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Ethiopian PM escapes rally grenade attack that kills one, wounds scores

Six suspects are being investigated over a grenade attack on Saturday at a rally by new Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed that left one...

Zimbabwe’s president unhurt after ‘cowardly’ blast at rally

By Reuters. President Emmerson Mnangagwa escaped injury in an explosion at a political rally on Saturday, and vowed the "cowardly act" would not derail Zimbabwe's...

Controversy over Citizen Abiri continues as FG says no journalist in detention in Nigeria

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has debunked the report by the press freedom organization, Committee To Protect Journalists (CPJ), that...

Release Abaribe, Ohaneze, PDP tell DSS

Following the arrest of Abia South Senatorial District representative, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Friday, and...

Wage Bill: Banks colluding with civil servants to defraud govt, says Bayelsa 

The Bayelsa State government  on Thursday raised a fresh alarm that commercial banks operating in the state were colluding with fraudulent public servants to...

Buhari’s aide, Onochie, slammed again by Northern CAN, over ‘hate speech’

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has continued its protest against what has been describes as a foul-mouthed tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide,...

Air Force rescues three in Zamfara, plans more coordinated air and ground operations

By Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya, Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), through its 207 Quick Response Group...

Hosting of IPI meeting in Abuja, a mockery of journalism practice in Nigeria, says CASER

By Frank Tietie, Executive Director and Lead Counsel, Citizens Advocacy for Social and Economic Rights (CASER). The Citizens Advocacy for Social and Economic Rights (CASER)...

National Assembly replies President: We are not your rubber stamp for budgets

In a tit for tat exchange, the House of Representatives, Wednesday, told President Muhammadu Buhari, that if he had sent in his budget proposals...

28 judges for Court of Appeal, others

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 29 Judicial Officers for the Court of Appeal, Federal High Court and the High Court of...

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