Residents of Jiddari Polo in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital were attacked yesterday by Boko Haram insurgents. The attack happened a few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari paid a condolence visit...

About 16 members of the same family were burnt to death by bandits who invaded Bakali village in Fatika District of  Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Tuesday. The bandits were said to have...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed former Super Eagles defender and skipper, Joseph Yobo as assistant coach of the team. Yobo will replace Imama Amapakabo in the technical crew of the...

A new form of virus having almost no recognisable genes has been discovered by scientists in Brazil. This “mysterious” virus collected from amoebae in an artificial lake in Brazil was considerably...

Nigerian highlife legend, Sir Victor Olaiya has passed on in Lagos at the age of 89 after a brief illness. He died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, on Wednesday. A gifted trumpeter, Olaiya...

Nigeria’s Minister of  State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timpire Sylva on Wednesday disclosed that one billion barrels of crude oil have been discovered in the North-East region of the country. He...

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has imposed foreign exchange restriction on the importation of milk into the country. According to the CBN, the decision was in line with its objective to increase the...

The World Health Organization has named the new coronavirus as Covid-19. “We now have a name for the disease and it’s Covid-19,” WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in...

Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is currently in Kenya as Nigeria’s representative to the funeral of Kenya’s former President and elder statesman,  Daniel Arap Moi. This was...

According to Forbes, for the ninth year in a row, Aliko Dangote of Nigeria is the wealthiest person in Africa, with an estimated net worth of $10.1billion. In Forbes latest ranking, Dangote’s present...

Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has said he is certain that the bill ratifying the South West security outfit, also known as Amotekun will be signed by Friday. Fayemi stated this in his office...

The Supreme court has dismissed the appeal filed by Senator Heineken Lokpobiri challenging the declaration of David Lyon as the flag bearer of the APC in Bayelsa State. In a unanimous judgment read by...

The Pentagon on Monday said that 109 U.S service members were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries as after effects of the Iranian ballistic missile attack on a U.S military base in Iraq last month. Iran’s...

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the killing of innocent passengers by Boko Haram terrorists in Auno, Borno state. He also commiserated with families of victims. According to the Nigerian Army,...

The Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi has told journalists that only ten people were killed on Sunday night in the fresh Boko Haram attack at Auno, a town 25 kilometres...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has stated that it would expand its operational footprints across the globe, saying the move would enable the corporation boost its global profile. The...

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday granted former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke bail in the sum of N50m with one surety in like sum. Justice...

The Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District,  Ignatius Longjan, is dead. He died in a Turkish hospital. He served in different political capacities. He was once the deputy governor of Plateau...

The Northern Elders Forum led by Professor Ango Abdullahi on Sunday said President Muhammadu Buhari has failed Nigerians in the area of security as well as piloting the affairs of the Nigerian nation. The...

Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika and the country’s electoral commission have formally filed an appeal against a court ruling that overturned his election victory last year. After six months of hearings...