The House of Representatives on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to suspend the planned 2021 census until the insecurity situation in the country is addressed. This was disclosed in a series of...

Derek Chauvin’s lawyer filed a motion seeking a new trial, alleging prosecutorial and jury misconduct, and saying a change of venue should have been granted. Mr. Chauvin was convicted last month of two...

A metro overpass has collapsed in Mexico City as a train was travelling over it, killing at least 24 people, including children, the mayor said. Two train carriages were seen hanging from the structure,...

Nigeria on Monday recorded 18 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 165,199. The 18 new cases were reported in five states: Lagos-8, FCT-6, Edo-2, Rivers-1...

President Joe Biden announced Monday, after coming under fierce criticism, that he was raising the maximum number of refugees allowed into the United States this year to 62,500 — up from the 15,000...

Bill and Melinda Gates have announced their divorce after 27 years of marriage, saying “we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple”. In the statement posted on the verified Twitter...

Parents of the abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna State have occupied the National Assembly complex, Abuja, in protest. The protesters  are lamenting over what...

No fewer than six persons were confirmed dead in a Tuesday morning accident involving three vehicles on Sagamu-Benin expressway. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Ahmed Umar,...

Nigeria on Sunday recorded 28 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 165,181. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)...

Nigeria will ban travellers coming from India, Brazil and Turkey because of concerns about the rampant spread of coronavirus in those countries, a presidential committee said on Sunday. “Non-Nigerian...

Seven people have been killed in a fatal accident that occurred on Lekki-Epe Expressway Alahun Town on Saturday morning after a Lexus SUV ran into a truck. Lagos Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety...

Sixteen Niger soldiers have been killed and another is missing after an ambush against a patrol in the Tahoua region near the Mali border, local officials said Sunday. During the attack by “bandits”...

Gunmen have killed a Commissioner in the Kogi State Pension Board, Mr Solomon Akeweje, and abducted the Chairman of Yagba West Local Government, Mr Pius Kolawole. Spokesman of the state police command,...

A local office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa Ibom State was on Sunday set ablaze by hoodlums. The incident occurred in Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state. INEC...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control  (NAFDAC) has approved the use of Pfizer COVID-19 in Nigeria. NAFDAC’s approval is coming a few months after it gave a nod for the use...

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over a closed door security meeting inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government of the Federation,...

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents invaded Kanamma community in Yobe state on Thursday night. Spokesman of the Nigeria Police Force in the state, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, confirmed to Channels Television in...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced new appointments in one of Nigeria’s commercial banks, First Bank of Nigeria PLC, and retained Dr Sola Adeduntan as the bank’s Managing Director. The...

The Nigerian Federal Government has declared Monday, May 3, 2021, a public holiday to mark this year’s International Workers’ Day. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, made the announcement...

Yet to be identified gunmen reportedly abducted four students of Capro Mission Secondary School located at Gana Ropp in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State yesterday. However, three of the...