Says it was a ploy to instigate state of emergency Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has accused supporters of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, for the failed attempt in bombing a five-star Continue Reading 

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has lamented that over two million children are out of school, denying them access to education in the North-East. According to the global agency, about 180,000 of the affected kids are in Borno, Continue Reading 

Anthony Joshua will face Daniel Dubois in an all-British showdown for the IBF world heavyweight title on September 21 after Oleksandr Usyk confirmed he was vacating the belt, it was announced on Wednesday. Usyk, 37, became the first heavyweight Continue Reading 

Bolivian President Luis Arce on Wednesday called for democracy to be respected after soldiers and tanks deployed outside government buildings and tried to knock down a door of the presidential palace. AFP reporters saw soldiers and tanks Continue Reading 

The Senate held an emergency session to consider President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s supplementary appropriation for the 2024 fiscal year, which includes funding for the acquisition of a new presidential jet. A source told DailyTrust that the Continue Reading 

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has discontinued its price verification system portal. This confirms The Guardian report that the apex bank will likely embark on liberalisation of some of its policies in consonance with the direction of the Continue Reading 

A court in New York on Wednesday sentenced former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez to 45 years in prison after he was convicted of trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into the United States. Anti-Hernandez protesters gathered Continue Reading 

Imo State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA, says it arrested 192 drug offenders and convicted 30 male suspects between June 2023 and June 2024 in the State. Abdullahi Saeed, the state Commander of the anti-narcotic Continue Reading 

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Imo State said it has arrested 192 drug offenders and convicted 30 male suspects between June 2023 till June 2024 in the state. The Imo State Commander of NDLEA, Abdullahi Saeed, disclosed Continue Reading 

The Guardian’s Editor, Energy & Power, Kingsley Jeremiah, and seven other Nigerian journalists are among the 45 African journalists shortlisted for the 49th edition of the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism. Continue Reading