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Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others were killed today when their charter aircraft crashed in flames, Indian aviation authorities said. Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, described the deputy chief minister’s death as “shocking and saddening.”

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has approved the payment of over ₦12 billion as January salaries for FCT workers following a court ruling that suspended the ongoing strike by the workforce.

Rwanda has filed an arbitration case against the United Kingdom over the cancellation of a controversial asylum agreement scrapped by Prime Minister Keir Starmer in 2024. Under the deal, agreed upon before Starmer took office, Britain was to pay Rwanda to accept migrants who arrived illegally in the United Kingdom. […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the recruitment of 1,000 youths from Plateau State as forest guards to strengthen security across the state. The approval was announced on Tuesday by Vice President Kashim Shettima as he stated that the recruitment is aimed at improving safety in rural communities, particularly areas […]

The Nigerian Government has released N50 billion from the N200 billion Needs Assessment Fund (NAF) agreed with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), as part of efforts to improve infrastructure and learning conditions in public universities.

The Federal Government has announced plans to deploy retired military personnel to help secure Nigeria’s ungoverned spaces, as part of a broader strategy to strengthen national security and stimulate economic activities in conflict-affected areas.

US President Donald Trump has warned that Washington would withdraw its support for Iraq if former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is reinstated, escalating pressure as Iraqi political blocs work to form a new government. Trump said Iraq would be making a very bad decision by backing al-Maliki, who was recently […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has criticised the National Industrial Court’s ruling that suspended the ongoing strike by Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) workers, describing it as failing to address alleged violations of labour and welfare laws. FCTA workers began an indefinite strike on 19 January over unpaid pension and […]

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has criticised the Nigerian military for failing to apologise to Nigerians after initially denying reports of a coup plot, only to later confirm that some officers were allegedly involved in an attempt to overthrow the government. Falana made the […]