Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, a social media aide to Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, hours after he called for the resignation

Former President and opposition leader in the West African Ivory Coast, Henri Konan Bédié, on Wednesday, called for a “massive” vote in the March 6 legislative elections. “President Gbagbo and

Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, Wednesday renewed the clamour for the decentralisation of the nation’s policing system to empower sub-nationals to secure their spaces. Akeredolu, at his inauguration in

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Tuesday attributed the worsening insecurity in the country to a calculated effort to destroy Nigeria, vowing not to spare any effort to frustrate the

Prominent Nigerians across different fields on Tuesday launched a Constitution Drafting Committee and Coordinating Committee of the People’s Constitutional Dialogue, which they say will rescue Nigeria from the precipice and

Governors of Nigeria’s southwestern states on Monday took on the senate president Dr. Ahmad Lawan, over his attack on them for allegedly inciting the recent ethnic violence, which erupted in

Donald Trump will be making his first post-presidential appearance at a conservative gathering in Florida next weekend. Ian Walters, spokesman for the American Conservative Union, confirmed that Trump will be

Nigeria’s Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said the country’s Southwest governors should be blamed for the recent ethnic violence, which erupted in some states in the region and targeted the

Taiwan’s air force has activated its missile system after eight Chinese fighter jets flew into the southwestern part of its air defence identification zone, in an uptick in tensions as

in Nigeria, Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, on Friday said citizens do not need the permission of his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu, to live in the forests in the

The Ethiopian government has accused Sudan of provoking a conflict and making an attempt at pushing the two countries into a war. There have been rising tensions between the two

Militiamen  in Somalia have attacked army positions in the capital, Mogadishu, close to the Presidential Palace, the country’s government has said. In a short statement, the security minister said the

Amidst the worsening insecurity in the country, governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday called on the federal government to decentralise the police and

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday asked ambassadors-designate to project Nigeria as a great country and an attractive investment destination in their various places of assignment. The president, while virtually declaring

Former President Donald Trump lashed out at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday, signalling a growing feud between the two most senior Republican voices after the party lost the

Apparently identifying open grazing as the root cause of the prevailing tension between herders and farmers nationwide, North-west governors at Monday’s meeting with security chiefs in Kaduna, reportedly sought more

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Congress will establish an “outside, independent” commission to investigate the 6 January attack on the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump. In a

Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has accused officials of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) of violating the procedures of the ongoing membership registration and validation exercise of the party.

Former US president Donald Trump has welcomed his acquittal in a second impeachment trial, saying his political movement “to Make America Great Again has only just begun”. The Senate voted