President Muhammadu Buhari has said focus on job creation, consistency in policy and innovation helped a lot in stimulating a five percent growth of the Nigerian economy in the second quarter of 2021,...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed all banks in the country to publish the names and Bank Verification Number (BVN) of defaulters of its forex policy. This was disclosed in a circular issued...

The United States on Monday completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war. More than 123,000 people were evacuated from Kabul in a massive but chaotic airlift by the United...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has released eight of the 12 aides of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, in its custody. Lawyer to the detainees, Pelumi Olajengbesi,...

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on returning from Abuja on Sunday, after participating in a series of meetings of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, visited the ESUT Teaching Hospital, Parklane,...

Streets and major roads in Enugu, the Enugu State capital are this morning bereft of human and vehicular traffic. thi There are very few places where bus and tricycle operators are making swift runs and...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has expressed its readiness to embark on another round of industrial action following what it called the failure of the Federal Government to implement an agreement...

Rocket fire apparently targeting Kabul’s international airport struck a nearby neighbourhood on Monday, the eve of the deadline for American troops to withdraw from the country’s longest war...

Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has relaxed the curfews imposed on parts of the state due to insecurity. The Governor, in a broadcast on Monday, said the 24-hour curfew on Jos North is now to be...

Legendary Nigerian highlife musician, Sir Victor Uwaifo died on Saturday at the age of 80 in Benin City. One of his children, Uwaifo Peter de Rock, broke the news of the demise of the Professor of Visual...

Following the Presidential applause for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on its posting of ₦287bn profit after tax in the 2020 financial year, the Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele...

Manchester United has announced that it has reached agreement with Juventus for the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo. This was made known by Manchester United via its official website. Read the statement...

The death toll from two blasts at Kaul’s airport has risen to 72, two officials who worked in the ministry of health until the Taliban takeover told AFP on Friday. “There are many women and children...

Gunmen have freed over 100 pupils kidnapped from an Islamic seminary in Niger State nearly three months ago, the school’s head teacher said on Thursday. The head teacher, Abubakar Alhassan did not say...

Nigeria’s domestic gas penetration aspirations have received a major boost as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Kaduna State Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 5.01% (year-on-year) in real terms in the second quarter of 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. This is according to the recently published...

Several persons are feared killed with many others injured after suspected herdsmen attacked Yelwa Zangam village in the Zangam District of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. The attack...

Serena Williams will not play in the U.S. Open because of an injury, she said Wednesday. “After careful consideration and following the advice of my doctors and medical team, I have decided to withdraw...

The Plateau State government has re-imposed a 24-hour curfew on Jos North Local Government Area (LGA). The 24-hour curfew earlier imposed in the council area was relaxed last week to dusk-to-dawn alongside...

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has confirmed speculations that he plans to run next year for the position of vice president. “I will run for vice president,” he said. “I’m worried about...