A Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned the trial of activist and convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr Omoleye Sowore and his co-Defendants, to May 7. Sowore...

Nigeria has received nearly 4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. The arrival marked a historic step towards the goal...

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has declared Zamfara State a ‘no-fly zone’ and banned all mining activities in the state. A no-fly zone (NFZ) or air exclusion zone (AEZ) is a territory or area...

Schoolgirls abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School in Zamfara State have been released. This was disclosed by the governor of the state, Dr. Bello Matawalle, in an early morning tweet. He...

The Lagos State Police Command has sealed off the Cubana Nightclub on Victoria Island and arrested 172 people for violating the COVID-19 protocols. The State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, disclosed...

The Miyetti Allah in Kwara State says it will continue to stop the transportation of cattle and food items to the Southwest region. The coordinator of the association, Aliyu Mohammed, made the announcement...

A court has found Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced the former French president to three years in prison with two of them suspended. He is the first former French...

Following the expiration of the ultimatum issued by the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, the Federal Government Monday began the evacuation of shanties and illegal structures...

Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, resumed duty as the Director General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, March 1, 2021. This comes weeks after her appointment was endorsed...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa to to avoid the pitfalls of his immediate predecessor, Ibrahim...

Members and representatives of the Osugbo Society of Ijebuland, also known as Ogboni have been sued for N50bn over alleged hijacking of the body of a late monarch on January 24, 2021. Three daughters of...

Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc (“Seplat” or the “Company”), a leading Nigerian independent energy company listed on both the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the London Stock Exchange...

A reporter with The Guardian Newspaper, Eniola Daniel, was allegedly brutalised by policemen at the scene of the demolition of the shanties on the right of way of the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway on Sunday,...

A suspected kidnapper has been reportedly killed by the hunters and rescue team in Akunu Akoko in Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo State. The hunters stormed the forest on the orders of the...

Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in a court hearing via video link on Monday looking healthy but facing new charges from the military junta. The latest charge is believed to be over...

Contrary to speculations of imminent increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) in the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has ruled out any increment in the ex-depot...

The Sokoto State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested a 35-year old trans-border drug trafficker, Nkem Timothy, popularly known as Auwalu Audu. The acting State...

Gunmen in Nigeria have released 42 people, including 27 students, who were kidnapped from a boarding school last week in the north-central state of Niger, the state’s governor said. Their release comes...

There was pandemonium along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday when a joint team of policemen and the Department of State Services allegedly attempted to arrest Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better...

The Chief Consultant Pathologist of University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), AbujaT, Ahmed Abimiku, has debunked claims by the police that a woman, Ifeoma Abugu, who died in their custody on September...