policemen in Ogun State for having sexual intercourse with his…

Suspected herdsmen attack 50-year old farmer in Edo

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have allegedly attacked a 50-year old farmer, Bashiru Aliu, in his farm at Ubuneke-Ivbiaro,…

756,000 PVCs uncollected in Oyo State – REC

Oyo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Mutiu Agboke, has appealed to owners of the 756,000 unclaimed Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs…

Oyo provides free cancer screening for over 16,500 women

The Oyo State Government has expressed determination to reduce the prevalence of breast and cervical cancer among women in the…

EFCC arraigns 3 Osun INEC officials for alleged money laundering, bribery

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned another set of three Osun State Independent National Electoral Commission…

Protesters lock down Ogbomosho-Oyo road

Residents of Ogbomoso community on Wednesday shutdown the Ogbomosho-Oyo axis of the Ibadan-Oyo-Ogbomosho-Ilorin express road as they peacefully protested the…

APC didn’t gain anything from Saraki as Senate President – Lai Muhammed

The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has criticised the Senate President’s defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the…

Carnation Registrars promises innovative services

The management of Carnation Registrars Limited, formally Mainstreet Bank Registrars Limited, has promised to provide innovative, efficient and excellence service…

219,252 drivers’ licences unclaimed nationwide – FRSC boss

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Wednesday said it produced and dispatched 698,252 driver’s licences between January and July…

Press Bill to follow due process – Presidency

The Presidency has enjoined groups or individuals that have objections to the Nigerian Press Council Amendment Bill to follow due…

Police arrest Ekiti Vigilance Group Leader, six others

The Police Command in Ekiti on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of the leader of a Vigilance group in the state,…

Saraki’s defection won’t affect APC in 2019 – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the defection of Senate President Bukola Saraki from the…

England’s Freemasons to allow women – if…

England’s Freemasons are to admit women to their secretive society, but only if they were previously male masons.