Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers are committed in principle to education and jobs for girls and women, a marked departure from their previous time in power, and seek the world’s “mercy and compassion” to help millions of Afghans in desperate need, a top Taliban leader told The Associated Press in a rare interview.

Gunmen have attacked the Abia State Police Command headquarters in Umuahia, the state capital. They killed a policeman.

Yusuf Abdullahi, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi State, says no fewer than 16 people died in a road crash that occurred in the state on Sunday. Abdullahi confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Bauchi. According to him, the accident which involved […]

The Ekiti State Police Command on Sunday said that in collaboration with other security outfits, it is combing the bushes to rescue a popular trader, Alhaja Nusirat Saliu, who was abducted on Saturday in Iyemero-Ekiti. ASP Sunday Abutu, the command’s Spokesperson in Ekiti, disclosed this to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti while reacting to the invasion of […]

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti and his Ondo State counterpart, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, have expressed sadness over the death of Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, the Soun of Ogbomosoland. The two governors expressed their condolences in separate statements they issued on Sunday and made to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti and Akure respectively. Fayemi, who is the Chairman […]