The Supreme Court on Friday upheld an earlier judgment of the Court of Appeal which okayed the deregistration of National Unity Party and 73 others. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has kicked off construction work in the Port Harcourt Refinery rehabilitation project with a firm commitment not to fail Nigerians. A statement by the...

The Japanese government decided Friday to expand the COVID-19 state of emergency beyond Tokyo and the Osaka region and extend it to May 31 in an effort to bring down infections and ease the strain on hospitals. Prime...

Nigeria on Thursday recorded 28 new cases of COVID-19. To date, 165,301, cases have been confirmed, 155,424 cases have been discharged and 2,065 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended indefinitely its Naira 4-dollar scheme for diaspora remittances which was introduced a few months ago. This disclosure is contained in a statement issued...

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority, Hadiza Usman to step aside from her role. The suspension of Usman is to allow the panel of inquiry which is to...

An unspecified number of students of Abia State University Uturu, ABSU, have been reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen. According to a statement signed by the State’s Commissioner of Information, John...

The National Directorate on Employment, NDE, Enugu State has embarked on the training of 34 Enugu youths on acquisition of skills on Soft Landscaping and Hard Landscaping under the Environmental Beautification...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday sentenced Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier turned commander of the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, to 25 years in prison for...

FIFA confirmed on Thursday that the 2022 World Cup qualifiers scheduled for Africa during June have been postponed until September due to the coronavirus and stadiums not meeting international standards. There...

The National Examinations Council (NECO) on Thursday released results for the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination for external candidates. The board’s Registrar, Prof Godswill Obioma, disclosed...

Gunmen on Thursday killed two Inspectors in Obosi Police station, Idemili North local government area of Anambra State during an attack. They also razed the station and two operational vehicles. The attack...

Pastor Dare Adeboye, son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Enoch Adeboye, is dead. He was 42. Dare Adeboye, who was a pastor of one of the branches of the church,...

Chelsea set up an all-English Champions League final with Manchester City after beating Real Madrid 2-0 at Stamford Bridge in the semi-final second leg, going through 3-1 on aggregate.Timo Werner and Mason...

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 52 new cases of the COVID-19 virus bringing the total number of infections recorded in Nigeria to 165,273. The country also recorded two new deaths on Wednesday which brings...

President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the release of the abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Afaka, Kaduna State. Buhari in a statement issued on Wednesday by his spokesman,...

Seven weeks after their abduction, 27 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, have been released. Mr Abdullahi Usman, who is the Chairman of the Parents’ Committee,...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved more than $8.29 million as well as N3 billion for execution of various electricity projects in the country. This was disclosed to State House Correspondents...

Canada has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children 12 to 15 years old. The vaccine was initially approved for use in those aged 16 and older in December, and Health Canada received an...

Former president of the United States, Donald Trump, will remain blocked from Facebook after a ruling from the company’s independent oversight board. But it criticised the permanent nature of the ban...