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    Placards and slogans against France that surfaced in demonstrations against impeached President Andry Rajoelina this week exposed deep resentment against the former colonial power.   “France out,” “Rajoelina and Macron out,” said banners after French media reported that the president had fled on a French military plane as ...

      Singer, Seyi Shay, has revealed the reasons for her isolation for over four years, citing the need to reflect on her life and personal growth.   In an interview with Chude Jideonwo seen by PUNCH Online on Thursday, the singer said the isolation helped her operate on ...

Inflation drops to 18.02% in six-month streak Nigeria’s headline inflation rate eased to 18.02 per cent in September compared to 20.12 per cent in August 2025, indicating the sixth consecutive month of deceleration in inflation. This was disclosed by the National Bureau of Statistics in the latest Consumer Price Index ...

Senate Set to Screen new INEC Chairman, Amupitan Today The Senate will today (Thursday) screen  Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan for the position of Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The announcement was contained in a circular issued on Wednesday by the Director of Information for the Senate, Bullah ...

    The Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics has debunked rumours that its members are on strike.   The association clarified its position in a statement jointly signed by its President, Dr Nosa Lancy-Orhue; Secretary-General, Dr Abdulrahman Shehu; and National Liaison Officer/Organising Secretary, Dr Muhammad Askira, on Wednesday ...

    Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina on Tuesday dissolved the national assembly, pre-empting an opposition-led vote to force him out of office over the island nation’s spiralling political crisis.   Rajoelina has faced over two weeks of deadly street clashes, led largely by young demonstrators furious with the ruling elite, ...

        The Joint Task Force Operation Enduring Peace has dismissed as “propaganda” a viral video in which a clergyman, identified as Rev. Dachomo, alleged a mass mobilisation of Fulani fighters through Nyerwai village in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, Plateau State, and accused security forces of collusion. ...

      No fewer than 117 beneficiaries from northern Nigeria have departed for Algeria to pursue various academic programmes under a fully funded study scholarship facilitated by the Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Foundation.   Speaking during a send-forth and orientation ceremony organised for the beneficiaries in Bauchi, the Chairman ...

    Air France said Tuesday it would extend the suspension of its flights to Madagascar at least until Friday because of unrest in the African country.   “The resumption of operations will remain subject to a daily assessment of the situation on the ground,” the French national airline told ...

      US President Donald Trump landed in Israel aboard Air Force One on Monday as a first group of Israeli hostages returned home from Gaza after two years’ captivity.   The US leader was greeted on a red carpet at Ben Gurion airport by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin ...