The Malaysian cabinet has agreed to abolish the death penalty which is currently mandatory for murder, kidnapping, possession of firearms and drug trafficking, among other crimes in the country. According...

About 14 members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly on Thursday impeached the Speaker, Kola Oluwawole and sacked the Deputy Speaker, Sina Animasaun, both members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The...

  The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II has berated selfish politicians in the country, accusing them of being ruled by selfish interests which he said was causing disunity across...

Former Governor of Kano State and until last Saturday, presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has allegedly threatened to dump the party after a disagreement. Kwankwaso,...

The Presidency on Thursday night said former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his anointed candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will lose together in next year’s...

  The Duke of Cambridge, Prince Williams has bemoaned the extent to which African wildlife has been poached over the years leading to radical measures being taken to protect them. Speaking at the...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says he has forgiven his erstwhile deputy, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for whatever wrong he did while they were in office. Obasanjo spoke when Atiku Abubakar...

An Abuja High Court on Wednesday recognized Senator Hope Uzodinma as the candidate of the party for the 2019 Imo governorship election. Presided over by Justice O.A Musa, the court said that the Independent...

The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar today met with his former principal, Olusegun Obasanjo, Also at the meeting was the Founder of The Living...

The Nigerian Senate has approved N234.51 billion for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This is N7.9 billion less than the N242.45 billion requested by President Buhari. Also approved...

Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Wednesday administered the oath of office on the two newest Senators in the National Assembly, Lawal Gumau (APC, Bauchi South) and Ahmed Babba-Kaita (APC, Katsina North). Senator...

The Federal Government has filed two charges against the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and the Senator representing Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District, Albert Bassey Akpan for allegedly...

At least 50 persons including women and children have died in Kenya as a result of a bus accident as they were travelling from the country’s capital, Nairobi to the Western town of Kisumu. Confirming...

A faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State on Wednesday staged a peaceful rally to contest the result of the September 29 Indirect Primary which produced Tonye Coles as the...

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday received an Executive communication from President Muhammadu Buhari asking the National Assembly to approve a request for the issuance of $2.786 billion Eurobond for partial...

The Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere has berated the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his statement that unused lands in the country should...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has banned the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from fielding candidates for elective positions in Zamfara State for the 2019 elections. According...

President Donald Trump’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley on Tuesday announced that she would resign at the end of the year, marking a high-profile departure of one of the few women...

Former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim has emerged as the candidate of Accord Party (AP) for the 2019 governorship election in the state after dumping the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Ohakim’s...

Former Guatemalan Vice President, Roxana Baldetti was on Tuesday sentenced to more than 15 years in prison over his involvement in a fraudulent state contract to decontaminate a major lake in the country. Backed...