The Presidency on Friday denied reports that it has dissolved the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission. The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity,...

Nigeria has recorded 604 new cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 38,948. The 604 new cases are reported from 21 states- Lagos(203),...

China has ordered the United States to close its consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu. The move comes as a retaliation against Washington’s decision earlier this week to shut down the Chinese...

Tanzania’s former president, Benjamin William Mkapa, aged 81, has died. Incumbent president, John Pombe Magufuli announced the news of his death via a national broadcast. “I’m saddened by the death...

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Mali on a one-day visit. The visit is aimed at finding a political solution to the crisis in the country. The President’s arrival was confirmed in a tweet by...

Nigeria has recorded 543 new cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 38,344. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for...

Liverpool has been crowned Premier League Champions for the first time in 30 years. In the last home game of the season, Liverpool beat Chelsea 5-3 to record an 18th win in 19 league matches at Anfield....

Mr Eyitayo Jegede has been declared winner of the Ondo State People’s Democratic Party’s governorship primary election. Jegede polled a total of 888 votes to defeat other seven aspirants including...

Suspected members of the extremist Boko Haram Islamist sect have shot dead five persons believed to be humanitarian workers. The Boko Haram terrorist group released a video online purporting to show the...

Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi has tested positive for COVID-19. The governor confirmed his current status via his twitter handle.   I took my third Covid-19 test yesterday and it came back...

An earthquake with a magnitude of at least 7.4 struck the Alaskan Peninsula on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. The US Geological Survey put the quake’s magnitude at...

President Donald Trump admitted on Tuesday that the coronavirus will get worse in the United States before getting better. In a press conference that lasted about 30 minutes, Trump said he believed the...

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday imposed a curfew and reinstated strict measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus following a spike in that country’s cases in recent...

The Nobel Foundation, managers of  the Nobel Prizes, on Tuesday cancelled its traditional December banquet due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The Nobel week will not be as it usually is due to the current...

Nigeria recorded 576 new cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, within the past 24 hours. This brings the total number of recorded cases in the country to 37,801. The latest figures were disclosed by...

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Tuesday said the appointment and sacking of service chiefs was the perogative of President Buhari. Adesina said this in a statement...

The House of Representatives has asked the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to publish, within 48 hours, the names of members of the 9th National Assembly whom he claimed got...

Nigeria has recorded 562 new cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 37,225. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for...

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has emerged the winner of the Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary which took place on Monday. Akeredolu polled 2458 votes to defeat other nine aspirants...

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the passing away of his longtime friend, Malam Isa Funtua.  Isa Funtua died of cardiac arrest on Monday. He was  aged 78. President Buhari in a...