Austria turns Hitler’s home into a police station
Turning the house where Adolf Hitler was born into a police station has raised mixed emotions in his Austrian hometown.
Tension in Ondo as gunmen abduct couple, shoot neighbour
Tension gripped the agrarian Eleyewo community in Akure North council area of Ondo state, following the abduction of a couple and the murder of their neighbour by suspected gunmen.
FCT Council Polls: Voting begins amidst security in Kubwa
By John Alechenu Accreditation and voting has commended at Chikakore New Layout (Kubwa) polling unit 038, Byazhin, Registration Area 08, Bwari. Security officials as well as those of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) arrived the polling unit on time and waited for voters to arrive. Eligible voters were sighted checking their names on the […]
FCT polls: Mixed turnout, logistics failure shape early election hours
While some areas saw a smooth start to the process, others were plagued by administrative bottlenecks well into the morning.
Low turnout mars Kano Assembly by-election
Our correspondent, who observed the voting exercise in some parts of Ungogo Local Government Area, observed voter apathy in most of the polling units so far visited.
NGO urges stronger laws to save pangolins
Conservation group Wild Africa has called on the Nigerian government to strengthen legal protections for pangolins and fast-track the proposed Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Bill, warning that the species faces extinction without urgent action. Marking World Pangolin Day 2026, the organisation stressed that Nigeria’s role as a major transit and source country in the […]
