The US Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Texas to use redrawn congressional districts for the 2026 midterm elections, boosting the hopes of President Donald Trump’s Republicans to retain control of the House of Representatives. The push by Texas, which carves out five more Republican-friendly districts and came at the behest of Trump, launched a series […]

US President Donald Trump has said that he did not want Somali immigrants in the United States, telling reporters they should “go back to where they came from.” He described Somalia as a country “with no structure.” These remarks coincided with reports of a planned immigration enforcement operation targeting Minnesota’s large Somali community, including Congresswoman […]

President Donald Trump‘s administration said in a long-awaited new strategy document Friday that the United States will shift from its historic global role toward increasing dominance in Latin America and vigorously fighting migration. The national security paper, meant to flesh out Trump’s norms-shattering “America First” worldview, signals a sharp reorientation from longstanding US calls to […]

The Senate on Thursday expressed grave alarm over a fast-spreading lead-poisoning crisis in Ogijo, a densely populated community straddling the boundary between Ikorodu (Lagos) and Ogun East Senatorial District. It described it as a full-blown environmental and public-health emergency that threatened thousands of lives. The motion, jointly sponsored by Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru (Lagos East) and […]

Deportations of Sudanese refugees escaping the world’s largest humanitarian crisis for safety in neighbouring Egypt have accelerated over the past 12 months, escalating a campaign of repression that was exposed in a joint investigation by The New Humanitarian and the Refugees Platform in Egypt last year. Critics say the UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR) – the […]

The country’s National Electoral Commission has stated they were “unable to conclude the electoral process” days after the African Union (AU) issued a strong condemnation of the November 26 military coup hours before the results were supposed to be declared. In a statement, the AU Commission Chairperson, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, reiterated the body’s “zero tolerance […]

The International Criminal Court has been asked to investigate the violent crackdown and severe human rights violations that followed Tanzania’s 2025 general elections. In a submission to the ICC, supported by the World Jurists Association and the Madrid Bar Association, the lawyers accused the government of killings in multiple regions after President Samia Hassan won […]

The Supreme Court on Friday struck out a suit filed by Osun State Government that sought to compel the Federal Government to release withheld allocations belonging to local government areas in the state. A seven-member panel of the apex court, in a split decision of six to one, held that the legal action brought by […]

The Nigerian Army says troops of Operation Peace Shield rescued 10 kidnapped women during a special operation in the early hours of Friday in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A credible source at Army Headquarters revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. The source said the victims […]

Sixteen members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. Amaewhule announced the lawmakers’ decision during plenary on Friday, citing what he described as a “division” within the PDP as the reason for their defection. He told lawmakers he […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday fixed December 8 for the hearing of a motion ex parte filed by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, seeking to be transferred from the Sokoto Correctional Facility. Kanu, on November 20, 2025, was found guilty of all seven counts of terrorism […]

The Federal Government has fixed February 2026 for the commencement of operations at the world’s first UNESCO Category 2 Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Centre, to be hosted in Abuja. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced the date in Abuja during a courtesy visit by the UNESCO Head of Office and […]