Residents of Sudan’s South Darfur state are concerned that the ongoing fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) could reignite conflict in the region, which has already suffered through two decades of war. Darfur has been a battleground...
The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned hearing in the suit filed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu until Sept. 14.The self-determination agitator had on Nov. 3, 2022, filed an appeal at the Supreme Court against the...
A Nigerian man who had been deported from Thailand upon being arrested on a cocaine possession charge was arrested after sneaking back into the country through natural channels.A Phuket Immigration and Chalong police station team arrested Mr. Harrison Chinonso...
The death toll from flooding in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has soared to 425, with more than 5,500 still missing as aid workers found more bodies among the muddy devastation and wounded residents succumbed to their injuries in...
The Nigerian Navy has declared eight security outfits that are conducting secret recruitment exercises as operating illegally in the country. It said the illegal outfits are now selling recruitment forms to unsuspecting members of the public as well as...
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) says it has been repositioned to tackle unrest and unemployment in the Niger Delta by partnering with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).It said the PAP was aimed at empowering youths in the area with...
King Charles III has been crowned Britain’s monarch in a coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, he became the 40th reigning sovereign. King Charles on taking his Coronation Oath prayed out loud...
The World Bank’s board of governors yesterday elected former Mastercard CEO, Ajay Banga, to a five-year term as president, ushering in an Indian-born finance and development expert to revamp the lender to tackle climate change and other global crises....
LGBTQ tourists can now visit Saudi Arabia, according to the kingdom’s official tourism site.The shift follows a series of social and economic changes that the kingdom has made in recent years. Homosexuality, however, remains illegal in the country, though...
The Nigerian Senate on Thursday, May 4, 2023, passed a measure mandating life imprisonment without the possibility of a fine for those convicted of illegally making explosives in the nation, which is an important step toward reducing the use...
