The Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Kemebradikumo Pondei passed out this afternoon while being grilled by members of the House Committee on Niger Delta who are...

The government of the United Kingdom has entered partnerships with Pfizer and Valneva to secure doses of several promising COVID-19 vaccines and  COVID-19 neutralising antibody treatments from AstraZeneca. The...

Iran on Monday executed a former translator convicted of spying for the US and Israel, including helping to locate a top Iranian general killed later by the Americans, the judiciary said. The judiciary...

The Ballon d’Or will not be awarded this year due to the  conditions created by the coronavirus pandemic, the organisers, France Football announced on Monday. “There will be no edition in 2020,...

Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria has recorded 556 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 36,663. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria...

John Lewis, a respected pioneer of the civil rights movement and eminent member of the United States House of Representatives, died on Friday. Lewis, a member of Congress from Atlanta who had announced...

Nigeria has recorded 600 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of cases recorded in the country to 35,454. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via...

Nigeria’s inflation rate rose further to 12.56 per cent in June, as prices of basic food items surged. Inflation in Nigeria has been on the increase since August 2019 when the country shut its land...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has settled for the indirect mode of primaries for its July electoral exercise for the upcoming Ondo governorship election. Chairman of the Election Committee and...

The House Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission has summoned the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio. The committee issued the summons after the former acting Managing Director...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that Nigeria recorded 595 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 34,854. The specialist...

Nigeria has reported 643 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 34,259. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via...

Security operatives have surrounded the home of former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joi Nunieh, in Port Harcourt. Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike  moved...

The suspended Acting Chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has been released after 10 days in detention. He was released on Wednesday evening. Magu was arrested...

The Support Our Troop (SOT) Foundation organised a public lecture in commemoration of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day, celebrated annually on 15 January. The theme of the maiden public lecture was Improving...

  In the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic, many employees were sent by employers to work remotely. This is to reduce the risk of infection in public transport and in crowded places, such as...

Twelve directors of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been suspended with immediate effect. The notice of suspension was communicated to the Acting Chairman of the Commission, Mr...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has asked Tosin Ojaomo, who is counsel to former Acting EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, to direct the request for his client’s bail to the Presidential...

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a former Executive Director of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Captain Ezekiel Bala Agaba, to seven years in prison...

China has said it would retaliate after US President Donald Trump ordered an end to preferential trade treatment for Hong Kong. In a statement on Wednesday, China’s foreign ministry said it “firmly...