The 40-year-old mobile police sergeant, Olalere Michael, who killed his lover, Bamidele Cecilia Oluwatosin, and later shot himself dead in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, was...
The U.S. Embassy and Consulate in Nigeria has released a press statement a day after Nigeria elected a new President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Read the...
The US has congratulated Nigerian President-elect Bola Tinubu and citizens following the just-concluded general election.
“This competitive election represents a new period for Nigerian politics...
In his first speech as President-Elect of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, revealed that his wife, Oluremi Tinubu, is retiring from House of Senate.
According to...
Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of Nigeria’s disputed presidential election.
The 70-year-old veteran politician got 36% of the vote, official...
Ruling party candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu is leading Nigeria’s most hotly contested general election since the country’s return to democracy over two decades ago.
Fourteen...
A European Union observer mission has faulted the lack of transparency and operational failures in the Nigerian election, according to its preliminary findings.
It said...
A member of the Ecowas Observer team for Nigeria’s election, Samuel Koku Anyidoho, has cautioned the media to be circumspect with the reportage on...
Opposition parties have walked out of the venue where results from Nigeria’s tightly contested presidential elections are being announced.
The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party...
It was a moment of celebration for Mercy Johnson’s husband, Prince Okojie, as he revealed he emerged winner to represent the Esan North-East/Esan South-East...
Initial results have started trickling in Nigeria’s most competitive general election since it transitioned to democracy 24 years ago.
Saturday’s polls went relatively smooth but...
A third-party candidate in Nigeria's tightly contested presidential election has caused a major upset by winning in its biggest city, Lagos.
The Labour Party's Peter...
Odianosen Okojie, husband of famous Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for the 2023 elections in Esan North...
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar is on course to win Nigeria's presidential election.
The party said on Twitter...
Ahead of tomorrow’s elections, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has deployed three Commissioners of Police (CPs) to Imo State.
A statement issued by...
A Nigerian politician has been arrested for alleged money laundering after being caught with $498,100 (£414,000) in cash a day before general election.
The wads...
Presidential candidates participating in Saturday, February 25th election, signed a peace accord in Abuja on Wednesday, February 22.
A final day of campaigning is getting...
Popular Nigerian pastor, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has begged God not to punish Nigerians with “another bad leader."
The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International...
Young Nigerians have turned Saturday's presidential election into the most competitive since the end of military rule in 1999, with many backing a third-party...
A final day of campaigning is getting under way in Nigeria ahead of Saturday’s presidential poll.
Three contenders are thought to have a chance of...
Bola Tinubu, 70, widely credited with reshaping Nigeria's commercial hub Lagos, will lead the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) into February's presidential election but...
A police officer has reportedly hanged himself over domestic squabbles and wife's infidelity.
The deceased, constable Kiplagat Koskei from Kenya, allegedly committed suicide after finding...
A wealthy businessman with a reputation for being frugal, Peter Obi has emerged as a powerful force ahead of February's Nigeria's presidential election, energising...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC of Nigeria says a total of 146,913 domestic and international observers will be deployed for the 2023 general...
A municipality in South Africa says it will charge its staff members for misconduct after pictures surfaced on social media showing them sitting and...
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, António Guterres, has announced the largest-ever allocation from its Central Emergency Fund.
He was speaking on the sidelines of the AU...
A pregnant woman, identified as Shema'u Sani Labaran, has died in the Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital in Kano State, Nigeria over alleged negligence from...
A 22-year-old trader, Abdulrazak Lawal, appeared before a Kado Grade I Area Court, Abuja on Wednesday, February 15, for allegedly swindling a commercial sex...
South African police say evidence gathered so far leads them to believe the killing of popular rapper AKA was an assassination.
KwaZulu-Natal police chief Nhlanhla...
