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President Bola Tinubu has hailed the Supreme Court verdict that upheld his electoral victory at the February 25 presidential election. In a judgement delivered today October 26, the apex court dismissed the appeals filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party …

Protests in the Middle East reflect public anger at Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. Israel’s relentless bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip has killed and injured thousands, with entire communities left homeless. Many people in Arab nations are watching in horror, and thousands have taken part in protests across the Middle …

She shaded Davido and then deleted the post shortly after it was made. Big Brother Naija season seven winner, Ijeoma Josephina Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, has found herself on the wrong side of Twitter yet again after she clapped back at Davido’s fans who had been dragging her.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on Saturday, October 14 that member nations have agreed to increase their contributions to the global lender and give sub-Saharan Africa a third seat on its executive board at its first meeting in Africa since 1973. During talks by the IMF and World Bank …

Niger’s post-coup military rulers have demanded that the United Nations coordinator in the West African country leave within 72 hours.   In a statement posted Wednesday, October 11, The Nigerien foreign ministry said that the government had ordered Louise Aubin, the UN’s resident and humanitarian coordinator, “to take all necessary …

Manitoba became the first province in Canada to elect a government headed by a First Nations member on Tuesday, as broadcasters predicted a win for the left-of-center New Democratic Party, led by Wab Kinew, who is Anishinaabe. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation projected late Tuesday night that Mr. Kinew’s party had …

Claudia Duarte Agostinho, a 24-year-old ER nurse from western Portugal, gets stressed thinking about the reality of climate change. “Right now … the big impact that it’s having on my life is the anxiety it gives me daily,” she tells Al Jazeera. She is leading a group of six young …

Footballer, Jenni Hermoso has hit back at suggestions from Spain’s new women’s head coach Montse Tome that she wasn’t picked for the upcoming Nations League squad in an effort to ‘protect’ her. The midfielder is at the center of a media storm after former Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales kissed …

“This is not a Vanity Fair. This is a political body in which governments are represented,” he told UN News in an exclusive interview. “What matters is that [countries] are represented by someone that can [rise to] the present moment,” he said, and added: “So I’m not so worried about …

A “conversation has commenced” with North Korea over US Army Private Travis King, who crossed the border between North and South Korea last week in the demilitarized zone separating the two nations, the deputy commander of the United Nations Command (UNC) said Monday, July 24.   King, believed to be …