Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State on Wednesday imposed a curfew on Gudum Hausawa community located on the outskirts of Bauchi metropolis. This was later confirmed by the state government in a statement...

Lance Corporal Jibrin, an instructor with the Nigerian Army battalion in Geidam, Yobe State, has committed suicide. He took his life after he was arrested for allegedly conniving with Boko Haram insurgents...

The Central African Republic has adopted bitcoin as its official currency alongside the CFA franc. The country has also legalised the use of cryptocurrencies, the presidency announced on Wednesday. The...

Russia halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland on Wednesday for rejecting its demand for payment in roubles, taking direct aim at European economies in its toughest retaliation so far against international...

The Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, has tested positive for COVID-19. This was announced on her official Twitter handle on Tuesday. The U.S VP tested positive for the virus despite...

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Chairman, Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, to appear before the Senate. The Court held that as a public officer administering law, he is answerable...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a suspected billionaire drug baron, Chief Afam Mallinson Ukatu. Ukatu is believed to be behind the alleged N3bn Tramadol deal involving the Intelligence...

Emmanuel Macron has beaten far-right challenger Marine Le Pen to win reelection in the French presidential election. Macron took 58.5% of Sunday’s vote, making him the first French leader to be reelected...

The Alaafin of Oyo, one of Nigeria’s most prominent traditional rulers, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has died at the age of 83. Alaafin Adeyemi, the third from the Alowolodu Ruling House in the ancient kingdom...

Protesters this Friday stormed the Abuja private office of former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan urging him to declare to run in the 2023 presidential race. The group made up of men, women and youths...

Former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has died aged 90. Mwai Kibaki served two terms as president of Kenya, between 2002 and 2013. In an  announcement made this Friday by incumbent President of Kenya, Uhuru...

Manchester United have officially announced Erik Ten Hag as their new head coach. Ten Hag will leave his job at Ajax at the end of the season to become United’s fifth permanent manager since Sir...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with heads of security establishments and some ministers at the State House in Abuja. Physically in attendance were the Vice President,Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary...

Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday ruled out suggestions that it would use the consensus method to choose its presidential candidate, ahead of the 2023 general election. The...

A Nigerian Air Force trainer aircraft has reportedly crashed in Kaduna State, with the two pilots on board feared dead. Details of the incident are however still sketchy. Sources say that the trainer aircraft...

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to resist all those he termed agents who are bent on causing a breakdown of law and order in the country. In a statement on Tuesday in Abuja...

The Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has expressed satisfaction with the progress of work done on the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline Project and believed that the...

The Nigerian Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja revealed plans to hold the national population census in April 2023– a month after the general elections scheduled for February and March by the...

The US State Department has cleared the sale of 12 AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters  worth nearly $1bn to Nigeria after US lawmakers lifted objections over human rights concerns. The Defense Security Cooperation...

The Council of State led by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the pardon of 159 convicts including a former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye; and ex-Governor Jolly Nyame of Taraba...