Homepage News from Tuesday, March 24th, 2026

As the world marks World Water Day 2026, the Our Water, Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) warned that water privatisation could disproportionately affect women and girls across Africa.

The Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (Rtd), has charged newly promoted Deputy Inspectors-General and Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to adopt strategic leadership and strong corporate governance to reform the Nigeria Police Force.

Fresh concerns have emerged over the assets of former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, after operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission attempted to seize his Maitama residence in Abuja on Tuesday.

A group known as Lagos State Prominent Indigenes has called on the ruling All Progressives Congress to reserve the state’s governorship position for native Lagosians in the 2027 election.

Heavy security was deployed around the Federal High Court in Kaduna on Tuesday as the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) arraigned former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai.

A court in California has ordered veteran American entertainer, Bill Cosby, to pay more than $19 million to a woman who accused him of drugging and sexually assaulting her more than five decades ago.

The Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has warned that the ongoing Middle East crisis could force Nigeria and other African countries to reintroduce work-from-home measures similar to those used during the COVID-19 pandemic.

At least 34 people have been killed and dozens injured after a Colombian military plane crashed shortly after takeoff in the southern part of the country.

No fewer than eight people have been killed in Niger State after a vehicle struck a bomb allegedly planted on a road by terrorists.

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arraigned factional Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Tajudeen Baruwa, over the forceful takeover of the union’s national secretariat in Abuja.