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The Nigerian Consulate General in Johannesburg has condemned the deaths of three Nigerian nationals in separate incidents in South Africa within four days, saying the pattern raises fresh concern about the safety of Nigerians in the country. According to a statement issued on Monday by the Consul General, Ambassador Ninikanwa Okey-Uche, the three men…
The National Assembly is to translate federal laws into Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo and other Nigerian languages, part of a wider push to digitise parliamentary records and make legislation easier for ordinary citizens to reach. The Executive Secretary of the National Assembly Library Trust Fund, Henry Nwawuba, announced the plan on Monday in Abuja at…
The Independent National Electoral Commission will begin nationwide collection of newly printed Permanent Voter Cards on 9 October 2026, its chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, announced in Kaduna on Monday, 28 September. Amupitan gave the date at the commission’s North-West zonal interactive meeting with staff, part of a six-zone tour to assess readiness for the…
Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has said he began casting out demons at the age of 17 or 18, describing early spiritual experiences that he linked to his approach to fighting insecurity and cultism in the state. The governor made the remark on Monday during a service at The Votage Church, while addressing young worshippers….
Burkina Faso has commissioned its first gold refinery, a state-backed plant that the military government says will let the country process more of its own gold instead of shipping it abroad in raw form. President Ibrahim Traore inaugurated the facility, named RAFFINOR-BF, in the Ouaga 2000 district of the capital Ouagadougou on Monday, 28…
President Bola Tinubu’s four week stay in Europe has moved to the centre of the 2027 campaign, with the African Action Congress taking the matter to court and the African Democratic Congress using it to draw a contrast with its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Tinubu left Abuja for London on 30 August 2026 on what the…
The Rivers State House of Assembly has approved the constitutional amendment bill seeking to create state police, becoming the second legislature to endorse the proposal as the Kano Assembly opened its own deliberation on the same day. All 25 members of the Rivers Assembly voted in favour of the Constitution of the Federal Republic…
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, has said he will reinstate petroleum subsidy if elected in 2027, but only after tackling corruption. He made the pledge on Monday, 28 September 2026, at a town hall meeting for the Obi/Kwankwaso ticket in Sokoto. Obi framed subsidy and corruption as the same problem….
A Turkish stand-up comedian went on trial in Istanbul on Monday over jokes he made about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a case that free expression campaigners say reflects a widening crackdown on dissent in Turkey. Deniz Goktas, 32, appeared in person at the Caglayan courthouse to answer charges of insulting the president, inciting…
The Nigerian Bar Association in Plateau State has called for an investigation into what it described as the delayed response of security agencies to the wave of attacks across the state, and demanded that any personnel found culpable be sanctioned. The demand was contained in a joint statement read by the chairman of the…