The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled the Nigerian national domestic card scheme. “The domestic card scheme is expected to strengthen the national payments system and deepen the usage of electronic...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has rearrested a former registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Adedibu Ojerinde, in Abuja, on Thursday. He...

President Muhamnadu Buhari, on Monday, inaugurated the Lekki deep seaport and Imota rice mill projects in Lagos. The projects are part of a series of facilities being commissioned by Buhari during a two-day...

Seven people have been killed in two related shootings at a mushroom farm and a trucking firm in a coastal community south of San Francisco, California. The attacker was identified as 67-year-old Zhao...

It is another tale of gruesome killing in Imo State. The sole Administrator of Ideato North Local Government Area, Hon. Chris Ohizu who was recently abducted by unknown gunmen has reportedly been beheaded. Ohizu...

Aviation workers in Lagos have called off their strike which paralyzed airline services at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport for the greater part of today. The strike which was carried out by...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) until Sunday 29th January 2023. INEC had earlier fixed the collection...

The World Bank has downgraded Nigeria’s 2023 growth by 0.3 percentage point to 2.9 percent from its previous projection of 3.2 percent. This was contained in the bank’s Global Economic Prospects report...

The Government of Ukraine has expressed the country’s readiness to establish grain hubs in Nigeria and other African countries as it donated about 25,000 tonnes of grains to Nigeria to boost bilateral...

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Appropriation Bill, 2023 totalling N21.83 trillion. Buhari signed the 2023 transition budget Tuesday morning at the Council Chambers of the Presidential...

Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has endorsed the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi as his February presidential election candidate. Clark...

A passenger bus slammed into a parked truck on a highway in the Sudanese city of Omdurman early on Tuesday, killing at least 16 people, police said. The bus swerved off the road and hit a parked truck...

Seven persons have been feared dead while an unconfirmed number have sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident during a bikers’ carnival in Calabar, Cross River State. The incident was said...

The Labour Party has announced a former presidential aide Akin Osuntokun as the new Director-General (DG) of its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). Osuntokun succeeds Doyin Okupe who resigned of late...

Justice Ijeoma Ojuwku of the Federal High Court Abuja, has sentenced, Dr Doyin Okupe, a former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Public Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan to two years imprisonment...

Argentina won its third World Cup title by beating France 4-2 in a penalty shootout after a 3-3 draw featuring two goals from the 35-year-old Messi and a hat trick by France forward Kylian Mbappé. Angel...

The Nigerian ambassador to Spain, Demola Seriki has died at the age of 63. The news of his death was made public in a statement signed by his children, the former minister was said to have passed away...

The Federal Government has approved the immediate relaxation of the COVID-19 safety measures and travel advisory, including the suspension of all pre-departure, pre-boarding, and post-arrival PCR test...

Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to arrive in Saudi Arabia for a state visit according to the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The Chinese leader will arrive on Wednesday for only his third trip abroad...

According to the NNPC, Nigeria’s oil production as of December 6 is 1.59 million barrels per day. This was disclosed by the Chief Upstream Investment Officer at the NNPC Upstream Investment Management...