The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, is dead. The Deputy National Secretary of the party, Kennedy Chigozie, who confirmed the demise of the Chairman, said he died...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned 15 people, including Republican allies, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre...

The Federal Government has declared Friday 25th and Monday 28th December 2020 as public holidays. Also declared as a public holiday is Friday, January 1, 2021. The holidays which are traditional are to...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday suspended its strike action which started in March 2020. ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi, made the announcement during a briefing by...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the mandate of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 until March 2021. He gave the approval on Tuesday at a meeting with members of the task force...

The Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has commended the Mallam Mele Kyari-led management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). According to the commission,...

Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, a leading Nigerian independent energy company listed on both the Nigerian Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange has announced a Crude Purchase Agreement...

The Federal Government has extended registration for the National Identity Number (NIN) by up to six weeks, from Dec. 30 to Feb. 9, 2021. The National Task Force on the NIN and Subscriber Identification...

 The Federal Government has imposed new restrictions due to the rise of COVID-19 cases in the country. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, announced this on...

Several countries have banned or will ban flights and travellers from the UK after the British government said on Sunday that the spread of a more infectious new strain of the coronavirus was now “out...

Nigeria’s National Assembly has passed the 2021 national budget raising the proposed estimate of N13.082 trillion to N13.588 trillion. The fiscal document is predicated on oil benchmark of $40 per...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has revoked the operating licenses of 42 microfinance banks in the country. The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation made this known on Friday in an announcement on its website...

In keeping with its resolve to deepen its compliance with the transparency standards dictated by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) as a Supporting Company, the Nigerian National...

Burundi’s former president, Pierre Buyoya has died in Paris of Covid-19 at the age of 71. His death came a few weeks  after he resigned as the African Union’s special envoy to Mali and the...

Hundreds of schoolboys who were kidnapped last Friday from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara are now back in Katsina State. They arrived Government House Katsina on Thursday night. They were...

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has tested positive for the dreadful coronavirus, COVID-19. The Director of Press and Publicity to the governor, Dr Makut Macham, disclosed this in a statement on...

French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, the presidency said. “The president tested positive for COVID-19 today,” it said in a statement, adding that he had been...

The Lagos State Government has directed public and private schools in the state to vacate on Friday, December 18. This was contained in a statement, on Thursday, titled ‘LASG directs schools to vacate...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate opening of four land borders. The borders are Seme in the SouthWest, Illela in the NorthWest, Maigatari in the NorthWest, and Mfun in the South-South. The...

The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said that Nigerians should expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of January 2021. He stated this on Wednesday during the 28th Federal Executive...