Islamic morality police in Kano state are to resume raids on betting shops following a supreme court ruling on gambling. The Nigerian Supreme Court quashed a 2005 law Friday that established a national lottery commission and legalised sports betting and gambling. The court ruled ...

The Deputy Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese has said Nigeria is blessed to have Hon Benjamin Kalu as the chairman, House Committee on Constitutional Review. Recall that the Committee recently held a three-day workshop with Justices, Judges and Speakers of the State ...

Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla, has publicly endorsed Donald Trump for the first time in the US Presidential race, calling the Republican former president “tough.” Musk, the world’s richest person, posted the endorsement with a video of Trump with blood on his face pumping his fist ...

US President, Joe Biden has blamed his poor debate performance on jet lag, saying he “wasn’t very smart” for “travelling around the world a couple of times” before the debate. “I didn’t listen to my staff… and then I nearly fell asleep on stage,” he said. Biden, 81, last returned from travel ...

Two Bolivian army leaders were arrested Wednesday after soldiers and tanks took up position in front of government buildings in what President Luis Arce called an attempted coup. According to reports, the troops and tanks entered Plaza Murillo, a historic square where the presidency and ...

Written by Femi Akinyemi At least 150 people are feared dead in a massacre in a village in central Sudan blamed on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary group fighting the army. The rivals have been battling over control of the country for more than 13 months. The RSF has not ...

Former US President, Donald Trump was found guilty on all charges in his New York “hush-money” trial on Thursday, and the judge will soon determine whether a former president should be imprisoned for a felony conviction for the first time. Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records ...

At least seven people have been killed after tornadoes ripped through the central US, destroying buildings and a fuel station that was sheltering dozens of people. Severe storms formed over Texas and Oklahoma on Saturday night, with Cooke County north of Dallas, Texas among the hardest-hit ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has removed his long-standing ally Sergei Shoigu as defence minister, the Kremlin has announced. The 68-year-old has been in the role since 2012 and is to be appointed secretary of Russia’s Security Council. Papers published by the upper chamber of the ...

The Federal Government has announced that the demolition of buildings situated within the right of way of the Lagos-Calabar coastal road will commence this Saturday. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Korede Keisha, disclosed this during a press briefing held in Lagos on Thursday. ...

Two Russian strikes in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region have killed at least seven people, including two children, local officials have said. The station in the main city Dnipro came under attack, and several homes were hit further east in Synelnykove. President Volodymyr Zelensky said ...

US President Joe Biden has said he believes that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making a “mistake” in his handling of Gaza. “I think what he’s doing is a mistake. I don’t agree with his approach,” he said in an interview. He said Gaza should have “total access to all food and ...