The Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has expressed satisfaction with the progress of work done on the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline Project and believed that the...

The Nigerian Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja revealed plans to hold the national population census in April 2023– a month after the general elections scheduled for February and March by the...

The US State Department has cleared the sale of 12 AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters  worth nearly $1bn to Nigeria after US lawmakers lifted objections over human rights concerns. The Defense Security Cooperation...

The Council of State led by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the pardon of 159 convicts including a former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye; and ex-Governor Jolly Nyame of Taraba...

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the Council of State meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting, which started at 10 am, was attended by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo;...

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) have threatened a total and indefinite strike. The Joint...

Elon Musk has launched a bid to buy Twitter for more than $40bn and release its “extraordinary potential” to boost free speech and democracy across the world. The Tesla chief executive and world’s...

Bandits have abducted five students of the College of Health Science and Technology in Tsafe area of Zamfara state. The students were reportedly abducted in the early hours of Wednesday. The bandits invaded...

A Court of Appeal in Abuja has, on Wednesday, lifted the movement restriction on human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore. Sowore was, in 2019, restricted to Abuja by a Federal High Court following charges...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was told on Tuesday that he would receive a fine for breaking lockdown rules at Downing Street, making him the first holder of his office to be found breaking the law in...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Friday, April 15 and Monday, April 18, 2022, as public holidays to mark the celebration of Easter. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made this known...

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, on Tuesday, resigned as Senator representing Nasarawa West Senatorial District. His resignation was contained in a letter...

European Union (EU) Ambassadors in Nigeria on Monday paid a courtesy call on the Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd, seeking to strengthen its partnership with Nigeria in...

Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt because it offered bondholders payments in rubles, not dollars, credit ratings agency S&P has said. Russia attempted to pay in rubles for two dollar-denominated...

Few hours after Nigerian Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo declared his interest in the 2023 presidential election,  National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is...

Nigeria’s Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday officially declared his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election. He made the declaration in a short broadcast shared via his official Twitter...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has today struck out eight of the 15 counts contained in the charge against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu by the Federal Government. Justice...

Burkina Faso’s former president, Blaise Compaore was on Wednesday sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment by a military tribunal for complicity in the 1987 murder of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara...

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Federal Government to enforce the National Gender Policy by allotting 35 per cent of appointments in the public sector to women. Justice Donatus...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has fined four commercial banks a total of N800 million for failing to comply with regulations prohibiting consumers from transacting in cryptocurrencies. According to the CBN,...