The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended Channels Television with a fine of  N5 million for breaching the broadcast code. In a letter to the Managing Director of Channels Television, signed...

The gas development and commercialization programme of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) received a boost Thursday with the execution of the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 143 Gas Development...

Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc has been named Most Profitable Company (Oil & Gas: Exploration and Production) of the Year. The company’s chairman, Dr. ABC Orjiako, also emerged as...

An unconfirmed number of students from the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi have been abducted at gunpoint by unknown persons, the institution confirmed on Monday. “The University has reported...

Alan Shearer and Thierry Henry have become the first players to be inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is the highest individual honour awarded to players by the League and...

Nigeria on Sunday recorded 35 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the country to 164,719. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says it has appointed a replacement for its commander who was killed by security operatives in Imo State recently. Emmanuel Powerful, who is the Media and Publicity...

At least 82 people died in a huge hospital fire Saturday night in Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said Sunday. Another 110 people were injured in the blaze at Ibn al-Khatib...

Nigeria on Thursday recorded 100 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 164,588. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed the latest figures...

Three students of the Greenfield University in Kaduna State who were abducted by bandits on Tuesday night have been killed by their abductors. The students were among those that were abducted by bandits...

Bandits have abducted two nurses working with Idon General Hospital in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident which occurred in the early hours of Thursday comes barely 24 hours after...

Bandits have reportedly killed over 40 people in Magami community of Gusau local government area in Zamfara. The attacks, which were carried out simultaneously, occurred on Tuesday in two Local Government...

No fewer than two police officers were Wednesday killed, while several others sustained varying degrees of injuries following a midnight attack by yet to be identified gunmen on a police division in Enugu...

A civilian identified as Jacob Auta was this Wednesday killed as bandits attacked a military camp in the Zazzaga community of Munya Local Government Area of Niger State. Reports said a military vehicle...

Yet to be identified gunmen on Tuesday night attacked a private university in Kaduna State and abducted an unspecified number of students. The academic institution, Greenfield University, is located along...

The Senate on Tuesday approved the 2021 budget of N257billion for the Nigeria Customs Service. Of the N257,183,671,694.71 approved, capital expenditure is to gulp N137,933,180,013.00 while Personnel and...

Former Minneapolis Police officer, Derek Chauvin has been convicted on all charges by a jury in the Hennepin County Court over the murder of an African American, George Floyd. The 12 jurors found him...

The Ondo State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Akure has thrown out the petition challenging the victory of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in last year’s governorship election. Mr Eyitayo Jegede...

The Chadian Army has announced that General Mahamat Kaka, late President Idriss Deby’s son, will replace him as the head of a military council. The announcement was made by army spokesman, General Azem...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will blacklist political parties unable to conduct peaceful congresses and primaries. INEC in a statement on Monday said it might not acknowledge...