Senator Rochas Okorocha is still in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), 24 hours after he was arrested in Abuja.
The former Imo state governor was arrested in Abuja on Tuesday, April 13, and is currently being questioned over a N7.9 billion alleged fraud perpetuated when he served...
Kosovo has elected a new president, Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, 38, after the former President, Hashim Thaci, vacated the post in November, 2020, after being charged with war crimes.
The 38-year-old reformist and lawyer Vjosa Osmani was approved as president by the country's parliament in Pristina on Sunday, April 4, with the backing...
The United States has said it would not "trade shots in arms for political favors" with other countries.
When outlining the State Department's plans to share supplies of Covid-19 vaccines with other countries, Secretary of State Tony Blinken said the US is only concerned with saving lives and not playing...
A Nigerian cleric, Archbishop Samson Benjamin, has protested against bad governance, President Buhari's adminstration, political, traditional and religious leaders.
The General Overseer of Resurrection Praise Ministry, Lagos, popularly known as Jehovah Sharp Sharp, carried a coffin as he marched through the streets of Festac, Navy Town, Alakija, Satellite Town, on Sunday, April 11.
The...
Djibouti veteran leader, Ismail Omar Guelleh has been re-elected as president for the fifth term after being declared the winner in Friday April 9 presidential election in Djibouti.
"Thank you for your trust, thank you Djibouti. Let's continue together," Guelleh said on Twitter shortly after results were announced.
Guelleh, 73, who...
The Imo state government has accused a former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, of being the mastermind of the recent attacks on some state-owned facilities in Owerri, the state capital.
According to Sahara Reporters, the state Commissioner for Information, Declan Emelumba, in a statement released, alleged that the former...
Hours after U.S. President Joe Biden rolled out a series of executive orders aimed at curbing gun violence, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a bill allowing most residents over 21 in the state to carry a gun without a permit or a background check.
"I signed constitutional carry today because it...
Russian President, Vladimir Putin has signed legislation formally granting him the right to stay in power until 2036.
Putin’s second consecutive and fourth overall presidential term ends in 2024, the year when Russia’s previous Constitution would have required him to step down.
But an overhauled Constitution that Russians approved in a...
The US Supreme Court has wiped away a lower court opinion holding that then-President Donald Trump violated the First Amendment when he blocked followers from his Twitter account.
Ruling on Monday, April 5, The Supreme court dismissed the case because Trump is not in office so there is no longer...
The Indigenious People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied carrying out Monday’s attacks on Imo Police Headquarters and Correctional Centre.
It was reported earlier that over 2,000 inmates were freed after the attack on Monday, April 5. The group averred that it is not their mandate to attack security personnel or prison facilities.
A...
Justice Bello Duwale of the Sokoto State High Court, sitting in Sokoto on Thursday, April 1, 2021, convicted and sentenced a fraudster, Hamzat Muhammad Bashar, to seventy years imprisonment without an option of fine.
Justice Duwale pronounced his verdict on Bashar after he was found guilty of obtaining Twenty Nine Million...
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued the first presidential proclamation recognizing March 31st as Transgender Day of Visibility.
The day is now dedicated to celebrating transgender people and bringing awareness to the discrimination and violence they face every day.
In his proclamation today, Biden said Trans Day of Visibility recognizes...
It seems like more problems are piling up for Florida Republican lawmaker, Rep. Matt Gaetz, as it's been alleged he bragged about women he claims he had slept with to his fellow lawmakers and even showed them nude photos of the women.
Gaetz is being investigated by the US Justice...
Former US President, Donald Trump is back online after launching his “Official Website Of The 45th President” following bans from Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram in the aftermath of the January Capitol insurrection.
“The Office of Donald J. Trump is committed to preserving the magnificent legacy of the Trump Administration, while...
Yobe state governor and chairman of the Caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Mai Mala Buni, has said that the party's vision is to stay in power for another 32 years.
Buni said this when he spoke at the inauguration of the Governor Badru...
Senator Orji Uzor-Kalu has fired back at his colleague, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe over comments he made about him.
Abaribe was the deputy governor when Kalu governed Abia in 1999 but he was impeached before the end of Kalu’s first term.
The Senator representing Abia South had alleged in his book titled “Made in Aba”,...
Chelsea billionaire owner, Roman Abramovich has launched legal action claiming he was defamed in a book titled 'Putin's People' which was released last year.
The book was written by author Caterine Belton and contains a number of claims about Abramovich and others close to Russia president Vladimir Putin.
In the book...
The Imo State government through the state's Housing Corporation has revoked 49 plots of land allegedly belonging to Mrs. Geraldine Obinali, the elder sister of immediate past Governor of the state, Senator Rochas Okorocha.
According to the corporation, the parcels of land were allegedly acquired by Mrs. Obinali, using Jessdean Ventures Limited...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has explained why he recommended Abdulrasheed Bawa for the chairmanship of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Malami who debunked claims of singlehandedly picking Bawa to be the chairman of the EFFC in an interview with Daily Trust, said four names...
Former Presidential aide, Doyin Okupe has apologized for the incendiary statement he made about an Igbo Presidency.
He had tweeted: "A national consensus for Igbo Presidency cannot evolve until the core north forgives the Igbos for the killing of Sardauna of Sokoto by nigerian soldiers of igbo extraction in the...
The former lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye says he regrets supporting the Buhari-led administration in 2015.
Back in 2015, Dino was a member of APC and he campaigned for President Buhari. Melaye was among those that canvassed support for Buhari’s presidential ambition, having dumped...
Governor Nyesom Wike has claimed that his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi became Governor of Rivers state through his help.
Wike who served as Chief of Staff during Amaechi's tenure, made the disclosure during an interview with BBC pidgin on Friday March 19.
The Rivers state Governor stated in the interview that he...
US President, Joe Biden has labelled Russian president Vladimir Putin, a 'killer' and promised that the Kremlim will "pay a price" for interfering in the 2020 U.S. elections.
Since Biden took over the White House in January 2021, he has pledged to take a hard line against the Kremlin, which has...
Russia's President, Vladmir Putin has reacted to US President Joe Biden calling him a killer and saying that he would “pay a price” for 2020 US election interference.
When asked about Biden’s comments during a video call on Thursday March 18, that was aired on Russian state TV, Putin said he wished his...
The United States has placed sanctions on 24 more Chinese and Hong Kong officials for anti-democractic activities in Hong Kong, Asia's financial hub.
The sanctions were introduced under the Hong Kong Autonomy Act and signed into law by then-President Trump last July over a national security law Beijing imposed on...
At least 21 protesters have been killed in clashes in Myanmar's main city Yangon as politicians removed from power by the military coup called for "revolution".
Since the military coup on 1 February and detention of Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's civilian leader and head of the National League...
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea's leader, has warned the Biden administration against "causing a stink at its first step", barely hours after the White House said it had not received a response from Pyongyang since it started reaching out to the hermit nation in February.
North Korea enjoyed...
North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-Un has snubbed attempts by US President, Joe Biden to reach out and open up lines of dialogue over increasing nuclear threats posed by North Korea to its neighbors and the broader international community."
Biden's administration launched secret attempts last month to reach out to North Korea...
The Republican National Committee has responded after Trump sent a 'cease and desist' letter to the party's National committee warning against using his name to raise funds during party rallies, meetings or conventions.
On Friday March 5, his lawyers sent letters to the RNC and others asking them to “immediately...
YouTube's chief executive officer has announced that the video sharing/streaming platform may lift Donald Trump's suspension, if the threat of "real-world violence" decreases.
CEO Susan Wojcicki said the social media company will look at government warnings and watch out for violent rhetoric to determine when it's safe to lift the...
As if the problems facing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo have no plans of going away, a new bombshell report has come out alleging that top advisers to Cuomo influenced state health officials to remove data from a public report that showed coronavirus-related nursing-home deaths in the state had...
The American Independent Party has revealed plans to nominate Donald Trump as their presidential candidate in 2024 if his Republican Party ditches him.
AIP chairman, Markham Robinson made this known during a recent chat with TMZ.
He told the publications that the party leaders are set on nominating Trump to head...
Former US President Donald Trump and his ex-lawyer Rudy Giuliani have been served in a civil rights lawsuit accusing them and members of far-right extremist groups of inciting the January 6 MAGA riot to prevent Congress from certifying the election.
The Daily Beast reported on Wednesday, March 3 that attorneys...
The United States government has imposed sanctions on senior Russian officials over the poisoning of top opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
The sanctions are being levied againt Russia's top spy and six others, and will be followed up by sanctions from the European Union too.
US officials say they had concluded that...
The Biden administration had proposed the talks as part of its efforts to negotiate a path back to the 2015 nuclear deal that was abandoned by Trump in 2018 paving the way to waves of economic sanctions on the country.
But even with a less hostile US administration now in...
Former US president, Donald Trump was back in action in Florida on Sunday night, February 28 at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), his first public address since leaving office in January 20.
Trump told conservatives at the conference that he is considering running for the White House for a...
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has reacted to the arrest of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje's former media aide, Salihu Tanko Yakasai 'Dawisu'.
Recall that Salihu was arrested and subsequently sacked by the Kano state governmemt after he called for President Muhammadu Buhari’s resignation over insecurity.
The Alliance for Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB) led...
The White House has reacted to allegations leveled against Democrat and Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo.
Two former female aides to Cuomo alleged this week that the governor attempted sexual assault and harrasment on them.
A lady, Boylan first accused Cuomo of kissing her on the lips and asking her...
The US House of Representatives on Thursday, February 25, passed the Equality Act, a landmark LGBTQ rights bill that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
Lawmakers passed the legislation on a 224-206 vote. It was largely along party-line with three Republicans throwing their support behind the...
Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman approved the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, according to a U.S. intelligence report released on Friday, February 26.
"We assess that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman approved an operation in Istanbul, Turkey...
US president Joe Biden on Wednesday, February 24, revoked Donald Trump’s suspension of many green card applicants from entering the United States.
The now revoked order (Proclamation 10014) had suspended the entry of certain immigrants and non-immigrants into the U.S. since late April 2020 on grounds of protecting the U.S....
US President Joe Biden is reportedly set to issue sanctions on Russia over the poisoning and jailing of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
According to Politico, the US is expected to coordinate with European allies a sanctions rollout against Russia in the coming weeks.
Sources told the news outlet that...
Mr. Uche Nwosu, has returned to the Supreme Court barely 24 hours after his in-law Rochas Okorocha was humiliated by aides of Governor Hope Uzodinma for reopening a property sealed by the Imo state government.
Nwosu asked the apex court to declare that Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma was not the...
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has again commented on rumours of his planned defection to the All Progressives Congress.
FFK in a Facebook post he shared, said he never told anyone he was joining APC neither did he say he was going to remain in PDP which he claimed prosecuted...
Joe Biden's administration has announced a sweeping immigration bill that would create an eight-year path to citizenship for millions of immigrants already in the country and provide a faster way for undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children to gain citizenship.
Here's what the bill, titled the US Citizenship...
A former digital strategist for the Senate Republican Conference, who helped design social media ads for Donald Trump's reelection campaign, has been charged with distributing child pornography.
Ruben Verastigui, 27, was charged with distributing child pornography after he was arrested last Friday, according to a release from the Metropolitan Police...
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, have sued former US President Donald Trump, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani and two right-wing extremist groups, alleging they conspired to incite the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the...
The US House impeachment managers on Thursday requested Donald Trump testify at his upcoming Senate impeachment trial over his role in the January 6 riots at the Capitol.
Lead impeachment manager Jamie Raskin sent a letter to Trump's attorney Thursday requesting that the former US president testifies before or during the...
US House impeachment managers on Tuesday filed their memorandum for the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, laying out claims that he committed impeachable offenses and must be barred from running for federal office again.
In the brief, the managers, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., argue that...
Russian political activist, Alexey Navalny has labelled Russia's president, Vladimir Putin as "Putin the poisoner." after a Moscow court on Tuesday, February 2, sentenced him to prison for more than two and a half for breaking his parole conditions by going to Germany to recover after he was posioned by...
President Joe Biden on Tuesday February 1, signed three executive orders aimed at reversing former President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration policies including establishing a task force designed to reunite families separated at the US-Mexico border.
He signed orders on family separation, border security, and legal immigration. This brings to nine...
Former US President Donald Trump has hired two new attorneys to head up his impeachment defense team ahead of next week's trial in the Senate.
The Republican was in need of new attorneys following the departure of all five members of his defense team last week.
Lawyers David Schoen and Bruce...
Myanmar's military has detained the country's leader Aung San Suu Kyi along with other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party in an apparent coup.
A presenter on military-owned Myawaddy TV announced the takeover on Monday February 1 and cited a section of the military-drafted constitution that allows the...
Former US president, Donald Trump made as much as $30 million in the final weeks of 2020 as he formed a political committee after making relentless claims of voter fraud to his supporters, new filings show.
The 'Save America' political action committee formed by Trump just after losing the 2020 election...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law ratifying the extension of New START, an important arms control treaty with the United States, a week before it was due to expire, the Kremlin said in a statement on Friday, January 29.
The treaty limits the number of strategic offensive weapons...
