Senate President Ahmad Lawan has said that efforts will be made by the National Assembly to amend the electoral act to serve as safeguard against weaknesses identified in the law.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that Russia could not be allowed to win the war in Ukraine, that Western powers would support Kyiv for as long as necessary and were ready to ramp up efforts to target Russian energy exports. Speaking at the end of a summit of the world’s Group of Seven […]

Russia has placed an entry ban on the family of U.S. President Joe Biden, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said on Tuesday.

An Egyptian judge identified as Ayman Hajaj has allegedly murdered his wife, a 42-year-old television presenter, and burned her face using nitric acid, according to local media reports. Earlier in June, Hajaj, who is also reportedly the vice president of the State Council, reported that his wife, Shaymaa Jamal, had gone missing and that she […]

DESPITE his resignation as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, the Senate yesterday resolved to probe face off between  the immediate past CJN, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad and Supreme Court Justices on the menacing swirling allegations of corruption presently rocking the Judiciary.

Manchester City forward, Gabriel Jesus is having a medical at Arsenal ahead of his £45m deal to the North London side, BBC sport reports.

A 38-year-old Jamiu Yekinni was on Tuesday arraigned in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court for alleged possession of human flesh and dried bones in Oyo State. The Police charged Yekinni of unknown address on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and unlawful possession of human flesh and bones. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the […]

Nigerian singer Tems has applauded her counterparts Tiwa Savage, Yemi Alade, and other notable female musicians in the Afrobeats industry.

By Sola Ogundipe ON the 2022 Day of the African Child, the Federal Government has been tasked to prioritise child-sensitive policies and strategies by domesticating the Child Rights Act towards protecting the rights of children in the country. Making the call in a jointly signed open letter to President Mohammadu Buhari, Nigerian children urged government […]

The National Population Commission, NPC, has commenced its trial census in preparation for the 2023 general housing and population census