Senegal’s National Assembly elected ousted prime minister Ousmane Sonko as its speaker Tuesday after he was reinstated to parliament during a session boycotted by opposition lawmakers.

It added that upon arrival at the scene, the security team came under fire from the suspected kidnappers, resulting in a gun duel.

The Department of State Services (DSS) charged Idris Omeiza, Al Qasim Idris, Jamiu Abdulmalik, Abdulhaleem Idris, and Momoh Abubakar with nine counts of terrorism.

The Labour Party, LP, has concluded its primaries for the June 20 by-elections, producing candidates for vacant seats in Nasarawa North, Enugu North, Rivers South-East and three other constituencies.

“I used it so I could get followers because people like Peller started from somewhere. Maybe God can help me from there. That was what I wanted to do, not knowing it would boomerang,” he said.

The singer, born Tyla Laura Seethal, won the Best Afrobeats Artist category, defeating top African acts including Burna Boy, Wizkid, Rema and Moliy.

Defending champions Argentina and England will have their World Cup teams based in Kansas City under a list of training sites announced by FIFA on Monday.

Iranian authorities on Tuesday executed a man after convicting him of cooperation with and espionage for Israel’s Mossad spy agency, the judiciary said.

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said on Tuesday that regional countries would no longer be shields for US bases, in a written statement carried by state television.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Lagos State, Cornelius Ojelabi, has expressed felicitation with Muslim faithful across the state and Nigeria at large on the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir. Ojelabi, through his Senior Special Assistant, on Media and Publicity, Omobola Akingbehin, described Eid-el-Kabir as a sacred and significant festival that symbolizes […]