President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new Board of Directors and management team to oversee the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale announced the appointments...

Soldiers in Gabon staged an apparent coup early Wednesday, announcing on state television they had seized power and dissolved government institutions following a disputed election. A group of officers...

The federal government has issued a warning that several frontline states in Nigeria are at risk of flooding in the coming week due to the opening of the Lagdo Dam by the Cameroonian authorities. The dam,...

In a recent development, the Edo State Government has disbanded the media crew that was previously attached to the Office of the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu. This decision was announced in a statement...

The Board of Trustees (BoT) of Nigeria’s New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has suspended its presidential candidate Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for alleged anti-party activities. The BoT also suspended...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has again questioned the controversy surrounding President Bola Tinubu’s educational background. In a X post on Sunday, Atiku noted discrepancies in the schools...

A 29-year-old South African has been arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja for attempting to smuggle 2.6 kg of methamphetamine to the Middle East, Nigeria’s National Drug...

The Nigerian Navy has pledged to apprehend and prosecute the owners of a seized vessel allegedly involved in illegal oil bunkering who are currently at large. The Navy insists the ship, MV Cecelia, was...

President Bola Tinubu stated that Nigeria cannot sustainably service its debts using 90% of government revenue. He warned that continuing such practices would lead the country to destruction. Tinubu made...

The Nigerian military is conducting a mass burial for personnel killed in a recent bandit ambush and air crash in Niger State. The solemn ceremony comes after gunmen attacked troops in the state on August...

Former President Donald Trump surrendered to authorities in Atlanta on Thursday over charges of interfering with Georgia’s 2020 election results. The arrest produced the first-ever mugshot of a former...

The BRICS bloc announced significant expansion plans at its summit in Johannesburg this week. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa revealed Thursday that six new members will join the club of major...

The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is presumed dead after a plane crash north of Moscow on Wednesday that left no survivors, Russian authorities reported. Prigozhin led...

Nigeria’s Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has distributed N966.1 billion in revenue among federal, state and local governments for July 2022. The allocation comprises statutory revenue,...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has resumed orientation activities in Maiduguri, Borno State for the first time in 13 years. The exercises were halted in 2011 due to the Boko Haram insurgency. On...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 13 suspected railway vandals found with large quantities of stolen rails and sleepers worth N800 million Naira. The suspects were paraded...

Former Nigerian Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with bribery by UK authorities following a probe by the National Crime Agency (NCA). Alison-Madueke, 63, allegedly accepted illicit...

The leader of the ECOWAS delegation to Niger Republic, retired General Abdulsalami Abubakar, said on Tuesday that their meeting with the coup plotters in Niger has opened an avenue for discussion. Abdulsalami,...

The African Union (AU) has requested its commission to compile a sanctions list targeting members of Niger’s military junta and their supporters. This comes as regional powers pressure the coup leaders...

The African Union (AU) has suspended Niger’s membership, the latest sanction against the country after last month’s coup. The AU’s Peace and Security Council announced Niger’s suspension...