The U.S. Federal Reserve has lowered its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.1%, its first rate cut since December, as concerns mount about a slowdown in hiring and a weakening labor...

Governor Siminalayi Fubara has officially resumed duties as Governor of Rivers State following the lifting of the six-month state of emergency imposed by President Bola Tinubu. Fubara, his deputy, Prof....

Tributes continue to flow in the wake of Tuesday’s devastating fire at Afriland Towers on Broad Street, Lagos Island, which killed at least 10 workers and left a shadow of grief over Nigeria’s corporate...

Britain and the United States have signed a landmark technology pact aimed at boosting cooperation in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and civil nuclear energy, alongside pledges of £31 billion...

The Saudi Arabian authorities have released three Nigerian pilgrims earlier detained in Jeddah on allegations of drug trafficking, following weeks of diplomatic and security engagements by Nigeria. The...

The Federal Government has suspended the recently introduced four percent Free on Board (FOB) levy on imports, following weeks of backlash. The suspension, ordered by Minister of Finance Wale Edun,...

U.S. President Donald Trump has filed a $15 billion defamation and libel lawsuit against The New York Times, four of its reporters, and publisher Penguin Random House. The case, lodged in Florida’s Middle...

Two years after U.S. lawmakers threatened to ban TikTok, Washington and Beijing have reached a tentative agreement on the future of the Chinese-owned platform. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced...

Israel launched a long-threatened ground offensive on Gaza City on Tuesday, escalating the two-year war with what Palestinians described as the heaviest bombardment yet. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF)...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a five-count criminal charge against politician and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, for allegedly making false and defamatory claims against...

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued eight children suspected to have been stolen from Kano and trafficked to Southern Nigeria. The operation, conducted...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has begun vaccinating frontline health workers and contacts of infected individuals in response to a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC)...

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan claimed silver in the women’s 100 metres hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Monday, as Switzerland’s Ditaji Kambundji stormed to a stunning gold medal...

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Friday began a five-day nationwide warning strike, citing the Federal Government’s failure to meet long-standing demands over unpaid allowances,...

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has confirmed that members of the flight crew of an Air Peace Boeing 737-524 aircraft tested positive for alcohol and cannabis following an incident at the...

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison after the country’s Supreme Court convicted him of orchestrating a failed coup attempt following his...

Former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, left the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headquarters in Abuja after being questioned...

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has given the Federal Government a final 24-hour grace period to meet its welfare demands, delaying the nationwide strike originally scheduled to begin...

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 65-year-old man, Chibuike Azubike, for allegedly parading himself as the “Obi of Lagos” and attempting to stage an unlawful unveiling ceremony. Azubike,...

Ghana has received the first batch of West African nationals deported from the United States, President John Mahama announced on Wednesday. A group of 14 deportees—including Nigerians and one Gambian—arrived...