ABUJA, Nigeria — The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has publicly taken responsibility for the persistent presence of roaming cattle on the major roads and highways of Nigeria’s capital city. Speaking during a monthly media briefing in Abuja on Monday, 1 June...
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has arrested 1,691 motorists in a sweeping five-day nationwide enforcement blitz aimed at curbing dangerous loading practices and the use of fraudulent diplomatic number plates. The special intervention operation, codenamed...
ABUJA, Nigeria — The Nigeria Police Force has issued an urgent appeal for public calm following reports of fresh xenophobic attacks targeting Nigerian nationals in South Africa, warning against any illegal reprisal actions against South African businesses operating in Nigeria. The...
BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo — The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, has officially opened a major new Ebola treatment centre in the eastern Congolese city of Bunia. The provincial capital of Ituri has become the epicentre of a rapidly...
GUSAU, Nigeria — Operatives from the Zamfara State Police Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) have arrested a suspected notorious bandit leader and his top lieutenants during a tactical raid in the Kaura Namoda Local Government Area. The suspected gang leader, identified as Ali...
