Several property have been destroyed in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State by  protesters following Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling announcing  Douye Diri as winner of the November 16, 2019 governorship election...

The death toll from China’s corona virus epidemic neared 1,400 on Friday with six medical workers among the victims. The National Health Commission said 121 more deaths were recorded yesterday, as...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said that the results and data of the 1999 and 2003 general elections in Nigeria were missing. This was disclosed by INEC National Commissioner...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has just declared the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 governorship election in Bayelsa State, Senator Duoye...

Less than 24 hours to his swearing-in, the Supreme Court on Thursday nullified the electoral victory of Mr David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress as Bayelsa State’s governor-elect. Also sacked...

The Nigerian Federal Government has acquired necessary reagents to test for suspected cases of the new corona virus in Nigeria. This was disclosed by the  Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire at a...

WhatsApp has two billion users around the world, up from 1.5 billion by the end of 2017, the company announced on Wednesday. This means WhatsApp harnessed 500 million new customers within two years. The...

Malawi’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday threw out an appeal by President Peter Mutharika to suspend the enforcement of the annulment of the last presidential elections. The court ruled that the first...

Airbus on Thursday reported a net loss of 1.36 billion euros in 2019 after being hit by a 3.6 billion euro fine over a bribery scandal and extra development costs for the A400M transport aircraft. The...

Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) has signed an agreement with Galp Trading SA to supply one million tonnes of LNG per year. Nigeria had earlier signed a deal with Eni and Total Gas & Power for...

Residents of Jiddari Polo in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital were attacked yesterday by Boko Haram insurgents. The attack happened a few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari paid a condolence visit...

About 16 members of the same family were burnt to death by bandits who invaded Bakali village in Fatika District of  Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Tuesday. The bandits were said to have...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed former Super Eagles defender and skipper, Joseph Yobo as assistant coach of the team. Yobo will replace Imama Amapakabo in the technical crew of the...

A new form of virus having almost no recognisable genes has been discovered by scientists in Brazil. This “mysterious” virus collected from amoebae in an artificial lake in Brazil was considerably...

Nigerian highlife legend, Sir Victor Olaiya has passed on in Lagos at the age of 89 after a brief illness. He died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, on Wednesday. A gifted trumpeter, Olaiya...

Nigeria’s Minister of  State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timpire Sylva on Wednesday disclosed that one billion barrels of crude oil have been discovered in the North-East region of the country. He...

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has imposed foreign exchange restriction on the importation of milk into the country. According to the CBN, the decision was in line with its objective to increase the...

The World Health Organization has named the new coronavirus as Covid-19. “We now have a name for the disease and it’s Covid-19,” WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in...

Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is currently in Kenya as Nigeria’s representative to the funeral of Kenya’s former President and elder statesman,  Daniel Arap Moi. This was...

According to Forbes, for the ninth year in a row, Aliko Dangote of Nigeria is the wealthiest person in Africa, with an estimated net worth of $10.1billion. In Forbes latest ranking, Dangote’s present...