Federal Government
Kennedy Center Shakes Off Staid Image With New Modern Festival
The Kennedy Center, the giant arts complex in Washington, on Wednesday announced a new bid to shake off its staid...
House Republicans Unveil Obamacare Replacement Plan
US House Republicans have unveiled a long-awaited plan to replace the signature health care law of former US President...
Somalia Says 110 Dead In Last 48 Hours Due To Drought
Some 110 people have died in southern Somalia in the last two days from famine and diarrhea resulting from a drought,...
Iraqi Kurd Forces Halt Pumping Through Key Oil Pipeline
Iraqi Kurdish forces deployed at a state-run oil company Thursday, temporarily halting pumping through a pipeline that...
Corrupt Nigerians Hiding Stolen Money In Caskets, Remote Villages
The Senate, yesterday, alerted the nation to the fact that corrupt politicians now hide stolen money in caskets and...
Xenophobic Attacks and the Challenges of African Solidarity
The tension between Nigeria and South Africa reached its crescendo last Monday when Nigerian youth occupied the streets...
Xenophobic Attacks and the Challenges of African Solidarity
By Juliana Agbo and Omonu Yax Nelson The tension between Nigeria and South Africa reached its crescendo yesterday when...
Trump To Propose $54 Billion In Cuts To ‘most Federal Agencies’
President Donald Trump's first budget proposal will look to increase defense and security spending by $54 billion and...
Ethnic, Religious Violence Again Grips Nigeria’s Kaduna
Long-standing tensions between herdsmen and farmers have flared up again in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, leaving...
Two German Archaeologists Kidnapped In Nigeria Freed
Two German archaeologists who were kidnapped while working at a dig site in northern Nigeria last week have been...
Trump Administration Makes First Move To Build Border Wall
President Donald Trump’s administration is soliciting ideas from contractors on how to build its promised wall...
Lagos Lawmaker Wants NBC To Put An End To Big Brother Naija
Lagos – A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Segun Olulade on Thursday advised the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai...
Transgender Students Decry ‘dangerous’ Trump Decision
Activists, parents and transgender students Thursday vowed to resist the Trump administration's "dangerous" reversal of...
Gunmen Kidnap Two Germans In Northern Nigeria
Two Germans have been kidnapped while working at an archaeological site in northern Nigeria, police said on Thursday....
Trump Revokes Obama Guidelines On Transgender Bathrooms
President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday revoked landmark guidance to public schools letting transgender...
Trump Could Backtrack On Obama’s Transgender Policies
The White House hinted Tuesday that it could overturn protections for transgender students that required public schools...
Orphanage Shut Down For Selling Babies In Eastern India
Two people running an adoption centre in West Bengal which is suspected of selling at least 17 children to couples...
Forces Battling IS In Iraq’s Mosul Theatre
A wide array of Iraqi and international forces are involved in the operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State...
Trump Travel Ban Hit By New Legal Setback
A US district judge in Virginia has ruled that President Donald Trump's executive order barring entry from seven...