Pope Leo XIV left on Tuesday for the final leg of his African tour in Equatorial Guinea, where his increasingly vocal defences of human rights will be closely watched in one of the most closed-off states on the continent.

Group of civil society organisations and opposition political actors, under the aegis of the Pan-Nigeria Civil Society Organisations and Opposition Alliance, PANCSOA, has expressed concern over the African Democratic Congress, ADC’s, decision not to outrightly zone its presidential ticket to the South, warning that President Bola Tinubu could secure an easy victory in 2027 if […]

The other defendants, Major General Mohammed Ibrahim Gana (retd), Captain (NN) Erasmus Victor (retd), Inspector Ahmed Ibrahim, Zekeri Umoru, Bukar Goni and Abdulkadir Sani, are scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik.

The king’s moving homage came as the final master plan for the memorial for the nation’s longest serving monarch was unveiled.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI has executed precision airstrikes within the Yuwe axis of the Sambisa Forest, killing several terrorists on Monday.