Latest report from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), International Maritime Bureau (IMB), has revealed that Nigeria experienced a decrease in reported piracy incidents in the first quarter (Q1) 2019.     The IMB report obtained by The Guardian yesterday, indicated that Nigeria reported 14 incidents of piracy in Q1, compared to 22 in the corresponding period of…

Malaysia's government did a U-turn Friday on its decision to join the International Criminal Court, the prime minister said, after a backlash from a powerful Islamic ruler and opposition politicians. The Southeast Asian nation announced in March it was joining the world's only permanent war crimes tribunal after a reform-minded government came to power last…

The brewing controversy over who the principal officers of the National Assembly (NASS) should be means that, once again, there will be no peace in the revered chambers. The last four years witnessed unending drama at the NASS following the election of Bukola Saraki as senate president that was largely opposed by the presidency. The…

Former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, is demanding a public apology from the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, over the partisan role of soldiers in the recent general elections. In a statement yesterday, Frank said he had been vindicated after the Independent National Electoral…

It is because there is a very high premium placed on power. Power in this case is not desired to bring happiness to the greatest number of the people like Jeremy Bentham would say.

The people responsible for the atrocities that forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee from Myanmar's Rakhine state will be held to account, an International Criminal Court official said on Monday. Following a visit to Bangladesh refugee camps, the ICC's Phakiso Mochochoko said the fact that Myanmar is not a signatory to the…

The Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Nigeria, Olubunmi Osuntuyi, has charged members of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), to strictly enforce corporate governance in organisations across the country. She said the sustainability of good corporate governance should be a national campaign, especially with its launch by the…

There was a pandemonium yesterday at the headquarters of the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt following the parading of some officials of the Rivers government for alleged financial inducement during the presidential and federal legislative elections....

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday insisted that it has not cancelled elections anywhere in the country...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians and the international community that it has concluded arrangements to commence elections by 8. a.m. on Saturday.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that the game’s World Cup trophy will arrive in Abuja, Nigeria at noon today to begin...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the International Criminal Court of Justice (ICCJ) in Hague (Netherlands) to immediately arrest Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai.....