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Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has launched a forceful public defence of his country’s newly toughened anti-gay legislation, condemning what he described as Western attempts to impose homosexuality on the rest of the world and vowing that no external pressure would halt the application of the law. Sonko made the remarks in a formal address…
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested two suspects following the abduction of two employees from the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria in Ibadan. Armed men invaded the institute premises at Idi-Ayunre on Tuesday evening, dragging the workers into the nearby forest. A joint security team tracked the attackers, leading to a gunfight and the…
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde on Wednesday signed into law Executive Order 001 of 2026, a sweeping regulatory instrument mandating the formal registration and monitoring of all associations, groups and organisations offering security and allied services across the state. The signing ceremony, held in Ibadan, marks a significant shift in how Oyo State intends…
A colonel standing trial alongside 35 other military officers on charges of mutiny and alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu has filed a preliminary objection challenging the legal competence of the military tribunal hearing the case, raising fundamental questions about the limits of court martial jurisdiction under Nigerian law. Colonel Mohammed Ma’aji, listed as…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has issued a stinging indictment of Nigeria’s political culture, declaring that the country stands alone in Africa as a nation where thuggery has evolved into a recognised and rewarding profession, warning that the trend poses a direct threat to democratic governance. Jonathan made the remarks on Wednesday at the opening…
A severe skills gap across African economies threatens to slow continent-wide economic growth, weaken worker productivity, and derail job creation. The World Bank issued the warning in its latest assessment of sub-Saharan labor markets on May 20. The global financial institution noted that regional educational pipelines are failing to produce a workforce equipped for modern…
Former Head of State General Yakubu Gowon has finally published his long-awaited autobiography. The book presentation, My Life of Duty and Allegiance, launched in Abuja on Tuesday, drew a vast assembly of veteran rulers, diplomats, and senior government officials to the Bola Tinubu International Conference Centre. Vice President Kashim Shettima represented the head of state, sitting…
Iranian authorities staged mass public weddings across Tehran on Monday night for hundreds of couples who had formally pledged their lives in the country’s ongoing conflict against the United States and Israel, state media reported. The ceremonies, broadcast live on Iranian state television as a deliberate wartime morale exercise, took place simultaneously in several…
State chairmen of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have threatened to institute contempt proceedings against the party’s national chairman, Senator David Mark, and other principal officers over alleged violation of a Federal High Court order delivered on April 29, 2026. The court order, issued in Suit No: FHC/CS/581/2026 between Don Norman Obinna and six…
Facing a collapsing ammunition stockpile and cold-shouldered by his closest Western allies, former Nigerian Head of State General Yakubu Gowon turned to the Soviet Union and a Lebanese black-market businessman to prosecute the Biafran civil war — a dramatic revelation now detailed in his newly launched autobiography. The disclosures appear in Chapter Fifteen of…
