Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem has been confirmed as the President of the Court of Appeal. She was confirmed after a report of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters was presented by...

The Nigerian Senate has passed the N10.85 trillion revised 2020 nationl budget. The House of Representatives had passed the budget submitted by President Buhari on Wednesday. A breakdown of the figure...

The Nigerian Senate on Thursday asked the leadership of the National Assembly to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari and the country’s military chiefs over the recent killings by Boko Haram in...

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday affirmed the deregistration of 32 political parties Justice Anwuli Chikere dismissed the suit filed by the parties against the powers of the Independent National...

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the recent resurgence in Boko Haram killings in the country. He has also called on the Nigerian armed forces to strongly repel the attack on Faduma Kolomdi...

Nigeria recorded 409 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday. The latest figures bring the total number of cases in the country to 13,873. The latest figures were disclosed by the official twitter handle of...

The University of Ibadan has confirmed that Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki graduated from the institution. The university made this known in a press statement by its Registrar, Mrs Olubunmi O Faluyi,...

The Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development at the African Development Bank, Dr Jennifer Blanke, has resigned from her position. The bank disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement,...

The United States Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed General Charles Brown Jr as Chief of Staff of the US Air Force, making him the first Black officer to lead one of the nation’s military services. Vice...

Police affidavit on Wednesday says Lesotho’s former prime minister, Thomas Thabane and his wife made a down payment of $24,000 to assassins to kill his estranged wife, Lipolelo three years ago. Thomas...

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has passed the revised 2020 federal budget of N10.8 trillion from the initial N10.5 trillion submitted by the president. The lawmakers also approved President Muhammadu...

George Floyd, the African- American whose killing by police inspired worldwide protests calling for an end to racism and police brutality, was buried in a cemetery on Tuesday in his hometown of Houston,...

Swedish prosecutors on Wednesday named their main suspect in the 1986 killing of Prime Minister Olof Palme. Prosecutors also closed the probe into the murder case. The suspect was named as Stig Engstrom,...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday announced 663 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. This represents the highest number of infections confirmed in a day in...

At least 50 persons are feared dead following a fresh attack on Kadisau town in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. It was gathered that the bandits who were armed with sophisticated weapons...

Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died after suffering a cardiac arrest, the government of Burundi has said in a statement. He was admitted to hospital on Saturday after feeling...

Former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin who is facing murder charges in the fatal arrest of George Floyd, was granted bail Monday at his first court appearance. Chauvin is facing charges of second-degree...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Friday, June 12, 2020 as public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day celebration. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola announced this on Monday...

North Korea “will completely cut off and shut down the liaison line between the authorities of the North and the South, which has been maintained through the North-South joint liaison office…...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday, announced 315 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 12,801. 315 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-...