There must be consequences for bad act to end corruption — Obasanjo

Osamu Suzuki, who grew small-car specialist Suzuki Motor into an international brand with huge successes in India, died Wednesday at age 94 after bouts with cancer, the company said Friday.

Troops of the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have apprehended a suspected Boko Haram terrorist in Taraba State. The suspect, identified as Nura Yakubu, was arrested at Garba Chede in Bali Local Government Council of the state on December 20, 2024. In a statement made available yesterday to the media in…

A report has highlighted the suffering faced by Nigerian women serving as domestic workers in Iraq, a country they initially believed to be their "El Dorado." Al Jazeera documents the story of Agnes (not her real name), a 27-year-old woman who left Ekiti State for Iraq after agents promised her a dream life. These agents…

The board chairman of the Prison Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Dr Olayide Adelami, celebrated Christmas with inmates on Wednesday at Owo Correctional Facility and charged them to spend time reflecting on God's words and acknowledging Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Referencing the book of Isaiah chapter 9 verse 6, Adelami, who is the…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of two people and 15 others injuried in a lone accident involving a Toyota Hiace bus at Saapade on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mrs Florence Okpe, the Spokesperson of FRSC in Ogun confirmed the incident on Thursday in Abeokuta. Okpe noted that the accident occurred at…

The Senate has praised Dr. Aliko Dangote's quest to put Nigeria on the global map by creating a heavy-duty truck assembly plant.

India on Friday announced seven days of state mourning after the death of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, one of the architects of the country's economic liberalisation in the early 1990s.

South Korean lawmakers impeached the acting president on Friday, as the country struggles to shake off political turmoil sparked by his predecessor's martial law declaration that shocked the world.

Two Malaysia-based Nigerian nationals, Omigie Progress Omor, 28, and Chidinma Ukachukwu, 23, on Friday pleaded not guilty at the Magistrate’s Court to charges linked to an alleged online fraud scheme known as a "love scam." The duo—according to the country’s online media, Bernama— appeared before Magistrate Ain Nurshahira Sahzan, where the charges were read in…

Mexican authorities have discovered 12 bodies buried in clandestine graves in Mexico's northern Chihuahua state, officials said Thursday.