US biotech firm Moderna said Tuesday that trials had shown its Covid-19 vaccine is “highly effective” in adolescents aged 12-17 and the company would seek regulators’ approval in June. “We are...

The Enugu State Command of the Nigerian Police Force on Tuesday confirmed the killing of four cops and the burning of its Divisional Police Headquarters in Iwollo, Ezeagu Local Government Area of the state. The...

Malian soldiers unhappy with the new government announced by the transitional authorities took the president and prime minister by force on Monday to the Kati military camp, a few kilometres from Bamako,...

The Presidency has stated that the recent open grazing ban by southern governors is of questionable legality, citing constitutional freedom of movement rights. This was disclosed in a statement by the...

No fewer than 20 persons have died from cholera outbreak in Bauchi State. Commissioner of Health Dr. Aliyu Maigoro confirmed this at a briefing on Tuesday. According to him, the index case was a 37- year-...

Gunmen on Sunday night killed seven persons at Dong village in Plateau State killing seven persons. Plateau police spokesman ASP. Gabriel Ubah, confirmed the incident. He said: “On Sunday 23/05/2021...

The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) has published the names of 90 returning travellers who evaded the mandatory seven-day quarantine for persons arriving from restricted countries. A statement issued...

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the national flag be flown at half-mast in all public buildings, facilities, and official residences across the country. This was contained in a statement issued...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru has died in an air crash with some of his aides. According to locals, the ill fated plane had exploded and got burnt completely when it touched the...

The Federal Government has insisted that there will not be any increase in petrol price in the month of June. This disclosure is contained in a press statement issued and signed by the Minister of State...

The Nigerian Communications Commission has said Nigerians will have to submit the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) of their phones to it from July. The IMEI number is the mobile phone’s...

The Presidency has approved the decision of the Presidential Amnesty Office to conduct verification on 30,000 ex-agitators captured under the programme in the last 11 years. Mr Tonye Bobo, Member, Think-Thank...

Myanmar’s junta-appointed election commission will dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy Party (NLD) because of what it said was fraud in a November election, news outlet...

Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire Thursday, halting a bruising 11-day war that caused widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip, brought life in much of Israel to a standstill and left more than 200...

The Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has announced the revocation of all land titles in the state. The Governor made the announcement at the flag -off of the issuance of the electronic Certificates...

United States President Joe Biden signed anti-hate crime legislation on Thursday directing federal law enforcement to address a rise in violent attacks against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders during...

Microsoft said it is retiring Internet Explorer, the browser it created more than 25 years ago. “We are announcing that the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge,”...

Bandits have killed the eldest son of the Emir of Kontagora, Bashir Namaska, at his father’s farm alongside others working on the farm at Masuga village along the Kontagora-Rijau Road in Niger State. “It...

Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Court of Appeal Judge, Martha Koome as the East African country’s first woman Chief Justice and head of the judiciary. The announcement was made Wednesday...

Nigeria will begin the operation of a new national air carrier in the first quarter of 2022, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, announced Wednesday. Mr Sirika said this while speaking to journalists...