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[Leadership] Uyo — Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested two armed robbery and kidnapping kingpins, alleged to have abducted one person and killed another in Ikot Itienang village,

[Leadership] A group, the Tijaniyyah Muslim Students’ Association of Nigeria (TIMSAN), has called on the federal government to investigate credible allegations of extremist preaching and radicalisation across Nigeria’s religious landscape.

[Leadership] The Bauchi State Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has approved the appointment of seven officers as Upper Shari’a Court Judges.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani released videos in three languages to highlight a program that offers free theater tickets to high school students. His Mandarin earned some praise.

The African Union is seeking progress in Sudan, but must overcome deep battlefield and diplomatic divisions.

UN Special Rapporteur Albanese warns that Israel is ‘using settlers to advance ethnic cleansing’ in the West Bank.

A top UN official says ‘speed, scale, and solidarity’ needed ‘before this virus gets even further ahead of us’.

Emotional reunions greeted 35 Palestinians prisoners released by Israel into Gaza.

Mir Hussain has been followed by TV cameras since he was a child, and managed to deliver love and laughter alongside his struggle. Now his previous Bafta-winning documentary gets an update Mir

China has established the first scheduled transit through the northern sea route, but questions remain over the environmental and political risks When Marco Rubio suggested that the world should look to new