Junta-ruled Guinea may hold polls this year
Guinea could hold a presidential and legislative election this year, the government spokesman said on Thursday, more than three years after a junta seized power in a coup. Under international…
Attack kills 28 Beninese troops near Niger, Burkina border
Twenty-eight soldiers died in an attack in northern Benin, a small West African nation increasingly witnessing violence attributed to jihadists based in neighbouring countries, a security source told AFP on…
Alaafin of Oyo stool: Kingmakers faults governor’s directive to initiate fresh selection process, insist Gbadegesin is Alaafin-elect
Matthew Onocheta Five kingmakers in Oyo town have opposed Governor Seyi Makinde’s directive to initiate a fresh selection process to determine the new Alaafin of Oyo, asserting that Prince Lukman…
Assault on Chad presidential complex leaves 19 dead
Gunmen attempted to storm the presidential complex in Chad’s capital N’Djamena on Wednesday, sparking a battle that left 18 attackers and one security personnel member dead, the government said. AFP…
Nigeria’s secret police DSS reportedly arrests traditionalist in Oyo State for allegedly burning quran
Morakinyo Akinosun Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS), has reportedly arrested a traditionalist, identified as Balogun Aaba Odofin, for allegedly burning a copy of the Qur’an in…
Catholic priest resigns after 17 years, embraces traditional religion in Nigeria’s Anambra
Opeyemi Olamilekan A former Catholic priest in Nigeria’s southeastern state of Anambra, Dr Echezona Obiagbaosogu said on Wednesday he resigned from his position as a priest after 17 years, to…
Nigeria police arrest school teacher for beating 3-year-old pupil in Lagos
Bella Ifasola A school teacher has been arrested for beating a three-year-old pupil in Nigeria’s Lagos State, police said. Stella Nwadigo was arrested over allegations of physically abusing a three-year-old…
IPOB leader Kanu rejects Nigerian government’s request for trial resumption, insists on change of judge
Olayomi Koiki Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has opposed the request by Nigeria’s federal government for the resumption of his trial, his attorney…
US says Sudan’s RSF committed ‘genocide’ in Darfur
The United States determined on Tuesday that members of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had “committed genocide” and imposed sanctions on the paramilitary group’s leader. Secretary of State Antony Blinken…
Family of four perished in road crash in Nigeria’s Abuja
Adeleke Adekunle ABUJA – A family of four has been lost to a devastating motor accident in Nigeria’s capital Abuja. The victims were returning to Abuja after spending the Christmas…