The path has been cleared for Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become the first woman and the first African to lead the World Trade Organization after South Korea’s candidate, Yoo Myung-hee...

The outbound flights of Emirates Airlines from Nigeria have been hit with a 72-hour suspension by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. This was contained in a circular issued on February 4 which stated...

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of Mr Mohammed Adamu as Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) by three months. Adamu was due to retire from the police last Monday having...

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated the immediate past service chiefs of the nation as ambassadors. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, disclosed this in...

The refusal of cattle herders in Ondo State to comply with the orders of the State government has led to the arrest of about 37 herdsmen and 5000 cattle. The arrest was made by the Amotekun Corps in...

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 1,138 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 134,690. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...

Angered by the take-over of their farmlands by armed herdsmen, the women of Epie and Atisa communities in Bayelsa State have staged a peaceful protest. The women barricaded the Edepie roundabout axis...

The Federal Executive Council has approved a memo from the Ministry of Education for the establishment of 20 new private universities across the Nigeria. The 20 new private universities are to be given...

Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 1,634 cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 133,552. 107551 cases have been discharged and 1613 deaths in total have been recorded...

The Ekiti State government has said it has begun the implementation of the state’s Anti-Grazing Law. The state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Olabode Adetunji who spoke on behalf of...

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for giving the Corporation’s Management free-hand to deliver...

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned the arraignment of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu over alleged N7.1bn fraud. Council to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, Mr Chima Okoronma...

Nigeria has recorded six new cases of the B117 strain of COVID-19 bringing the number of cases in the country to seven. Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Chikwe Ihekweazu...

The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the sum of N200m to support the ongoing COVID-19 patient management and treatment efforts of the two Federal Treatment Centres in the state. This,...

The ongoing National Identification Number and Subscriber Identity Module integration exercise has been extended by eight weeks, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday morning. The new deadline is ...

The Lagos State Government on Sunday banned the gathering of more than 50 persons in an enclosed space as the state continues to battle a second wave of the pandemic. This was disclosed in a statement...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 1,883 new cases of COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of infected people in the country to 130,557. The NCDC disclosed this...

The Lagos State Government says it has reduced the tuition fees for students of Lagos State University. The information was conveyed on Friday via the Twitter handle of the Office of the Special Adviser...

President Muhammadu Buhari has communicated the appointment of the new military Service Chiefs to the National Assembly and is seeking the confirmation of the Senate. The communication was done through...

After 13 years of legal wrangling, an appeals court in The Hague has ruled that Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary must pay compensation for oil spills on land in two villages named Goi and Oruma It also...