The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has called for an increase in political participation of women to deepen Nigeria’s democratic practice and development efforts. Laing made the call

Nigerian ecurity forces have rescued Major C L Datong, the military officer abducted by bandits at the staff quarters of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna. The bandits had invaded

Resident doctors in Nigeria have rejected an Industrial Court order, directing the umbrella body – National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to suspend its strike with immediate effect. Instead, the

The chairman of the Kaduna state chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Abubakar Abdullahi, has been killed by gunmen. Ibrahim Bayero, spokesman of the chapter’s

A Nigerian Industrial Court has ordered resident doctors in the country to suspend its industrial action with immediate effect. The National Industrial Court gave the order on Friday to the

Nigeria’s National Judicial Council (NJC) has ordered three judges of coordinate jurisdiction involved in granting exparte orders in a case with the same subject matter to appear before a special

Prince William has just announced 15 Finalists for the inaugural year of the £50 million Earthshot Prize. Created by Prince William and The Royal Foundation, The Earthshot Prize has led

West Africa’s main regional bloc has imposed sanctions against the military government in Guinea and those slowing Mali’s post-coup transition – its toughest response yet to a run of military

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has suspended Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble’s power to hire and fire officials, the latest development in a destabilising feud that has plunged the country

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said Nigeria has recorded no fewer than 20 attacks on schools with the abduction of 1,436 children this year alone. In all

Eight in 10 residents of Lagos State are in full support of the Sanwo-Olu administration and the state House of Assembly on the passage and signing into law of the

The Nigerian Southern Governors Forum rose from a prolonged closed-door meeting on Thursday in Enugu with a resolve not to drop the ball on critical issues that affect the South.

The head of the Islamic State group in the Sahara has been killed by French troops, President Emmanuel Macron has said. Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi formed Islamic State in the

Eritrean soldiers and Tigrayan militias raped, detained and killed Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray in attacks that amounted to “clear war crimes”, an international rights watchdog has

The United States has donated $6.8 million for projects to combat trafficking in persons in Nigeria. The US is sponsoring the projects through its Department of State’s Bureau of International

TIME Magazine has named the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in its 2021 TIME100, the annual list of the 100 most influential people in

Nigeria’s federal government on Wednesday disclosed that the suspension placed on the operations of international microblog, Twitter, in the country would soon be lifted. It assured that it was ‘very

A Nigerian military fighter jet believed to be targeting the Islamic State in West African Province(ISWAP) terrorist group, on Wednesday, wrongly hit a civilian population in Yobe State, allegedly recording