Cocaine "is no worse than whisky" and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro during a live broadcast of a government meeting.

As the strike by workers of Kaduna Electric enters its third day, residents in the state continue to groan in darkness amid appeals by the electricity authorities that power will soon be restored. Most inhabitants of the suburbs in the metropolis, like Ungwar Romi, Sabo, and Ungwar Maijero, among other places, are facing water shortages…

OkpebholoEdo State governor, Monday Okpebholo, has suspended the chairman of the state’s Local Government Service Commission, Mr. Damian Lawani, and the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Samson Osagie, over “allegations of grave official and financial infractions.” The suspension by Okpebholo, which took immediate effect, was announced in a statement on Wednesday night by the…

As consultations and permutations for the 2027 governorship election gather momentum, the politics of zoning is unsettling political leaders in Ogun State. The people of Ogun West have not produced a governor since the state’s creation in 1976. Now, they are advocating political justice, equity and fairness than the Ogun East and Central zones seem…

A fresh series of quakes hit the Aegean island of Santorini early on Thursday, part of an unprecedented seismic wave that has baffled scientists and led to a mass exodus of residents.