Thirty abducted students of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State and a teacher have regained their freedom after spending six months in captivity. Yahaya Sarki, the Special Adviser on...

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday declared 19 individuals wanted for operating illegal crude oil refining sites which are responsible for the black soot menace in Rivers State. The governor...

The Federal Government has formally declared bandit groups operating in the country as terrorists. The declaration titled ‘Terrorism (Prevention) Proscription Order Notice, 2021 is contained in Volume...

The United States has reported more than one million new COVID-19 cases in a single day, setting a new global record, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. There were 1,082,549 new cases in...

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast on Wednesday, authorities in Japan and South Korea said, in the nuclear-armed country’s first show of force this year. Japan’s coast...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Doyin Salami, as his Chief Economic Adviser. Mr Salami was until now, the Chairman of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC). “A 1989 doctorate degree...

Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned after another day of mass protests which rocked the capital, Khartoum. Hamdok’s decision, announced in a televised address late on Sunday, came...

One of Nigeria’s prominent politicians and erstwhile presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), Alhaji Bashir Tofa has died. Tofa, aged 74, died on Monday at a hospital...

The Federal Government has further extended the deadline for the National Identification Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to the 31st of March, 2022. In a joint statement...

France has announced new COVID-19 measures in a bid to curb a surge in infections as concern rises worldwide over the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. From January 3, working from home will be mandatory...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa’s struggle against apartheid who was revered as his nation’s conscience by both Black and white, died on Sunday...

The Federal Government has declared free train rides for citizens from Dec.24 to Jan 4, 2022. Mr Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) disclosed this in an interview on Friday...

At least five people were killed on Thursday after three explosions rocked Maiduguri the Borno State Capital. The blasts which come a few hours before President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state...

Nigeria on Wednesday reported 4,035 COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily infection tally since the start of the pandemic nearly two years ago. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed...

No fewer than 70 travellers have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari Road on Wednesday. Officials of the Kaduna State Police Command say they have however rescued 48 of the...

A brawl broke out on the floor of Ghana’s parliament late on Monday as lawmakers debated a proposed tax on electronic transactions that has divided the house for weeks. The 1.75% e-levy, which would...

Israel has announced it will offer a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to health workers and people older than 60. A Health Ministry expert panel recommended the fourth shot late on Tuesday, a decision...

A landslide on Wednesday at a jade mine in northern Myanmar killed one person and left more than 70 others missing, according to a civil society group and local media reports. The disaster, in the Hpakant...

The Federal Government has reinstated Emirates’ winter flight schedule to Nigeria following the offering of daily slots to Air Peace at the Dubai Airports, DXB. This is contained in a letter to the Emirates...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a 2022 budget of N17.126 trillion against the N16.391 trillion estimate presented by the president. The Senate is also expected to pass the appropriation...