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Crisis is brewing in the Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after some party leaders and stakeholders in the Ife Federal Constituency passed a vote of no confidence on the Deputy Governor, Prince Kola Adewusi.  Others they also passed a vote of no confidence on were; former National Chairman of the PDP, […]

A massive landslide that occurred in the remote Marra Mountains of western Sudan has killed at least 370 people, a United Nations official confirmed on Tuesday. According to the UN’s deputy humanitarian coordinator for Sudan, Antoine Gérard, the true scale of the disaster remained unclear due to the inaccessibility of the area. “It is hard

Global human rights body, the Amnesty International, has demanded an urgent independent and transparent investigation into the killing of Engineer Abdurraheem Mustapha, a graduate of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), by a police van driving against traffic in Kaduna State. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the human rights organisation demanded that the Nigerian government must

A young African student arrives in London, eager to study, determined to build a future. But instead of opportunity, she finds a new policy: deportation. What began as a Trump initiative in the United States is now global. For Africans, the lesson is clear—the world is shutting its doors. A Silent Vote of No Confidence

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of running the “most divisive government in Nigerian history” while attempting to whitewash allegations of nepotism through what it described as manipulated infrastructure data. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, dismissed the Nigerian government’s recently released

The Magistrate Court in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Tuesday ordered a Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) test to be conducted on Liam Aloba, the son of late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. The presiding magistrate, Adefisoye Sonuga, issued the order following an application by the singer’s father, Joseph Aloba, who requested a paternity

The Burkina Faso government has criminalised homosexuality after its transitional parliament approved legislation imposing prison sentences and fines for same-sex relationships. According to Al Jazeera, the unelected assembly passed the law on Monday, building on a draft family code first introduced by the cabinet last year. Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala outlined the penalties on

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has accused the Bola Tinubu-led administration of abandoning the North-Central region to escalating violence, describing Kwara State— once regarded as one of the safest in the country — as a new hotspot for banditry and kidnappings. Atiku, in a statement on Tuesday, said the resurgence of killings across the region

French judicial authorities have issued arrest warrants for ousted Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, and six other top former officials over the 2012 bombardment of a rebel-held city that killed two journalists.  According AFP, the warrants were issued in connection with the deaths of American journalist, Marie Colvin and French photographer, Remi Ochlik, who were killed

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, has been accused of choosing personal enrichment over reform of the state-owned oil company, SaharaReporters has gathered.  Multiple sources within the NNPCL disclosed that Ojulari, barely weeks after assuming office, allegedly doubled his own salary and backdated the increase to