The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has asked former Anambra State governor Senator Chimaroke Nnamani to stop "senseless and unsubstantiated" bigotry allegations to dent his image. Nnamani, who lost his Senate bid to the Labour Party’s candidate, Kelvin Chukwu, on Sunday, accused Obi of playing wicked and dangerous politics. “Peter “Gringory” Obi…

For residents of Aponmu in Akure South Local Council of Ondo, it was like a scene in a Nollywood movie when an elderly woman in the community set her son, daughter-in-law, and her two grandchildren ablaze. The grandmother, identified as Iforiti, who used to live with her deceased son, Victor, set the family of four…

Rampant insecurity and bureaucratic hassles are hindering efforts to rush aid to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN's humanitarian agency said on Tuesday. Decades of conflict have turned the region into one of the world's gravest and most intractable humanitarian crises. But in a report, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs…

As the debate over the conduct of the general elections continues, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila said the independent national electoral commission (INEC) and security agencies in the country still deserve to be praised. In a welcome address at the start of the plenary yesterday, he thanked the INEC national…

Sri Lanka must not allow entrenched corruption to undermine a bailout for its bankrupt economy, the IMF said Tuesday after signing off on a $3 billion loan for the crisis-hit nation. The International Monetary Fund approved its long-delayed rescue programme on Monday after China, the South Asian island's biggest bilateral lender, offered debt relief assurances.…