Pope Francis will next week meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the pontiff’s highest-ranking talks yet with the new US administration, officials said Friday. Blinken, on a tour of Europe,...

The Department of State Services on Friday said it has invited Kaduna-based cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi for questioning. A report by the Voice of America, VOA, Hausa Service on Friday, said Gumi was invited...

The medical follow-up visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the United Kingdom earlier scheduled for today, Friday, June 25, 2021, has been postponed. This is according to a short statement by the...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Friday released results of candidates who sat for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The board made this known in a statement by its Head...

Bandits have reportedly kidnapped 33 people and killed a driver at Kachia in the Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The reports indicate that the incident occurred late at night on Wednesday,...

NigerianNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari will go on a medical trip to London on Friday, the Presidency has said. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this...

Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has died after a prolonged illness, according to several news reports and Al Jazeera sources. News reports say Aquino had been undergoing dialysis for at...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s two goals against France on Matchday 3 of UEFA EURO 2020 have taken his international total for Portugal to 109, matching the world-record mark set by former Iran forward Ali...

Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, erstwhile Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria has emerged as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Anambra State. Soludo in the primary...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is collaborating with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Nigeria Customs...

John McAfee, the creator of McAfee antivirus software, was found dead in his jail cell near Barcelona in an apparent suicide Wednesday, hours after a Spanish court approved his extradition to the United...

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan this Wednesday has said the National Assembly Complex in Abuja is overdue for rehabilitation. Lawan made the claim when reacting to a point of order moved by the Deputy Chief...

The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has restrained the Federal Government from imposing sanctions or harassing, intimidating, arresting, or prosecuting Twitter users pending the determination of a suit...

The Nigerian federal government has presented a letter of credence to a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai (rtd) as Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to Benin Republic. Minister of Foreign...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Federal Government to pay over $3 billion to Rivers and Akwa Ibom states, as part of their revenue shares from crude oil sales. The amount formed part of the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the National Steering Committee (NSC) of the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) to be chaired by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. Special...

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...