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Life expectancy is rising across Africa.  According to a BBC report, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said life expectancy is rising in Africa -- with people living nearly 10 years...

Muhammadu Sanusi II, the 14th Emir of Kano, says Nigeria is in a bigger mess than it was in 2015. According to THISDAY, Sanusi gave this verdict on the nation's...

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has asked for the support of Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire and other African countries as the war with Russia rages on. At a press conference on...

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former vice-president, has appointed Senator Dino Melaye and Dr Daniel Bwala as spokespersons for the presidential campaign. According to...

A high court in Akwa Ibom has sentenced Uduak Akpan to death for the murder of Iniobong Umoren, a jobseeker. Akpan had lured Umoren, who is a 26-year-old graduate of...

Suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have reportedly killed seven persons in Imo state. According to CSP Mike Abattam, Imo police spokesman, the armed men came in...

Archbishop Daniel Okoh, president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), says Nigerians will vote based on the credibility of the candidates and not on the viability of the political...

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have reportedly arrested a suspected Boko Haram leader in Abeokuta, Ogun state. According to Daily Trust, the suspected Boko Haram leader was...

I am concerned, but not shocked in any way, that the most prominent reaction to the interview that Arise News conducted last week with the presidential candidate of the Peoples’...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo used to be a chimera. His influence was mythical, yet sweeping. In the past, Nigeria was too small to contain his stature -- as he dominated...