France has announced new COVID-19 measures in a bid to curb a surge in infections as concern rises worldwide over the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. From January 3, working from home will be mandatory...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa’s struggle against apartheid who was revered as his nation’s conscience by both Black and white, died on Sunday...

The Federal Government has declared free train rides for citizens from Dec.24 to Jan 4, 2022. Mr Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) disclosed this in an interview on Friday...

At least five people were killed on Thursday after three explosions rocked Maiduguri the Borno State Capital. The blasts which come a few hours before President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state...

Nigeria on Wednesday reported 4,035 COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily infection tally since the start of the pandemic nearly two years ago. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed...

No fewer than 70 travellers have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road on Wednesday. Officials of the Kaduna State Police Command say they have however rescued 48 of the...

A brawl broke out on the floor of Ghana’s parliament late on Monday as lawmakers debated a proposed tax on electronic transactions that has divided the house for weeks. The 1.75% e-levy, which would...

Israel has announced it will offer a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to health workers and people older than 60. A Health Ministry expert panel recommended the fourth shot late on Tuesday, a decision...

A landslide on Wednesday at a jade mine in northern Myanmar killed one person and left more than 70 others missing, according to a civil society group and local media reports. The disaster, in the Hpakant...

The Federal Government has reinstated Emirates’ winter flight schedule to Nigeria following the offering of daily slots to Air Peace at the Dubai Airports, DXB. This is contained in a letter to the Emirates...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a 2022 budget of N17.126 trillion against the N16.391 trillion estimate presented by the president. The Senate is also expected to pass the appropriation...

President Muhammadu Buhari has officially written the National Assembly, rejecting the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The rejection was conveyed in letters read in the two chambers of the National Assembly...

The World Health Organisation says there is now “consistent evidence” that the Omicron variant was outpacing Delta, as COVID-19 continues to account for around 50,000 deaths worldwide every week. WHO...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday stated that Nigeria has entered the fourth wave of coronavirus disease following a 500 per cent increase in the number of cases in the past two weeks. This...

Israel’s health ministry Sunday recommended banning Israelis from travelling to the United States, and added several European countries to its Covid “red list”, aimed at containing the...

The death toll from Sunday’s attack on communities in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State has risen to 38. The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed...

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on patrol have intercepted 34 children along the Okene-Lokoja Expressway in Kogi State. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, who confirmed this...

All Progressives Congress stalwart, Bola Tinubu, says he will not reject calls to contest for the Presidency in 2023. Tinubu stated this in Abuja on Tuesday after a meeting with members of the Northern...

A member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Hon Rilwanu Aminu Gadagau, has been killed allegedly by bandits. Gadagau was Chairman, Committee on Local Government and Rural Development, in the State...

The Federal Government has confirmed that the United Arab Emirates has conceded seven flight slots to Nigeria’s carrier, Air Peace. The move follows the withdrawal of Emirates’ 21-slot winter schedule...