The Lagos State Government has yet to issue any official statement or reaction over the mysterious and consecutive deaths of five female local government officials across different councils in the state within a span of two months. The latest victim is the Council Manager of Coker Aguda Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Adebimpe Akinola, who […]

Seven Zimbabwean men who claim to be victims of a deceased British pedophile, Pastor John Smyth, have launched a legal claim against the Church of England. The victims accused the church of concealing abuse and enabling Smyth’s continued sexual assaults in Africa. The British evangelical lay leader Smyth beat boys at a Christian camp and

The wives of retired Nigerian police officers on Tuesday joined their husbands in a protest at the National Assembly, decrying the poor welfare conditions faced by their families. They lamented that during their husbands’ years of active service, the officers were not provided with basic protective gear, such as bulletproof vests, and were often the

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally confirmed the departure of Professor Mahmood Yakubu as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). A statement issued on Tuesday by President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, noted that Yakubu, who was first appointed in November 2015 as the 14th chairman of the electoral

Human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has accused both the Nigerian government and the United States of hypocrisy over their handling of widespread killings across the country. According to the former presidential candidate, the violence is rooted in bad governance and insecurity, not religion. Sowore, who spoke