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    Marieme Ndiaye emerged from her igloo-shaped home in Senegal’s capital, its 1950s space-age aesthetic in sharp contrast with the boxy, multi-storey apartments being built nearby. The little concrete house is a head-turner, seemingly better suited for a sci-fi movie than the average Dakar residential block where it is located. In the 1950s, around […]

  Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says the Nigerian Immigration Service can now deliver 4,000 to 5,000 passports in five hours for the first time in 62 years. He disclosed this in a statement on Thursday after inspecting the newly built Centralised Passport Personalisation Centre at the NIS Headquarters in Abuja. With the infrastructure, Tunji-Ojo […]

  The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) over allegations of assault and murder. The police said the suspect they identified as Shamsideen Adio, popularly known as Shameleon, is currently being held at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti-Yaba, where discreet investigations into […]

  The Australian state of Queensland has banned the testing of drugs for recreational use, sparking warnings from health providers on Friday that the move could put lives at risk. Queensland ranks third-highest in Australia for drug use, the latest government data show, with around one in five people in the state reporting they had […]

  The leaders of Canada and Mexico on Thursday defended their three-way free-trade deal with the United States, while agreeing to try and make it “fairer” in the face of tariff pressure from President Donald Trump. After talks in Mexico with President Claudia Sheinbaum, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the pair were “committed” to […]

  A shallow earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck Indonesia’s Central Papua province on Friday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported, with no initial reports of casualties. The USGS said the earthquake’s epicentre was located 28 kilometres (17 miles) south of the town of Nabire in the Central Papua province, which is on the Indonesian half of […]

  President Donald Trump, who recently accused Xi Jinping of working to “conspire” against the United States, hopes to finalize the fate of video-sharing app TikTok and make progress on trade talks in a phone call with the Chinese leader on Friday. “I’m speaking with President Xi, as you know, on Friday, having to do […]

  A crowd of supporters has converged at the VIP wing of the Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers State, awaiting the arrival of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. Sources confirmed to Channels Television on Friday that the governor, who is said to have been away from the state, would arrive soon. Following a political crisis involving Fubara, […]

  US President Donald Trump declined to approve $400 million in military aid to Taiwan in recent months while negotiating on trade and a potential summit with Beijing, the Washington Post reported Thursday. The decision would mark a sharp departure from US policy toward the democratic island, which faces a constant threat of invasion by […]

  The face off between the Ogun state government and the senator representing the Ogun East Senatorial district, Gbenga Daniel is yet to abate as the state ministry of works and infrastructure has allegedly issued a “stop work” on a road infrastructure alleged to have been facilitated for reconstruction in Sagamu area of the state […]

  An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City has restrained the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC) and the State Government from going ahead with planned local government by-elections across 59 wards in the state. Justice Mary E. Itsueli, sitting as a vacation judge, granted the order on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, following […]