Friday

Iranians based abroad and their supporters gathered in cities around the world Saturday in solidarity with protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country’s notorious morality police.

World rallies in solidarity with Iran protests over Mahsa Amini death

October 1, 2022

The bodies of 20 people were found following an attack on a convoy of cars with civilians near the town of Kupiansk in northeastern Ukraine, the governor of the Kharkiv region said on Saturday.

Ukraine: 20 dead after attack on civilian convoy

October 1, 2022

An Ukrainian soldier looks out from a tank, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the frontline city of Lyman, Donetsk region, Ukraine April 28, 2022. REUTERS-Jorge Silva-File Photo

Ukraine says its forces reach Lyman, encircle Russian troops

October 1, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the Army-2022 International Military-Technical Forum and the International Army Games 2022 at the Russian Armed Forces’ Patriot Park in Kubinka, outside Moscow on August 15, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev / Sputnik / AFP)

Russia isolated after backlash over annexed Ukraine regions

October 1, 2022

Wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, through her foundation, ‘Future Assured’, has donated 16 trucks of assorted food items and for distribution to 500,000 households in Kano State.

[email protected]: Aisha Buhari apologises over economic hardship

October 1, 2022

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has congratulated Nigerians on the celebration of the country’s 62nd Independence Day anniversary, assuring that the nation will rise again.

[email protected]: Our nation shall rise again – Atiku Abubakar

October 1, 2022

Hope Uzodinma

Hope Uzodinma: We are dredging Orashi River to Atlantic ocean

October 1, 2022

Burkina Faso’s army captain, Ibrahim Traore, announced Friday night that the army had seized power and ousted military leader Paul Henri Damiba, who himself had taken power in a coup only eight months ago.

Coup d’état: Burkina Faso soldiers overthrow Paul Henri Damiba

October 1, 2022

The Nigeria Police Public Relations Officer, Katsina Police Command, SP Gambo Isah has said many terrorists have been feared killed in a foiled attack by its tactical team while rescuing victims abducted by the hoodlums at Wapa Village in Kurfi Local Government Area of the State early hours of Friday.

Police: No rally will be allowed at Lekki toll gate

October 1, 2022

Peoples Democratic Party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, has affirmed that he will not succumb to calls from some quarters for him to resign his position.

2023: PDP national chairman Iyorchia Ayu returns to Nigeria

October 1, 2022

Burkina Faso soldiers are seen deployed in Ouagadougou on September 30, 2022. Photo by Olympia DE MAISMONT - AFP)

Shots heard near Burkina Faso’s presidential palace

September 30, 2022

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Omooba Dotun Babayemi, has directed his supporters across the 332 wards in the state to embark on massive house-to-house campaigns as a way of further creating awareness for the party in next month’s gubernatorial election in the state.

Dotun Babayemi: No regret challenging Ademola Adeleke’s nomination at Supreme Court

September 30, 2022

Matthew Kukah: Nigerian political elites not committed to following rules of the game

September 30, 2022

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi, Mr. Stanley Okoro Emegha, has claimed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has accepted and recognised Governor David Umahi’s as the party’s candidate for Ebonyi South.

Appeal court upholds David Umahi’s senatorial candidacy

September 30, 2022

Trucks parked on the road side waiting to get access into Tincan port in Apapa, Lagos, on January 11, 2021. – At the beginning of 2020, just before the coronavirus crisis, 99% of exports and more than 89% of imports passed through the seas, almost exclusively via Lagos. After oil, the port of Lagos, which stretches from Apapa to Tin Can island, is the second largest source of income for the African giant. Yet Nigeria loses about $55 million a day due to congestion in its ports, according to the specialist research firm Dynanmar, and has been overtaken by Togo, a country with a population of 8 million, as the leading container port in West Africa. (Photo by Benson Ibeabuchi / AFP)

NBS: All-commodity group import index increases by 0.07 percent

September 30, 2022