Islamic State confirms Baghdadi death, names new leader

From the deputy chairman of the House of Representatives committee on media and public relations, Dr Philip Agbese came the assurances that there would be a sound working relationship between the House and the Executive arm.

Prominent Civil Rights Advocacy Group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s recent reconstitution of the management board of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, saying it breached a binding Judgement of a competent court of law.

A non-governmental organisation, Alliances for Africa, AfA has inaugurated an 30-man committee tasked with the responsibility of tackling and ending violence against women and girls prevalence in Imo State.

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Benjamin Okezie Kalu has decried the exodus of medical professionals from the country.

Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons, (NAPTIP), Professor Fatima Waziri-Azi, has called on partners in the fight against Sexual and Gender Based Violence, (SGBV), to step up advocacy efforts towards preventing and tackling the issue.

Singapore has said it is considering building artificial islands off its east coast to protect low-lying areas against rising sea levels caused by climate change. Engineering and environmental impact studies for the "Long Island" project will start in 2024 and take five years to finish, National Development Minister Desmond Lee said Tuesday. Land reclaimed for…

Foreigners entering Russia could be required to sign a "loyalty agreement" upon arrival, pledging not to criticise Moscow's offensive in Ukraine, under new rules being prepared by the interior ministry. Russia has waged an unprecedented crackdown on dissent and ahead of a 2024 presidential election, expected to prolong President Vladimir Putin's long rule until at…

The Lagos State Taskforce says it will henceforth arrest and charge to the mobile court anyone found guilty of blockading inner streets for parties or social events. The Chairman of the agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye, in a statement on Tuesday, said it was selfish and inconsiderate for some people to deliberately take actions that cause…

Myanmar's military is carrying out a sustained offensive involving fighter jets to regain control of a key town from an armed ethnic minority group, its fighters and residents said on Wednesday. The Arakan Army moved into Pauktaw, a town of 20,000 people close to a crucial deepwater port in the capital of western Rakhine state,…

The Bayelsa Governor Douye Diri on Wednesday presented a Budget proposal of ₦480,993,632,369.00 (Four Hundred and Eighty Billion plus) for the year 2024 to the State House of Assembly. Diri while announcing this in a statement on X said the Bayelsa State Government has christened it a "Budget of Sustainable and Shared Prosperity." "This appropriation…