Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and only President of the Soviet Union, has died, according to Russian media. He was 91. The Central Clinical Hospital on the outskirts of Moscow told the state news agency...

Fidelity Bank Plc has announced its proposed acquisition of a 100% equity stake in Union Bank Plc in the United Kingdom. According to a Press Release signed by Ezinwa Unuigboje, the Company Secretary on...

The Jigawa State Government has said the death toll of flood victims has risen to 51. Executive Secretary of the Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Sani Yusuf, confirmed this to newsmen. “For...

Delta Airlines has announced plans to discontinue its services between New York’s JFK airport in the United States and Lagos on October 4, 2022. The airline made this known in a statement, stating that...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday extended its six-month-old strike in Nigeria. A source within ASUU confirmed that an extension of the strike was the resolution of a National Executive...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has thrown out a suit by the Federal Government to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, to the United States of America. Justice Inyang Ekwo...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday released $265 million to foreign airlines operating in the country for the remittance of a part of their revenues trapped in the country. A breakdown of the...

The National Bureau of Statistics says Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product grew by 3.54 per cent in the second quarter of 2022 on a year-on-year basis. This is contained in a statement issued by the Statistician-General...

The Edo State Police Command has arrested 30 suspects over cult-related killings in the state. In a statement on Friday by the Command Deputy Spokesperson, ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, the command swung into action...

The National Broadcasting Commission on Friday temporarily rescinded its decision to shutdown certain broadcast stations over failure to renew their licences. Last week Friday, NBC directed 52 broadcast...

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc said it has kicked off an open 5G pilot in the lead-up to its highly anticipated commercial launch in 7 states. The states that will witness the first launch, the company...

Nigeria and the United States government have reached an agreement on the return of over $23 million of the Abacha loot. The agreement was signed, yesterday, at the office of Abubakar Malami, Minister...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed a new case of Ebola in its violence-wracked east, the country’s health ministry said, just weeks after the end of a previous epidemic. The DRC early last...

Terrorists who attacked an AK9 Train in Kaduna state on March 28 have released four more hostages in their custody. Among the released hostages include an 85-year-old woman, Hajiya Halimatu Atta and and...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has revoked the broadcast licences of Silverbird TV, AIT, Raypower FM, and Rhythm FM amongst others over failure to renew their licences amounting to N2.66 billion. The...

The Lagos State Government has extended the ban on commercial motorcycles, better known as Okada, to four more council areas. This was disclosed by the Commissioner of Transportation,  Frederic Oladeinde,...

Emirates Airlines on Thursday announced the suspension of its flight operations in Nigeria from September 1, 2022. It said the suspension became necessary following its inability to repatriate its funds...

A huge explosion has ripped through a mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul, police say. Italian non-government organization, Emergency, which operates a hospital in Kabul, said it had received 27 patients...

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, behind closed-doors in Abeokuta, the Ogun State Capital. Scores...

The Jigawa State government has ordered the closure of all public primary and secondary schools over the fear of attacks. The State Commissioner for Education, Dr. Lawan Yusuf, confirmed the development...