A younger brother of the Deputy Governor of Edo State identified as Frederick Shaibu has been kidnapped by gunmen while taking his kids to school at Irhiri in Benin City. As of the time of filing this...

Former President of Mali, Amadou Toumani Toure has died at the age of 72, a family member said on Tuesday. “Amadou Toumani Toure died during the night of Monday to Tuesday in Turkey where he had...

Peru’s Congress voted Monday to impeach and oust President Martin Vizcarra over allegations that he took kickbacks from developers while serving as a regional governor in 2014. Vizcarra said he would...

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has said that a total of N195 billion has been disbursed to 270 exporters under the Export Expansion Grant (EEG) programme of the federal government. The figure is however...

The federal government on Monday gave a six-month timeline to its Committee on Disposal of Forfeited Assets to dispose of all  assets forfeited to the government. The Attorney General of the Federation...

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Youth Service Corps to ensure the enrolment of corps members in the National Health Insurance Scheme. The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier-General...

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has declared a nationwide strike. Oil workers under PENGASSAN were ordered by the association to vacate their duty posts. The...

Joe Biden has won the race to become the next US president, defeating incumbent Donald Trump. Major news networks project Biden has won the key battleground of Pennsylvania, pushing his electoral vote...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, has sworn in eight new Justices of the Supreme Court, pushing the number of judges of the apex court from 12 to a record 20. The CJN presided as the eight...

The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, says the plan by the Wike administration to limit available employment opportunities  in Government establishments to persons within the...

The Nigerian Senate on Thursday told State House officials to restrain President Muhammadu Buhari from embarking on foreign trips for medical treatment. The recommendation was given in order to ensure...

Ministers from the South West Zone of Nigeria have asked the Federal Government to launch a thorough investigation into the shooting at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos during last month’s #EndSARS protests...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the moves by some sections of the country to get the Federal Government to regulate the social media in Nigeria. The party in a statement issued by...

It is now apparent that some Nigerian lawyers and civil society organizations have reported what they considered to be crimes against humanity unleashed on peaceful protesters by security personnel during...

…Says No Fatalities or Injury The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), an upstream subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, has reported an explosion at a production facility...

US President Donald Trump has made allegations of voter ‘fraud’ in the country’s current presidential election and declared victory for himself even as important battleground states...

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives (EITI), a multi-stakeholder coalition that promotes extractives transparency and accountability in over 50 countries, has commended the Group Managing...

The National Bureau of Statistics on Monday said the sectoral distribution of Value Added Tax data for the third quarter of 2020 reflected that the sum of N 424. 71 bn was generated as VAT in Q 3 2020. This...

At least three people have died and 15 injured in a terror attack in Vienna, Austria’s interior minister, Karl Nehammer announced in a press conference early on Tuesday. Gunmen with computerized weapons...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has provisionally won a third term in office with 94.27% of the vote, the electoral commission announced early on Tuesday, after an election boycotted by the opposition. “Thus...