Commuters and motorists were stranded as students and youths protested over deplorable state of Ado Ekiti-Ijan-Ikare road on Monday. The ever-busy federal highway linking Ado-Ekiti, capital of Ekiti state with Ondo, Kogi, and Abuja among other towns was blocked and barricaded by the irate youths said to be students of Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti. The…
In a dramatic twist, a star witness of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its candidate in the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi State, on Monday, told the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal that he was not in the State on the day of the election. The star witness, who is a data analyst…
The Federal Government has been called upon to obey the recent judgement of a Niger State High Court sitting in Minna, which ordered it to pay N1.1 trillion judgement debt to Samboro Community for the destruction of their livelihoods and forceful eviction. The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO), made the call during a press conference on…
In a significant stride towards youth empowerment, the federal government has approved two initiatives aimed at fostering greater inclusion and development opportunities for Nigeria’s vibrant youth population. Minister of youths, Jamila Ibrahim disclosed this to State House correspondents on Monday after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a circular addressed to Bureau De Change operators (BDCs), revealing that each BDC has been allocated $10,000 at a rate of N1,251/$1. According to the circular, which was released on Monday, the BDCs were mandated to sell the allocated dollars to eligible customers at a rate not…
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have killed a notorious cult leader who has been on its wanted list, Izuma David Odiereke who is popularly known as “General Solution.” Odiereke, until his death, operated in Owube Kingdom in Ahoada-West Local Government area of Rivers State. The cult leader was killed around 4:00 am Monday…
Calvinia, South Africa – It’s 7:30am on a Monday and there’s already a queue of about 40 men, women and children against the wall of the still-locked warehouse. March temperatures in the South African backwater of Calvinia, some 430 kilometres (267 miles) north of Cape Town, average 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) – but today…
More than 130 students abducted by gunmen from a school in Nigeria earlier this month have been released “unharmed” days before a ransom deadline, say officials. Government spokesman Abdulaziz Abdulaziz told Al Jazeera on Sunday that it “took a lot of backchannel engagement” to release the students abducted on March 7 in Kuriga, a dusty…
Children who were kidnapped in two separate abductions in northern Nigeria have been freed. On Friday the army rescued one group taken from Sokoto, while more than 130 students from Kaduna were released early on Sunday.
Vote counting is under way in Senegal after a delayed presidential election that many hope will bring change after a turbulent political period that has triggered violent anti-government protests and boosted support for the opposition. More than seven million of the country’s over 17 million people were registered to vote in Sunday’s election. end of list Nineteen…
Authorities in Chad have cleared 10 candidates for this year’s long-awaited presidential election, barring two fierce opponents of the military government from standing. Chad’s Constitutional Council announced on Sunday that outspoken opposition figures Nassour Ibrahim Neguy Koursami and Rakhis Ahmat Saleh would be barred. end of list It said their applications had been rejected because…
Early results from Sunday’s presidential elections in Senegal show opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye is in the lead, prompting his supporters to celebrate on the streets of the capital Dakar amid hope the new administration will address persistent poverty and corruption. The governing coalition’s candidate, former Prime Minister Amadou Ba, on Monday conceded defeat to Faye hours…