A High Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has this Tuesday sentenced the former Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Petroleum Subsidy, Farouk Lawan to seven years in...

The Nigerian Federal Government has set up and approved a team to engage with microblogging and social networking site,  Twitter over the recent suspension placed on the company’s operations in the...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to pay the sum of N81.9 billion as cumulative damages to the oil communities...

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Major General Farouk Yahaya for appointment as Chief of Army Staff (COAS). The confirmation of Yahaya followed the presentation and consideration of the...

The Tokyo Olympics will allow some local fans to attend when the games open in just over a month, organizing committee officials and the IOC said on Monday. The Tokyo Games are set to open on July 23. Organizers...

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa has hinted that the Commission is currently investigating the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola...

Nikol Pashinyan, the acting prime minister of Armenia, has claimed victory in a snap parliamentary election he had called in an effort to defuse a political crisis following a disastrous war with Azerbaijan. With...

Brazil hit the tragic milestone of half a million COVID deaths on Saturday when it added 2,495 fatalities to its count. The country has the second highest pandemic death toll in the world, second only...

Restrictions on direct flights between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates have been lifted after a long-standing disagreement between both governments over the use of rapid COVID-19 tests. Authorities...

Sweden’s parliament has backed a no-confidence vote in the centre-left prime minister, Stefan Löfven, making him the first premier to be ousted by opposition MPs in the country’s history and giving...

A climate change revolt in Australia’s governing coalition on Monday brought in a new deputy prime minister likely to challenge the country’s already hesitant moves to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Barnaby...

Nigerian Army troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI in conjunction with the Air Task Force on Sunday 20 June 2021 inflicted heavy casualty on Boko Haram and Islamic State West...

The Priest Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria (AMEN) last week paid of hospital bills of patients at the Annunciation Hospital, Emene, Enugu. The priest known very widely...

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared 10 days of mourning to honour the late former Zambian President, Kenneth Kaunda. The founding father of Zambia succumbed to pneumonia while in...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday discharged Senator Peter Nwaoboshi of the N322million money laundering charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice...

No fewer than four persons have been confirmed killed in a gas tanker explosion in the Ikeja area of Lagos State. Several other people  sustained different degree of burns. Some of the victims are currently...

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has upheld the power of the President to extend the tenure of a retiring Inspector General of Police pending the completion of the process for the appointment of a...

The World Bank has announced that it has approved $3bn in funding to cover vaccination in 32 countries, 15 of which are in Africa. In a statement made at the G7 Leaders’ Summit in the United Kingdom,...

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Maiduguri, the Borno State capital amidst tight security. The President whose jet touched down at the Nigerian Air Force base in Maiduguri around 10.10am was received...

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has said former Abia State governor who is now a serving senator, Orji Uzor Kalu will be prosecuted by the agency all...