President Muhammadu Buhari’s official driver, Sa’idu Afaka is dead. He died at the State House Clinic on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the President’s...

A day after gunmen attacked the Police Command Headquarters in Owerri, Imo State, a group of armed men invaded another police facility in the state on Tuesday. The latest attack was carried out on the...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said that Kano, Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, Nasarawa, Kaduna and the Niger States have reported confirmed human cases of Avian Influenza H5N1 also called “Bird...

Real Madrid will have to face Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday night without Raphael Varane, who has tested positive for COVID-19. The World Cup-winning centre-half...

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday tested positive for COVID-19. Garibashvili is in self-isolation at home and continues to work remotely, the prime minister’s office said, adding...

More than 40 jihadists, including a senior commander, were killed last week after they attacked United Nations peacekeepers in northern Mali, the UN force MINUSMA said on Monday. A UN source previously...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of DIG Usman Alkali Baba as acting Inspector General of police. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi disclosed this to State House correspondents...

Judiciary workers under the aegis of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) Tuesday morning shut down the Supreme Court in Abuja, in line with their threat to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike...

The lawmaker representing Lere Federal Constituency of Kaduna State, Suleiman Aliyu, has passed on at the age of 53. According to the Daily Nigerian Mr Aliyu died Tuesday afternoon at the Barau Dikko Teaching...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has signed an Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contract with Tecnimont SpA. The deal is for the rehabilitation of Port Harcourt Refining...

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has commenced an indefinite strike with effect from today. The union accused the federal government of turning turning polytechnics boards to colonies of universities....

Nigeria on the 5th of April recorded 135 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. This brings the total number of  infections recorded in the country since the index case was reported...

North Korea said it will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic. A website run by the North’s sports ministry said the decision was made during a national Olympic Committee...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced a date for the release of the result of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private candidates 2021-First Series. WAEC...

Five of the 39 students abducted by bandits from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna State have regained freedom. The Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law allowing him to potentially hold onto power until 2036, a move that formalizes constitutional changes endorsed in a vote last year. The 68-year-old...

The Itsekiri Traditional Council has officially announced the demise of His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli, who was the Olu of Warri until his death. The council subsequently announced the emergence of thirty-seven-year-old...

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has revealed that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)/Eastern Security Network (ESN) is behind the attack that was carried out on the Imo prison...

The Publicity Secretary of the Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Mr Yinka Odumakin is dead. He died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) after a brief illness. The death of...

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 50-year old man identified as Azeez Agboola for allegedly parading himself as a legal practitioner. Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Public Relations Officer...