The United States has voiced concerns ahead of Ethiopia’s elections, saying ethnic violence and detentions of opposition figures will raise doubts about the vote’s credibility. Africa’s second-most populous nation holds elections on June 21 in which Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, [...]
The Nigerian Army has urged remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists to surrender and embrace peace. The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen. A.A. Eyitayo, made the call at a feast organised for journalists by the army [...]
The police in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria’s South-south, have confirmed that an officer has been shot dead during a gun attack on a police facility in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the attack occurred in the early hours on [...]
No fewer than 465 Nigerians were killed in May as the country continues to witness increasing violence across all its regions. The deaths were caused by terrorists, bandits, gunmen, cultists, security agents, among others, according to a tally by Civic [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Nigerian government cannot afford the amount of funding needed to revive the country’s educational system. Buhari also said the competition for funds had become keener because of the recent increase in the number of [...]
Some 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region are facing “catastrophic” food shortages, according to an analysis by the United Nations agencies and aid groups. “There is famine now in Tigray,” UN aid chief Mark Lowcock said after the report’s [...]
The corpse of a baby girl, suspected to be a day old, has been recovered in a well at Tsalle Village in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The incident, which occurred [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari says fighting corruption in a democratic setting is a difficult task to accomplish. The president disclosed this during an interview with Arise Television, which was televised on Thursday. According to him, the war against corruption has not [...]
There is apprehension in Eke-Onuimo, in the Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo state following the abduction of 15 passengers along Enugu-Port Harcourt Road by suspected herdsmen. The passengers were travelling on two separate buses when the herdsmen stopped them [...]
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has said that the people of the North-West are one, yet they are killing each other. Buhari said this in an interview with Arise TV on Thursday, noting that the situation was giving him concern. He further [...]
Child labour has increased to 160 million – the first rise in two decades – and that number could swell by millions more because of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the UN said on Thursday. A report by the [...]
Following the crisis in the All Progressives Congress (APC) of Kebbi State over the disappearance of N100 million from the party’s account, the Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Sani Dododo, has resigned. Addressing journalists in Birnin Kebbi yesterday, Dododo, who said [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged African leaders to work together towards eliminating the scourge of HIV/AIDS on the continent by the year 2030. Mr Buhari spoke on Tuesday at a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Meeting on HIV\AIDS, to [...]
Nigeria is in talks with four West African countries expected to buy unused electricity from it. The deal will be done through a planned $570 million Northcore Power Transmission Line. The acting Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria [...]
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has said that all existing vehicle tinted glass permits which were duly issued by the Nigeria Police Force remain valid. This is an update on the order by the IGP which, a few [...]
More than 7,000 families have fled their homes in Burkina Faso’s northern region following the area’s worst massacre in years, the government has said. The mass flight came after gunmen killed at least 138 people and wounded dozens of others in an [...]
When in early January 2021, a petrol tanker loaded with fuel crashed at Toyota Bus Stop, on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, and burst into flames, damaged the bridge that leads to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, motorists and other road users never [...]
The governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, said the security situation in his state is ‘better’ when compared with “what is going on in other parts of Nigeria”. “I can even tell you that the Imo case is better, apart [...]
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, whose residence was invaded at the weekend by armed policemen and soldiers has recounted his ugly experience in the hands of the security personnel. In a statement on Tuesday, Ejiofor thanked [...]
Lightning strikes killed 27 people and four passengers on a flight were hospitalised after severe turbulence during monsoon storms in eastern India, officials said on Tuesday. Lightning strikes during the June-September annual monsoon are fairly common in India. Officials said [...]
Eritrea’s foreign minister has blamed US administrations that supported the Tigray People’s Liberation Movement (TPLF) for the last 20 years for the current conflict in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region, adding that blaming Eritrea for the fighting was unfounded. In a [...]
With as much as $220 million investments in about 11 data centre operations in Nigeria, utilisation of this huge infrastructure is still below 30 per cent in the country. The Hopefornigeriaonline gathered that a data centre requires between $10 million [...]
Twenty people have been reported dead as bandits again attacked Zungeru and neighbouring communities in Niger State on Friday. The bandits also kidnapped Al-mustapha Mustapha, a traditional chief and kingmaker in Zungeru, and two of his wives, residents said. Residents said the [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari’s undisclosed health challenges are taking their toll on his ability to perform his duties as he goes off duty at 5pm daily. According to the source, urgent national issues that can benefit the county are left unattended [...]
Founder and Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministries Enugu, Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, has explained why he refused to acquire a private jet like other pastors. Mbaka said although he has the funds to acquire private jets also, he would rather [...]
Armed assailants have killed about 100 civilians in an overnight attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso, the government said, in what is the deadliest assault to hit the conflict-hit country in years. The attackers struck during the night [...]
Sen. Istifaus Gyang (PDP-Plateau) says the creation of state police will help to address myriad of security challenges facing the country. Gyang, representing Plateau North Senatorial District, said this on Sunday during an interactive session with newsmen in Vom, Jos [...]
Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex and husband, Prince Harry, have announced the arrival of their daughter and second child, Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana Mountbatten-Windsor was born on Friday at the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California, with [...]
Apopular cleric and General Superintendent of Redemption Ministries, Worldwide, Reverend Stephen Akinola is dead. His death comes just as Nigerians mourn Prophet TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations who died on Saturday. Akinola was said to have [...]
More than 20 people have been allegedly killed in Igangan, one of the towns in Ibarapa North local government, as gunmen opened fire last night. The Palace of the Asigangan as well as a popular petroleum station were not spared. [...]
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