The attack started about 5:30pm on Tuesday, according to a lawmaker in the Benue State House of Assembly, Kennedy Angbo.

The House also urged the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, to intensify public awareness campaigns.

The Oyo State governor said the 2027 elections would be Nigerians versus the ruling APC and not the PDP versus the APC.

Tax-exempt status is "totally contingent on acting in the PUBLIC INTEREST," he added in the post on his Truth Social network.

Escalating clashes in South Sudan have killed almost 200 people and displaced an estimated 125,000 more since March, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

The total revenue of ₦1.578 trillion comprised statutory revenue of ₦931.325 billion and Value Added Tax revenue of ₦593.750 billion.

The X account of a British minister was hacked Tuesday to promote a fraudulent "House of Commons" cryptocurrency, her spokesperson said.

Over 100 people have been killed in the last two weeks when bloodthirsty marauders unleashed mayhem on Plateau communities.

Tanzania's main opposition party on Tuesday declared its disqualification from upcoming national polls was unconstitutional, only a week after its leader was detained and charged with treason.

The rise in the country’s inflation rate reflected a major increase in the rising commodity and energy costs in the last few weeks.

Jude’s legal troubles began after his younger brother, Peter, filed a petition with the EFCC accusing him of mismanaging digital royalties from their former music group, P-Square.

Gonzalez has refused to accept the outcome of Sunday's runoff vote that Noboa won with 55.6 percent of votes cast.