The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Tuesday said it has not increased electricity tariff by 50 per cent. The Commission, in a statement, said such increment was not contained in the tariff...

 Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday imposed yet another lockdown on England as a more transmissible variant of Covid-19 has forced a surge in infections and hospitalizations in the country. People...

A British judge on Monday denied a request from the United States to extradite WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser argued that Assange was likely to commit suicide if...

It has all the trappings of yet another high-profile scandal of the Donald Trump presidency. The American President recently pleaded with Georgia’s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, to “find”...

Democrat Nancy Pelosi on Sunday was re-elected as the United States Speaker of the House of Representatives with a slim majority in a deeply divided new Congress that convened in the final weeks of Donald...

The Nigerian Federal Government has arraigned rights activist and politician, Omoyele Sowore and four others before a Magistrate’s Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja. Sowore and his group were arrested...

The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, is dead. The Deputy National Secretary of the party, Kennedy Chigozie, who confirmed the demise of the Chairman, said he died...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned 15 people, including Republican allies, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a 2007 massacre...

The Federal Government has declared Friday 25th and Monday 28th December 2020 as public holidays. Also declared as a public holiday is Friday, January 1, 2021. The holidays which are traditional are to...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday suspended its strike action which started in March 2020. ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi, made the announcement during a briefing by...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the mandate of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 until March 2021. He gave the approval on Tuesday at a meeting with members of the task force...

The Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has commended the Mallam Mele Kyari-led management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). According to the commission,...

Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, a leading Nigerian independent energy company listed on both the Nigerian Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange has announced a Crude Purchase Agreement...

The Federal Government has extended registration for the National Identity Number (NIN) by up to six weeks, from Dec. 30 to Feb. 9, 2021. The National Task Force on the NIN and Subscriber Identification...

 The Federal Government has imposed new restrictions due to the rise of COVID-19 cases in the country. Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, announced this on...

Several countries have banned or will ban flights and travellers from the UK after the British government said on Sunday that the spread of a more infectious new strain of the coronavirus was now “out...

Nigeria’s National Assembly has passed the 2021 national budget raising the proposed estimate of N13.082 trillion to N13.588 trillion. The fiscal document is predicated on oil benchmark of $40 per...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has revoked the operating licenses of 42 microfinance banks in the country. The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation made this known on Friday in an announcement on its website...

In keeping with its resolve to deepen its compliance with the transparency standards dictated by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) as a Supporting Company, the Nigerian National...

Burundi’s former president, Pierre Buyoya has died in Paris of Covid-19 at the age of 71. His death came a few weeks  after he resigned as the African Union’s special envoy to Mali and the...