Around 10,000 of 80,000 planned Tokyo 2020 Olympic volunteers have quit, organisers have revealed, as they battle persistent doubts over the games with just 50 days until the opening ceremony. Tokyo 2020...

Gunmen riding motorcycles on Thursday hijacked a school bus at Oba Ile Estate in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. It is not yet clear how many pupils were inside the bus. Eyewitnesses said...

The Governing Board of the National Examinations Council (NECO) has approved the appointment of Mr Ebikibina John Ogborodi as new acting Registrar. The appointment followed the death of the Registrar,...

A Senior Special Assistant to Benue Governor Samuel Ortom on Security, Christopher Dega, has been shot dead. Mr Dega, a retired police officer, was killed in Jos, the Plateau State capital. According to...

The African Union has suspended Mali’s membership in response to last week’s military coup and threatened sanctions if a civilian-led government is not restored, it said in a statement on...

A 41-year-old man in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu has been confirmed as the first human case of infection with a rare strain of bird flu known as H10N3, Beijing’s National Health Commission...

President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House, Abuja While some of the cabinet members are physically present at the council chamber, others...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved a COVID-19 vaccine made by Sinovac Biotech for emergency use listing, the second Chinese-produced shot to get its endorsement, a WHO statement said on Tuesday. A...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu. Professor Yakubu was joined by five INEC commissioners at...

The Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examination Council (NECO), Professor Godswill Obioma, is dead. Obioma’s death was announced in a statement on Tuesday by his son, Prince Godswill Obioma...

President Muhammdu Buhari, on Tuesday, forwarded the name of Major General Farouk Yahaya, to the Senate for screening and confirmation for appointment as the Chef of Army Staff (COAS). Senate President...

Details have now emerged about the identity of the man who shot in Enugu around the Ebeano Tunnel bypass near the State Diagnostic Centre on Garden Avenue, GRA, Enugu. The shooting occurred around 5 pm...

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has condemned the gruesome assassination of  former presidential aide and APC chieftain, Barr. Ahmed Gulak by unknown gun men in Imo State on Sunday, May 30, 2021. Ohanaeze...

Naomi Osaka has dropped out of the French Open one day after officials threatened to expel her from the tournament if she continued to refuse to speak to the media after her matches. The tennis star...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has revealed that it is currently considering equity participation in a number of private refineries in the country in line with a Federal Government policy...

Fearing South Africa will soon face a third wave of Covid-19, President Cyril Ramaphosa reimposed stricter measures in the country. Four of the nation’s nine provinces, including Gauteng which includes...

At least two people were killed and more than 20 injured in Miami early on Sunday as attackers opened fire on concertgoers outside a banquet hall. It was the city’s second deadly mass shooting in little...

At least 200 students of an Islamiyya school located at Tegina in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have been abducted. One person was shot dead while another lays critically injured after gunmen...

The Imo State Police Command has neutralised the killers of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Gulak, and recovered ammunition and vehicles from them. Its spokesman, Bala Elkana...

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has seized jewellery worth N14 billion from former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke. The EFCC Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, made this...