Families of prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members from Oyo State have been thrown into panic after kidnappers reportedly demanded N50 million each for victims abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha...

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have killed 16 terrorists in a coordinated ambush on a terrorist enclave in Boima, Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The Nigerian Army also said three soldiers...

Ethiopia and Eritrea have severed diplomatic relations as renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia raises fears of a return to the Tigray war. Ethiopia accused Eritrea of supporting the Tigray People’s...

The United States is deploying a third aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East as President Donald Trump warned that further strikes against Iran remain possible after the November midterm elections. The...

Swift Telephone Network Limited (STN) has been awarded a Unified Access Service Licence (UASL) by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), marking its formal transition into an independent Nigerian...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has used Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary to deliver a sharp critique of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, accusing it of plunging the country into...

Public servants across the federal, state and local governments are set to commence a three-day nationwide warning strike today over unresolved demands by the Joint National Public Service Negotiating...

As Nigeria marks its 66th Independence Anniversary, former Anambra State Governor and presidential candidate Peter Obi has urged the nation to move beyond celebration and engage in sober national reflection. In...

The Federal Government has launched the National Digital Alphanumeric Postcode System, assigning a unique 11-character digital postcode to every addressable building across Nigeria. Minister of Communications,...

Prominent Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife, Lucy Muteke, were among six people killed when a helicopter crashed near Marondera, about 72 kilometres east of Harare, on Wednesday. Police...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that Nigeria has moved beyond its period of economic reforms and entered an era focused on shared prosperity. In his Independence Day address, Tinubu said the reforms...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed the Appropriation (Amendment) (No. 4) Bill, 2025, extending the implementation of the 2025 budget from September 30 to December 31, 2026. The amendment was passed...