At least 38 inmates were killed and dozens more injured Tuesday in a fire at a prison in Burundi’s capital, officials have said. Speaking with reporters at the Gitega Prison, Burundi Vice President,...

The death toll following an attack on Angwan Bawa in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State has risen  to 21. Spokesman of the Sokoto Police Command, Sanusi Abubakar had earlier said a vehicle...

A helicopter carrying India’s defence chief General Bipin Rawat has crashed in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, killing at least four people, according to media reports. India’s public broadcaster...

At least four people have been killed and four others wounded in an explosion that rocked the centre of Iraq’s southern city of Basra, the Iraqi military has said. In a statement on Tuesday, the military...

The United Arab Emirates has said all government entities will adopt a new working-week schedule that will consist of four and half days, with Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday forming the new weekend. The...

The US has announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in China – a move that has been heavily criticised by Beijing. The White House said no official delegation would be sent to the...

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu has said that three students of Dowen College in the Lekki area of the state are currently in police custody for allegedly assaulting 12-year-old...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed three more cases of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19. This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday. Three cases had earlier been announced...

A court in Myanmar has sentenced the country’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in jail. She was found guilty on charges of inciting dissent and breaking Covid rules under a natural disasters...

Adama Barrow was on Sunday declared the victor of The Gambia’s presidential election by the electoral commission, winning a second term in office. Mr Barrow, who contested the election under the...

Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has condemned the red listing of Nigeria by the UK government over the two cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19 found in the country. At a...

The Lagos State Government on Friday ordered the indefinite closure of Dowen College, Lekki, following the commencement of  investigation into the death of Sylvester Oromoni, a student of the school who...

 Nigeria’s Second Republic senate president, the Rt. Hon. Dr Joseph Wayas has  died in London at the age of 80. Wayas, according to dependable sources, died in a London hospital after ill health...

Traders in the South East of Nigeria under the aegis of SEAMATA, have strongly criticised and rejected the recent increment in the import duty on cargoes charged by the Nigerian Customs Service. SEAMATA...

Governors of the South-East geo-political zone of Nigeria have warned criminals using the name of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and their military wing, the Eastern Security Network, ESN to commit...

Saudi Arabia has confirmed its first case of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant. Saudi’s state-run SPA quoted a source from the health ministry as saying the infected individual – a Saudi national who...

Twenty people have been confirmed dead with seven others rescued after a boat carrying passengers capsized in Bagwai River in Bagwai Local Government Area of Kano State. Police Public Relations Officer...

President Muhammadu Buhari has received President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa at the State House in Abuja. The South African president who is accompanied by a delegation of ministers and business...

Nigeria is on high alert as three people in the country have tested positive to the newly identified coronavirus variant, Omicron. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this in a statement...

The Kaduna State Government on Monday confirmed the killing of five suspected bandits and the recovery of arms and motorcycles by security operatives in the state. Samuel Aruwan who is the Commissioner of...