The Nigeria Correctional Service NCoS has confirmed the rearrest of 114 inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kabba, Kogi State on Sunday night when it was attacked by yet to...

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a formal request to the Senate, seeking the approval of an external loan of over $4 Billion dollars and 710 million Euros to fund projects captured under the 2018 to...

An internationally-renowned rating agency, Fitch Ratings, has upgraded Lagos State ratings from AA+ to AAA for its good standing in terms of debt sustainability and resilience. Communicating the development...

Russian President Vladimir Putin will go into self-isolation after cases of the new coronavirus were detected among his entourage. This means that the 68-year-old leader will not travel to Tajikistan...

Nigeria on Monday recorded 387 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 199,538. 21 new deaths were also recorded within the time frame. The latest figures were...

An attack on Sunday in Zangon Kataf Local Government area of Kaduna State has left 12 dead while 2 were injured. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed...

The kidnapped students of Government Day Secondary School, Kaya in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State have regained their freedom. After being released by their abductors, the students were...

At least 240 inmates have escaped the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC) in Kabba, Kogi State, following an attack by yet to be identified gunmen. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) spokesman,...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has signed into law a bill empowering the state government to collect Value Added Tax (VAT). The Commissioner of Information and Strategy in Lagos, Gbenga Omotoso,...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered both Rivers and Lagos States to maintain status quo on the collection of Value Added Tax, VAT, pending the determination of an appeal that was lodged...

A Lagos bound 18 passengers bus has been attacked by suspected gunmen and kidnapped unspecified numbers of travellers between Idoani – Ifira Axis in Ondo State. The abductors were said to have fired...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday visited Imo State where he commissioned four newly executed projects. The projects are Naze-Poly Nekede Road, Balloon Technology Drainage Tunnel at Dick Tiger, Amakohia...

The 36 state governments have asked the Federal Government to refund over 176 billion naira said to be proceeds of stamp duties between 2015 and 2020. They made the demand in a suit filed before the Supreme...

Following up on President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent announcement of the declaration of two hundred and eighty seven billion Naira (N287bn) Profit After Tax (PAT) in year 2020 by the Nigerian National...

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Wednesday said it has appealed the judgement of the Federal High Court in Rivers State which held that the agency does not have the right to collect Value Added...

Suspected bandits have again attacked two Kaduna villages: Unguwan Maje and Ungwan Laka communities, killed a police inspector and kidnapped 23 others in Chikun Local government area of the State. The...

West Africa bloc ECOWAS has decided to suspend Guinea following a recent coup in the country, Burkinabe Foreign Minister Alpha Barry said Wednesday after a virtual crisis summit. The Economic Community...

The Federal Government has approved the National Policy on the fifth-generation (5G) network in Nigeria. This was disclosed by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, who addressed...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he has accepted his party’s nomination to run for vice president in next year’s election. Duterte is barred by the constitution from seeking...

A fire killed 41 inmates in an overcrowded prison block in Indonesia’s Banten province on Wednesday, a government minister said, injuring scores more in a blaze that police said may have been caused...