A Gibraltar court has ordered the sale of a superyacht belonging to Russian oligarch Dmitry Pumpyansky seized in March under sanctions imposed on Moscow over of the war in Ukraine. Authorities in the tiny British enclave on the southern tip of southern Spain impounded 72-metre (236-foot) vessel MV Axioma following a complaint filed by US…

More than 30 villagers, including women and children, have been killed in an ethnic-related attack in western Cameroon, local sources said on Monday. The massacre unfolded over the weekend at Bakinjaw near the Nigerian border, said Reverend Fonki Samuel Forba, the spokesman of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon. His account was confirmed by an NGO…

Following the rapprochement by the leaders and members of Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the governorship candidate of the party Chief Ikechi Emenike has inaugurated a twelve-man reconciliation committee headed by Senator Chris Adighije to ensure that the party remains united ahead of 2023 general election. In a communique read by…

The National Population Commission (NPC) in Plateau has launched state-level training for 90 enumerators and nine supervisors to ensure an equipped and efficient workforce for its trial census, ahead of the 2023 population and housing census. The NPC Director in Plateau, Mr Pam Deme, said during the event in Jos on Monday that the field…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday swore in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Justice Ariwoola of the Supreme Court on Monday took the oath of office as the acting CJN. Buhari administered the oath of office to Justice Ariwoola during a swearing-in ceremony held at the Council Chamber of the…