A couple of weeks ago, Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State said in an interview that a new law mandates religious preachers in ...

Kidnappings rose by 40% in the Gulf of Guinea in the first nine months of this year, and the region off West Africa's coast now accounts for 95% of global maritime kidnappings, the International ...

By DEYEMI SAKA It was on a ride from Zuba to Minna in 2013 that I had a very profound encounter which I will cherish for as long as I live. I’ve been in Abuja for a while and it was customary for me ...

Across Nigeria’s highways, extortion has become as predictable as potholes. From Kano to Lagos, from Enugu to Port Harcourt, from Ibadan to Ilorin, multiple truck drivers say they spend huge sums of ...

It’s fair to say the ICC focused too heavily on Africa in its early years,” he said. “But the answer isn’t to walk away. The ...

Senegalese President Macky Sall has activated an emergency aid plan after a seven-hour downpour caused widespread floods.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has condemned as “most unpatriotic” the call by a United Kingdom-based ...

A former General Secretary of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Rev. Yunusa Nmadu, has corroborated claims by US senators that Christians in Nigeria are facing a systematic genocide.

A multi-million naira Delta State Liaison Office project, stalled for five years and now overrun by vegetation, has been described as a “symbol of wasted ...

A Nigerian community has endured over 15 years without electricity. Explore the reasons behind the blackout, the daily ...

The Nation Newspaper Rivers APC slams UK group’s call for Tunji-Ojo’s suspension, describes it as “unpatriotic” ...