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Equatorial Guinea will close its diplomatic mission in London, the country’s foreign minister, Simeon Oyono Esono said on Monday. The closure follows Britain’s decision last week to freeze the assets of Teodoro Obiang Mangue, the son of Equatorial Guinea president. ...

The Court D’Appal of Cotonou has decided to detain Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Igboho, in prison custody, pending further investigation. The court rejected Nigeria’s request for his immediate extradition of Igboho. The Court, which was expected to start hearing the ...

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has said the construction of a new double lane bridge on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon will facilitate free trade. Fashola said this on Monday while inspecting the newly constructed ...

A man, identified as Hasan Taiwo, allegedly beat his live-in lover, Chibuzor Aloh, a mother of four, to death for allegedly using his phone charger without permission. The incident happened in the Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory. News ...

  Senator Shehu Sani, has alleged that security chiefs are building personal businesses with funds allocated for arms procurement in the fight against terrorists, bandits in the country. Mr Sani stated these on Sunday when he featured in AIT ‘Talk ...

Nine tourists have been killed in northern India after the vehicle they were travelling and was hit by falling boulders. Three others were reportedly injured in the incident, which happened in the state of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. Dramatic footage ...

Muhuyi Magaji Rimin Gado, suspended chairman of Kano state’s Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), is currently in police custody. Daily Trust gathered that he was invited by the police over alleged forgery of a medical report. Recall the state ...

Hoodlums reportedly killed one person [a fresh graduate] while many others were wounded when they attacked Shoprite Mall on Ring Road, Ibadan, Oyo state, on Sunday night. A witness, who preferred anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on ...

The Kaduna State government has suspended the resumption of schools across local governments of the state until further notice. Addressing a stakeholders’ meeting on Monday, Governor Nasir El-Rufai explained that the government took the decision due to the ongoing aggressive ...

An Imam believed to be a cleric for Sunday Adeyemo better known as Sunday Igboho, has explained why the Yoruba Nation agitator has not disappeared from custody. While speaking to The Cable, the cleric, Idris Oladejo, said Igboho has refused ...

The publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, who was arrested today alongside others during a protest at the Federal High Court, Abuja during the Nnamdi Kanu trial which was stalled due to the absence of the IPOB leader, have been ...

A man accused of trying to kill Mali’s military strongman Assimi Goita, the figure behind two coups in less than a year, has died in custody. The suspect, whose identity has not been revealed, was taken into custody following the ...

  A close-circuit television (CCTV) footage in which nine-year-old girl appeared to be igniting the fire that engulfed Prince Ebeano supermarket in Abuja, on July 17, has surfaced online. The “massive” fire burned throughout Saturday night till the early hours ...

The trial of Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho may be adjourned to Thursday, a source close to his legal team has just told The Nation.   After meeting with the embattled Yoruba nation activist in the special ...

Uduak Akpan, the suspected killer of Miss Iniubong Umoren, a graduate of Philosophy has pleaded guilty to her murder. The suspect who lured late Umoren to his place at Nnung Ikono Obio in Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa- Ibom ...

  The president of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera has reportedly travelled to the United Kingdom (UK) to attend a virtual conference owing to bad internet connection in his country. The president, Chakwera left his country to attend the Global Education Summit ...

  At least two persons have lost their lives when a vehicle plunged into a river in Tilde community of Toro Local Government Area along Jos-Bauchi expressway. The accident involving seven passengers in a green Opel Vectra with registration number ...

A bank cashier, Ebenezer Adeolu Longe, his wife, Isakunle Olamide Oyinlola and his mother-in- law, Isakunle Eunice Moradeke were on Friday sentenced to 60-year imprisonment each. Justice Adekanye Ogunmoye of Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti delivered the verdict. The ...

The police in Lagos have charged 48 suspects arrested during the Oodua Republic demonstration around the Gani Fawehimi Freedom park of the State few weeks ago. Commissioner of Police Hakeem Odumosu charged the suspects before a Magistrate Court sitting in ...

  Some members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were arrested by the police this morning as they converged on the federal high court in Abuja for Nnamdi Kanu’s trial. The IPOB members were chanting slogans in support of ...

Former Governor of old Anambra, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, was one of the people who attended the trial of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, at the Federal High Court, Abuja today.   Ezeife told the ...

The planned resumption of proceedings in the trial of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu has been stalled owing to failure of the Department of State Services (DSS) to produce him in court. Justice Binta Nyako said nothing could be done in ...

A Texas man allegedly set a fire that killed his brother and badly burned his mother because the pair did not follow the Bible, a report said. Philip Mills, 40, has been charged with capital murder and arson over the ...

The police have arrested the Convener of RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore at the Abuja Federal High Court as Nnamdi Kanu’s trial begins. Sowore disclosed his arrest via his verified Twitter handle some minutes ago. “Just arrested by @PoliceNG at the Federal ...

President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja today for London to see his doctors and participate in the Global Education Summit on Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021-2025. Recall the President was initially scheduled to go to the UK last ...