The agency explained that the pause in the application process was necessary to upgrade the portal to handle the high volume of applications.

Kenya dropped terror charges against prominent Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi following widespread condemnation, hitting him with a lesser charge.

General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, is currently meeting with the protesting retired police officers in Abuja.

Stock markets largely rose on Monday, as traders focused on upbeat US corporate news, but President Donald Trump's August 1 deadline for ramped-up tariffs still weighed on European indices.

The Nigeria Police Force on Monday said there were attempts by some individuals to hijack the peaceful protest against poor welfare by retired police officers in some parts of the state.

The Europeans had pledged support for the deal, but the mechanism intended to offset US sanctions never materialised and many exited Iran.

The ADC presidential candidate in the 2023 election, came in distant fifth in the 2023 poll with 81,919 total votes.

A Bangladeshi training fighter jet crashed into a school in the capital Dhaka on Monday, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens more.

Grief hung heavy over the National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute, where many of the more than 150 injured were rushed for treatment.

Allegri was brought in to replace Conceicao at the helm at the club, which he previously managed from 2010 to 2014.

Pope Leo spoke by phone on Monday to the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmud Abbas, about the conflict in Gaza and violence in the West Bank, the Vatican said. It was the first official ...

A French probe into alleged foreign interference and bias via the algorithm at Elon Musk-owned social network X is "politically motivated." ...