The protests come after anti-immigration campaigners set June 30 as a deadline for undocumented foreign nationals to leave South Africa. The ultimatum has fueled anxiety among migrant communities and led several African governments to begin assisting citizens who wish to return home voluntarily.
Students of the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, staged a protest over growing insecurity around the institution, allegedly preventing the Vice-Chancellor and several senior university officials from entering the campus.
The Ogun NDC chairman reiterated that the party’s preparations for the 2027 elections remain on course, stressing that the judgment would not derail its political activities or electoral ambitions.
Thousands of migrants have been left in uncertainty, with many seeking ways to leave the country voluntarily. While governments including
In a statement issued in Sokoto on Monday, the group’s Secretary-General, Mallam Yusuf Abubakar, said the Federal Government
In a statement shared on his verified X account on Saturday, Minister of Education Dr. Tunji Alausa announced that 24 Nigerian universities secured positions in this year’s rankings. The figure represents an increase from the 21 institutions previously listed and places Nigeria as the most represented nation in Sub-Saharan Africa in the latest edition of the global assessment.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Tinubu of attempting to weaken Nigeria’s democratic system by allegedly frustrating the emergence of new opposition political parties ahead of the 2027 general elections.
A prominent member of the United States Congress has publicly endorsed Nigeria’s sweeping move toward decentralizing its law enforcement, calling the state police initiative a vital step toward neutralizing local security threats and shielding vulnerable populations.
A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced 37-year-old Zakaria Garba to death by hanging for his role in the 2014 Nyanya Motor Park bombing, bringing a legal close to one of the capital city’s deadliest acts of terror.
Nigeria’s leading Islamic body has strongly cautioned citizens, public commentators, and the media against linking acts of terrorism and banditry to specific religions or ethnicities, warning that such profiling actively breaks down national unity and hampers intelligence efforts.
Nigerian military forces have secured a major breakthrough in the northeastern counter-insurgency campaign following the death of a senior Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) leader and the strategic surrender of two high-ranking commanders in Borno State.
One person was killed on Tuesday as violent protests erupted in central Kenya over the construction of a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine facility. The center, located at the Laikipia Air Base, is designed to isolate American citizens arriving from the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where a severe Ebola outbreak persists.
cleric heavily criticized previous localized peace pacts, specifically pointing to failed initiatives in Katsina State where authorities handed financial payouts to armed groups without dismantling the underlying socio-economic drivers of the rebellion.
In a direct federal response to the recent wave of violent abductions rocking the South-West, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Olufemi Oluyede, has ordered the immediate deployment of specialized ground troops and high-tech aerial surveillance assets to Oyo State.
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Edo State Command, have apprehended a 24-year-old man in connection with a sophisticated online car purchase scam totaling over N3 million.
The Edo State Commandant of the corps, Mr. Saidi Akintayo, paraded the suspect during a press briefing in Benin City on Monday.