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The problems echo a broader pattern across the US, where watchdogs and courts have flagged overcrowding, poor sanitation, and blocked access to counsel in ICE facilities from Arizona to Louisiana. …

A resident of South Lake Tahoe in California has tested positive for the plague, local authorities announced this week. A statement released on Tuesday by health officials in El Dorado …

Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has suspended 87 government officials for failing to attend an official function. Those suspended include commissioners, senior special assistants, special assistants, and permanent secretaries. …

When the Olympic Stadium in Rabat hosts the final of the CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 2024 on Saturday, 26 July, it won’t just be Nigeria and Morocco …

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has effectively barred transgender women from competing in women’s sports, telling the federations overseeing swimming, athletics and other sports …

A record number of Lagos residents at the weekend gathered at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Onikan for the eighth edition of Keep-Fit-Lagos, a state-backed fitness programme promoting physical and …

Becky Morton Political reporter Jeff Overs/BBC Nigel Farage has accused some council officials of obstructing the work of Reform UK councillors, as he defended the way the party is running …

Topline While President Donald Trump scrambles to fend off scrutiny about his relationship to Jeffrey Epstein and the demand for the full release of the Epstein files, one of his …

The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2023 election, Dumebi Kachikwu, has accused the Atiku Abubakar-led coalition of offering N20 million to state chairpersons of the …

One administration official is leading a government-run cultural institution in Washington as he conducts diplomatic talks with foreign countries. Another is in charge of two agencies, each with multibillion-dollar budgets …