Prominent Nigerian activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore has been shot by the police in the nation’s capital Abuja on Monday. Human Rights lawyer Femi Falana confirmed the

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that a proposed new unity government would be “a danger for the security” of the country. He urged right-wing politicians not to support

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says another of its office in Nigeria’s southeastern state of Imo was set ablaze by hoodlums. The commission said although no life was lost the

Republicans in the US Senate on Friday derailed a bipartisan inquiry into the deadly assault on the Capitol by former President Donald Trump’s supporters, despite a torrent of criticism the

The Nigerian Presidency says the Muhammadu Buhari administration has recorded giant strides – since he assumed office on May 29, 2015 – enough to make Nigerians proud. The presidency however

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won a fourth term in office with 95.1% of the votes in an election that will extend his rule over a country ruined by war but

The apex Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, Thursday described the ongoing process of amending the 1999 Constitution as an exercise in futility. However, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says attacks on its offices are a “major threat” to the commission’s scheduled activities as they have become “more frequent and systematic targeted at

A former Governor of Cross River State Donald Duke has described as unfortunate Governor Ben Ayade’s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to governing All Progressives Congress (APC) in

The process for reviewing Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution gathered momentum Wednesday with clamours for creation of state police, devolution of powers to the states, creation of more states, restructuring and fiscal

The President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Wednesday raised the alarm that Nigeria is at crossroads and under

  A former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Segun Osoba, Wednesday cautioned against undermining Southern governors’ decision banning open grazing. He also called on members of the All Progressives Congress

Visiting West African mediators have met Mali’s senior military figures who carried out the country’s second coup in less than a year. On Tuesday a military colonel – who was

Mali’s interim vice president, Colonel Assimi Goita has said that he seized power after the transitional president and prime minister failed to consult him about the formation of a new

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has criticised and appeared to query the legality of the decision by Governors of the country’s southern states to ban open grazing in their region. The