President Muhammadu Buhari is hosting a virtual Council of State meeting with former Heads of State. Former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, is the only former leader physically present for the meeting. Also...

Mr Akinwumi Adesina has been re-elected as President of the Africa Development Bank by its Board of Governors. Presidential Aide on Social Media,  Lauretta Onochie confirmed the news in a congratulatory...

The Federal Executive Council has approved N722.3 million for eight field forensic auditors to audit the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The latest development was disclosed by the Minister...

President Muhammadu Buhari has presided over the 13th weekly virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House in Abuja. The President had before the start of the meeting sworn-in 12 permanent...

The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has been appointed as Chairman of the campaign committee for the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State by the National Central Working Committee of the...

Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye on Tuesday stated that pieces of evidence from reliable researches and reports showed...

Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 252 new cases of the novel coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 52,800. The latest development was disclosed in a tweet by the...

For the Nigerian Petroleum Industry to move forward in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kyari, Tuesday, urged the...

Prime minister-designate Hichem Mechichi unveiled Tunisia’s second government in six months on Tuesday. He had said that he wanted a team dominated by independent technocrats, to “present...

The World Health Organization has certified  that Africa is now free from cases of wild polio, as global efforts to completely eradicate the virus continue to move in the right direction. Currently, only...

World-record sprinter and eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt has tested positive for the coronavirus and is in self-quarantine at his home in Jamaica a week after celebrating his 34th birthday. Jamaica’s...

The Senate of the University of Lagos, one of Nigeria’s most regarded citadels of learning, has for the first time in the institution’s 58-year history, elected a woman, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola...

Many indigent youths in Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State are now counting their fortunes and reaping the benefits from the first batch of the vocational training programme organized by Dangote Oil Refinery. So...

White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway announced Sunday evening she will leave her post at the end of August to focus on her family. Known for what she described as the administration’s use of “alternative...

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in real terms declined by 6.10% (year-on-year) in Q2 2020, thereby  ending the 3-year trend of low but positive real growth rates recorded since the 2016/17 recession. This...

Nigeria has recorded 322 cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 52,227. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via...

The Commissioner for Health in Lagos State, Professor Akin Abayomi, has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga...

Six months after he was deposed and banished from his domain, the former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi 11 this Sunday jetted out of Lagos to Kaduna to begin an elaborate visit to some cities in the northern...

Bayern emerged Champions of Europe with a 1-0 win over PSG in Lisbon, Portugal on Sunday. Bayern Munich’s win completed an unbeaten run throughout the competition. It was the sixth European title...

 A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has commended President Muhammadu...