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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet tomorrow in the Russian Pacific port of Vladivostok to discuss the international standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear program, a Kremlin official said. The visit is part of Kim’s effort to build foreign support after the breakdown of a second United States-North Korea summit in […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
The Islamic State group yesterday said it was behind a devastating string of suicide attacks against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed more than 320 people on Easter Sunday. The claim emerged more than 48 hours after the near-simultaneous blasts tore through three high-end hotels popular with foreigners and three churches packed with Christians […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), General Politics, Latest Politics, Legislature, National Politics, Party Politics, Senate, Top Stories
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019

Fred Itua, Abuja and John Adams, Minna Cracks in the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the zoning of the various positions in the incoming 9th National Assembly has widened, as some members of the National Working Committee (NWC), have moved against the national chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole. The party recently zoned the position of the senate president […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Saudi Arabia has executed 37 people in connection with terrorism crimes, its interior ministry has said. “The death penalty was implemented… on a number of culprits for adopting extremist terrorist ideologies and forming terrorist cells to corrupt and disrupt security as well as spread chaos and provoke sectarian strife,” the state news agency said in a […]
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Headlines
Monday, April 22nd, 2019
Christopher Oji The Lagos State Police Command has arrested five suspected notorious traffic robbers. The suspects were nabbed while robbing motorists and passenger around 10 pm at Toyota bus stop and under Daleko bridge. State Command’s Police Public Relations Officer ( PPRO) DSP Bala Elkana said the hoodlums were taking advantage of the traffic congestion […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, April 22nd, 2019
(Reuters) – Kidnappers in Nigeria killed a British woman and a Nigerian man and abducted three others in the northern city of Kaduna, local police and the British High Commission said on Sunday. Kidnappings are rampant in Nigeria, where both locals and foreigners are targeted — mostly for ransom. The woman traveled from Lagos as […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, April 22nd, 2019
Oluseye Ojo, Ibadan The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to operate an economic policy that will ensure that Nigerians can afford three square meals, saying the current economic policy has been very harsh. He gave the advice in an interview with journalists, after the public lecture and […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, April 22nd, 2019
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Gunmen attacked a Malian army base in a dawn raid on Sunday, killing 11 soldiers and burning the camp in west-central Mali, the army and a local lawmaker said. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. Central Mali has in the past few years been overrun by jihadists with links […]
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Boko Haram, Edo, Headlines, State News
Monday, April 22nd, 2019
Edo State Police Command has arrested four suspected Boko Haram members in the state. The suspects, who are also said to be members of the robbery and kidnapping gangs terrorising Kogi and Edo states, were planning coordinated attacks against police formations in Edo State. This was disclosed yesterday in Benin, the capital of the state, by […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, April 21st, 2019
At least 207 people have been killed and 450 hurt in explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, police say. Eight blasts were reported, including at three churches in Negombo, Batticaloa and Colombo’s Kochchikade district during Easter services. The Shangri-La, Kingsbury and Cinnamon Grand luxury hotels, all in the capital, were also targeted. A […]