DAKAR – Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Friday dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government, a move that risks deepening uncertainty in a country already grappling with a debt crisis and drawn-out talks with the International Monetary Fund. A statement read on state media said all ministers were dismissed, with the outgoing...
Residents of Ariko community in Kachia Local Government Area have appealed to the federal and Kaduna State governments to urgently intervene and secure the release of 37 worshippers abducted during coordinated Easter Sunday attacks on churches in the area. The community said it could not meet the N1 billion ransom and 35 motorcycles reportedly demanded...
Tension gripped Umuadara community in Umulogho, Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State on Thursday, May 22, after a female student of the College of Nursing, Umulogho, was reportedly murdered in her apartment under horrifying circumstances. The victim, identified as Wendy Achumba from Ngwa in Abia State, was allegedly attacked and killed inside her residence...
Tragedy struck on Wednesday, May 21, at about 12:00 p.m. along the busy Gombe–Yola Federal Highway near the New Mile 3 Market in Gombe after a heavy-duty DAF truck loaded with bags of grain reportedly lost control and crashed into a crowded commercial area, killing a female police officer and an unidentified male pedestrian. The...
The risk of Ebola affecting fans at the World Cup is low, according to Dr Oliver Johnson, a global health academic at King’s College London, but heightened screening and travel restrictions could complicate logistics. The expanded 48-team tournament, co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, runs from June 11 to July 19. An Ebola...
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — Former Anambra State Governor and Labour Party leader Peter Obi arrived in Cape Town on Saturday, May 22, 2026, to participate in the Spier Dialogue 2026, an annual high-level forum focused on Africa’s governance, democracy, economic inclusion, urbanisation, migration, leadership, and youth empowerment. In a statement, Obi expressed optimism about...
BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, – The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo province most affected by the country’s Ebola outbreak banned funeral wakes on Friday, a day after residents clashed with police while trying to recover the body of a victim. The incident in Ituri province’s Rwampara town recalled the hundreds of attacks on health...
Every terrorist group, no matter how ideologically driven or militarily organised, shares one unavoidable vulnerability: it needs money to survive. From kidnapping ransoms and cattle rustling to cryptocurrencies and shadow networks, extremist groups operating across Nigeria have raised billions to sustain their campaigns of carnage — and the question that now confronts the nation is...
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo on Wednesday, May 21, 2026, sentenced a church usher, Ndifreke Isaiah Nelson, to death by hanging after finding him guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Emem Monday Effanga, at her residence along Aka Road in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. The judgment followed months of trial...
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has raised concerns over the health and safety of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, alleging that a foreign doctor of Russian origin was secretly brought to examine him while in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). In a...
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