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JUST IN: APC National Convention postponed indefinitely

The Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the ruling All…

Africa’s COVID-19 cases exceed 11.1m

A total of 11,104,160 COVID-19 cases have been reported in Africa as of Saturday…

Passenger rescued alive after three days on burning ferry

Agency ReportA passenger was on Sunday found alive aboard a ferry that has been…

Nigeria army stray airstrike kills seven children in Niger Republic

Agency ReportAn airstrike by the Nigerian army targeting 'bandits' has left seven children dead…

Queen Elizabeth catches ‘mild’ Covid – Palace

Agency Report Britain’s 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth II tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday but…

Zamfara Electoral Commissioner Gazura dies in auto accident

The Commissioner for Zamfara Independent Electoral Commission, Alhaji Hashimu-Shehu Gazura, has died in a…

Mali army says 8 soldiers killed, nearly 60 ‘terrorists neutralised’

Agency Report An air raid on a rebel base "neutralised" 57 "terrorists" in northern…

Oba of Benin receives looted ‘Bronze cockerel’, ‘Oba head’ returned from UK

The looted artefacts belonging to Benin City named 'the Bronze cockerel' known as ‘Okpa’…

Global cooperation needed to overcome effects of colonialism – UN chief

Agency ReportThe consequences of colonialism are “still being felt to this day”, the UN…

Nigeria needs more rebels to fight corruption, bad governance – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has argued that Nigeria needs “more rebels” to tackle bad…

Suicide bomber kills 10 in Somalia town

Agency ReportTen people including local government officials were killed in a suspected suicide bombing…

Croatian minister arrested for abuse of power

Agency ReportOne of Croatia's key ministers was arrested on Saturday as part of a…

Puis Anyim condemns killing of Abia cattle traders

Presidential candidate, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has described as barbaric, the killing of traders…

Teenage pregnancy rate drops by 13% in the Philippines

Adolescent pregnancies dropped in the Philippines by 13 percent in 2020, the lowest in…

Four arraigned over theft of N4.4m clothes in Ibadan

The police on Friday arraigned four men before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for…