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Dozens of artisanal gold miners were killed or wounded in airstrikes on mining sites near the Sudan-Egypt border, with Sudanese political parties and survivors squarely accusing Egyptian forces of carrying out the attack, even as Cairo has stayed silent and casualty figures remain difficult to verify independently. At least 15 people were killed and…
Veteran UK politician Andy Burnham confirmed on Monday that he would seek to replace Keir Starmer as leader of the ruling Labour Party and prime minister, shortly after Starmer announced his resignation outside 10 Downing Street. Burnham, 56, called for an “orderly and responsible” transition after Starmer, 63, said he accepted with “good grace”…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the remand of activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, at the Kuje Correctional Centre, following the dismissal of his application seeking the recusal of the trial judge. Justice Mohammed Umar ordered that Sowore be kept in custody pending the hearing and…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as Labour leader, bowing out after less than two years in office at the end of a turbulent term defined by policy reversals, ministerial walkouts and historic electoral defeats. Starmer announced on Monday that he was resigning as leader of the ruling Labour Party, a…
Hopes are rising that the schoolchildren and teachers held captive for more than five weeks in Oyo State could soon regain their freedom, as security operatives tighten their cordon around a hideout deep inside the Old Oyo National Park and the abductors scale back their list of demands. Multiple security sources familiar with the…
The long-running controversy over President Bola Tinubu’s academic records has resurfaced ahead of the 2027 general election, with a civil society group petitioning the Independent National Electoral Commission to reopen scrutiny of the qualifications he used to secure clearance for the 2023 presidential contest. The petition, dated June 19, 2026, was filed by the…
Mounting pressure within Britain’s governing Labour Party has fuelled fresh uncertainty over the future of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, with reports suggesting he could announce a timetable for stepping down after days of intense political turmoil. The speculation comes as Andy Burnham prepares to take his seat in the House of Commons following a decisive…
The Independent National Electoral Commission deployed sensitive materials on Thursday for the June 20, 2026, by-elections in Enugu, Nasarawa, Rivers, Ondo, Kebbi and Kano states, even as the police announced restrictions on movement across the affected constituencies. The polls will hold alongside the closely watched Ekiti State governorship election scheduled for the same Saturday….
The Federal Government has dismissed as fabricated a viral list claiming that 136 Nigerians are held in Ethiopian prisons, insisting that only 98 inmates fall under the newly signed Transfer of Sentenced Persons Agreement between Abuja and Addis Ababa. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, made the clarification in a statement issued on…
A leadership crisis has erupted within the Indigenous People of Biafra after the Directorate of State, which serves as the movement’s apex administrative organ, indefinitely suspended the office of its detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu, only days after Kanu announced he had dissolved that same body. The standoff began on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, when a…
