The Federal Government has announced plans to drastically reduce and eventually eliminate the importation of defence and security equipment, with a target of producing all required assets locally within the next two to five years. The Minister of State for…
Ankara — January 27, 2026 In a landmark move to deepen bilateral relations, Turkey and Nigeria have signed a comprehensive defence cooperation agreement as part of a broader set of nine pacts agreed during Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s state…
Sharia police caned a couple 140 times each in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday for having sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol, likely one of the severest such punishments since the deeply conservative region adopted Islamic law. Sexual relations between…
Texas state police officers on Wednesday used tear gas to disperse a demonstration outside a US immigration detention facility where protesters demanded the release of a five-year old Ecuadoran boy among others swept up in the Trump administration’s immigration clampdown….
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed claims that Nigeria’s newly implemented tax laws were altered, insisting that the versions signed into law remain intact and unadulterated. Akpabio made the clarification during plenary on Wednesday, following speculations that multiple versions…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has again raised concerns over what he described as ongoing illegality in the administration of local governments in the state, insisting that the tenure of All Progressives Congress (APC) council chairmen expired on October 22,…
Former Nigerian petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to several bribery-related charges as her trial commenced at Southwark Crown Court in London. Prosecutors alleged that she maintained an extravagant lifestyle financed through illegal payments. The 65-year-old is…
The National Industrial Court in Abuja has issued an interim order directing workers under the Joint Union Action Committee to halt their ongoing strike action, following a suit filed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, alongside…
North Korea fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, Tokyo’s defence ministry said. South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff also said it had detected a “projectile” being fired towards what Seoul calls…
A monster storm barreling across the United States had killed at least 11 people on Monday, prompting warnings to stay off the roads, mass flight cancelations and power outages after a weekend of misery. The storm dumped snow, sleet and…
