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A United States lawmaker, Jarvis Johnson, on Monday urged the Federal Government to immediately release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Johnson represents District 39 in the Texas House of Representatives. He made the call in a statement entitled:…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let Meta Platforms Inc's WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the WhatsApp messaging app to install spy software allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists…

Six journalists in South Sudan have been arrested by the national security service over the circulation of a viral video appearing to show President Salva Kiir wetting himself. In December, a video showing  Kiir urinating on himself as the national anthem played at a…

U.S. House Republican leader, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, of California has been elected House Speaker in a dramatic and historic 15th vote after midnight on Saturday morning. The election of McCarthy has ended four days of bitter intraparty battles among Republicans and put to…

The new US Congress was thrown into chaos on its very first day Tuesday as rebel right-wing Republicans moved to block party favorite Kevin McCarthy from becoming speaker of the House of Representatives. The California congressman needed a simple majority to be elected…

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is set to seek authorisation from the Pre-Trial Chamber of the court to open an investigation into cases of abduction of schoolchildren in several parts of northern Nigeria. The investigation will also cover the closure…

A court in Senegal has sentenced two lawmakers to six months in jail for assaulting their pregnant colleague during a parliamentary session. During a budget presentation on December 1, Massata Samb, an opposition member of parliament, walked over and slapped Amy Gniby, a member…

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced on Saturday. Pope Francis recently informed the world that the former pontiff was “very sick”. The German-born late pope passed away on Saturday morning in his residence at the…

The World Bank Group has said that the estimated per capita income growth of 0.7 per cent for Nigeria and the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa in 2022 is insufficient to meet the challenging goals of poverty reduction and shared prosperity in the…

Nigerian teachers who migrate to the United Kingdom from February 2023 will attract at least £28,000 annual remuneration. According to the data obtained from the website of the government of the United Kingdom, www.gov.uk, which offered guidance to non-UK citizens who want to…