The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday ordered civil servants from Grade Level 14 and below to work from home. The governor gave the directive...
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday re-imposed restrictions on worship centres over spike in COVID-19 cases in the state. The governor, who gave the...
A tanker loaded with a petroleum product exploded at Iyagankun area of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Friday. Several shops and a car were razed in the...
The South Africa’s Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshega, said on Friday at least 1, 493 teachers have died from COVID-19 in the country. The minister,...
Manager Manuel Baum has been shown the exit door by struggling German Bundesliga club, Schalke, just 79 days after taking charge. With the club bottom of...
Discussions on social media Friday covered a range of issues sequel to the release of abducted school boys in Katsina state, which had caused Nigeria a...
Mrs. Olamide Erinfolami, the widow of a police inspector killed during the #EndSARS protest in Lagos has demanded justice over her husband’s death. The slain police...
A former Burundi President, Pierre Buyoya, has died from COVID-19 complications. Ex-president Buyoya’s death was confirmed by his cousin and a diplomatic source to BBC on...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared its readiness to challenge the nullification of the former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with the abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. The president, who met the students at the...
The co-convener of the BringBackOurGirls campaign, Aisha Yesufu has questioned the rationale behind the use of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) to negotiate the...
Nigerian singer, Stanley Omah Didia aka Omah Ley has taken to Twitter to recount his ugly experience in Uganda after he was arrested in the capital...
Some of the 344 freed students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara local government area of Katsina State, have revealed that the bandits who kidnapped...
The Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has faulted the use of Miyetti Allah to negotiate the release of students of the Government Science Secondary School in the...
The Adamawa State Government has directed all public and private schools across the state to immediately end the first term academic session today, Friday, December 18,...
Elders in the South-East region under the auspices of Conference of Igbo Elders for Peace and Development (CIEPD) have taken a swipe at the recently formed...
The Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by the Rivers State government on the activities of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and related offences, has sacked...
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has reacted to the abduction and release of 344 schoolboys from the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara local...
No fewer than nine members of the Boko Haram and Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists have been killed in two encounters by troops of...
Some of the 344 students of Government Science Secondary School in Kankara local government area of Katsina State who regained freedom on Thursday from their abductors,...
The Cross River State Commissioner of Police, Abdulkadir Jimoh, has reportedly died of Covid-19. The late commissioner was said to have died at the University of...
The President of the United State, Donald Trump says he is highly disappointed at the country’s Supreme Court after the apex court rejected a lawsuit filed...
A former Member of Parliament in the Cameroonian ruling party, the Cameroon Peoples Democratic Movement (CPDM), Blama Malla, has been arrested for allegedly having links with...
The United States has continued to oppose Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s bid to become the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), suggesting that the process to...
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has gone into isolation, after undergoing test for covid-19. This information was disclosed via the governor’s official twitter handle @AWTambuwal,...
The convoy of Emir of Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, Alhaji Sanusi Muhammad was reportedly attacked on Friday, with eight people killed, and other injured. Unknown gunmen...
These latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. FlexClub launches drive-to-buy model Local car tech startup FlexClub has launched...
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to do everything within his powers to secure the release of the schoolgirls kidnapped...
A first class monarch in Kogi State, Shaibu Usman, has been reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen, in the early hours of Friday. Usman who is currently...
Oil prices dropped from nine-month highs on Friday, with escalating coronavirus infections viewed as a threat to near-term fuel demand and a stronger U.S. dollar also...
Minister of Communications, Isa Pantami has ordered the National Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) to rescind the N20 charges imposed on...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government would continue to protect lives and property of all Nigerians. stated this in a...
Naira depreciated against the United States dollar on the black market on Thursday after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) introduced of a new policy, prohibiting...
The news of the release of the 344 students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State is no doubt...
Manchester United and England legend, Wayne Rooney said it was a proud day to see his son, Kai, sign for his former club. 11-year-old Kai was...
India’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has apprehended a Nigerian ‘professor’ Nwagwu Princewill Chika, on Thursday for possession of “intermediate quantity” of cocaine. NCB officers said the...
The 344 students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, who were released from captivity have arrived the State Government House where they were...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that there was need for Nigerians to come together in other to tackle the many challenges facing the country. He,...
A 62-year-old man, Olaoluwa Kusimo, has told the Ogun State judicial panel investigating the excesses of the now defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units...
The personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, says some Nigerians are not happy over the release of the 344 students of...
The United States (U.S.) on Thursday, after the release of the abducted students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, asked the Nigerian government...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Thursday declared it had initiated a joint review of Nigeria’s 10-year capital markets master plan in collaboration with Financial Sector...
The practice of journalism in Africa has recorded great successes through the years. But there have also been great challenges. One such challenge has been accessing...
Health authorities in the United States of America have approved the emergency use of Moderna vaccine as cases of the deady COVID-19 disease surpass 17 million...
In the last four years, the amount spent by Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, on importation of used vehicles, popularly known as ‘Tokunbo’, has risen by 983.3%...
A court in France has sentenced a Moroccan national identified as Ayoub el-Khazzani to life in prison over a foiled gun attack on a high-speed train...
The Senate has passed the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP). The lawmakers passed the 2021-23 MTEF/FSP after considering the harmonised...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) is not eligible to participate in the court-ordered re-run election into Magama/Rijau Federal...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday secured the jailing of two lawyers, Sogo Akinola and Feranmi Akinluyi for N24 million fraud. A Special...
Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has inaugurated his campaign support groups ahead of the...
