A couple was publicly flogged in Indonesia’s staunchly Islamic Aceh province on Tuesday for having sex outside of marriage, an AFP reporter witnessed, in the country’s only region to apply a version of Sharia law.

The Lagos State Government has announced partial road closures across parts of the state ahead of the commissioning of key infrastructure projects scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.

By Victor Ahiuma-Young Organised Labour in Africa, under the umbrella of the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation, ITUC-Africa, has commended the Government of Ghana for its decision to introduce visa-free entry for all Africans, describing the move as a landmark step toward continental integration and workers’ mobility. According to ITUC Africa, […]

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri  The Headquarters Theatre Command, Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), have arrested five persons in connection to unauthorized discharge of firearms in which a stray bullet killed about 15-year old girl in Gomari general area of Maiduguri Metropolis in Borno state. The was disclosed in a statement by […]

Armed bandits carrying dangerous weapons attacked and set communities ablaze in the Gebbe District of Shanga Local Government Area of Niger State on Sunday night.