Category: Politics
Kenyan MP arrested after nightclub shooting
Police in Kenya say they have arrested a member of parliament, Babu Owino, in connection with the shooting of a DJ at a nightclub in the capital, NaiRead More…
Jailed Ugandan academic Stella Nyanzi wins PEN prize
Ugandan academic, writer and feminist activist Stella Nyanzi has won the Oxfam Novib/PEN International Award for Freedom of Expression 2020. Ms NyRead More…
Women spark outrage by driving in Beijing’s Forbidden City
One of China’s top historic attractions issued an apology after two women drove an SUV into the Forbidden City in Beijing and posed for pictures whRead More…
Nigeria’s public debt grows to N26.215 trillion
From the N12.118trillion level of indebtedness at takeover by June 2015, the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has grown Nigeriaâ€Read More…
Police find girl crammed into car’s dashboard trying to enter Spain from Morocco
A 17-year-old migrant girl was found hiding behind the dashboard of a vehicle trying to enter Spain from Morocco without documents. The incident Read More…
Shehu Sani drags EFCC to court over arbitrary detention, seeks N100 million
The Senator who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial district in the 8th National Assembly and civil rights activist, Shehu Sani, has sued the EconoRead More…
N1.6 billion voted for Customs recruitment is a fraud- says Senator
There is a groundswell of allegations of fraud of N1.6 billion purportedly allocated for recruitment of less than 3,500 customs operatives even as thRead More…
I’m unaware of ongoing NDDC projects in Cross River, Ayade tells Akpabio
The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Ben Ayade, has expressed shock over the number of projects said to be embarked upon in the state by the NiRead More…
I trekked hours in the bush to escape Boko Haram attack – Emir of Potiskum
The Emir of Potiskum, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Umaru Bubaram Ibn Wuriwa Bauya, has revealed how he escaped being killed in an attack against his coRead More…
Court ‘sacking’ of Ifeanyi Ubah is a travesty of justice- HURIWA
* MAY PETITION NJC TO SANCTION THE JUDGE The decision of the Abuja High Court sitting in the Bwari area Council which purportedly ‘sacked’ SenatoRead More…