This year’s French Open has been postponed by a week due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will begin on May 30, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) said on Thursday. The claycourt Grand Slam, which was...

Four bandit leaders on Thursday said they have denounced their illegal activities in Katsina State and surrendered 45 rustled cattle, two General Purpose Machine Guns, 24 AK 47 assault rifles, 109 GMPG...

The West Darfur Doctors’ Committee said Wednesday that 87 people have died in five days of fighting between Massalit and Arab communities in Sudan. The violence was a new round in a conflict that...

A German government spokeswoman has said the chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, was in favor of a short nationwide lockdown to help stem rising coronavirus figures. As Germany struggles to tackle...

Brazil has recorded more than 4,000 Covid-related deaths in 24 hours for the first time, as a more contagious variant fuels a surge in cases. The coronavirus claimed 4,195 lives in the deadliest day of...

The Nigerian government on Wednesday said it would publish the names and photos of over 1,800 fleeing Owerri prison inmates in Imo State. Gunmen had on Monday morning attacked the correctional facility...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday decorated Usman Alkali Baba with the rank of Inspector-General of Police (IGP). The decoration ceremony held at the Vice President Conference Hall at the State...

The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Congo on Tuesday endorsed the re-election of President Denis Sassou Nguesso in the March 21 vote, after rejecting the opposition’s appeal. “On...

Nigeria on the 6th of April recorded 58 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. This brings the total number of  infections recorded in the country since the index case was reported to...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s official driver, Sa’idu Afaka is dead. He died at the State House Clinic on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the President’s...

A day after gunmen attacked the Police Command Headquarters in Owerri, Imo State, a group of armed men invaded another police facility in the state on Tuesday. The latest attack was carried out on the...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said that Kano, Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, Nasarawa, Kaduna and the Niger States have reported confirmed human cases of Avian Influenza H5N1 also called “Bird...

Real Madrid will have to face Liverpool in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday night without Raphael Varane, who has tested positive for COVID-19. The World Cup-winning centre-half...

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday tested positive for COVID-19. Garibashvili is in self-isolation at home and continues to work remotely, the prime minister’s office said, adding...

More than 40 jihadists, including a senior commander, were killed last week after they attacked United Nations peacekeepers in northern Mali, the UN force MINUSMA said on Monday. A UN source previously...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of DIG Usman Alkali Baba as acting Inspector General of police. The Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi disclosed this to State House correspondents...

Judiciary workers under the aegis of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) Tuesday morning shut down the Supreme Court in Abuja, in line with their threat to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike...

The lawmaker representing Lere Federal Constituency of Kaduna State, Suleiman Aliyu, has passed on at the age of 53. According to the Daily Nigerian Mr Aliyu died Tuesday afternoon at the Barau Dikko Teaching...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has signed an Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contract with Tecnimont SpA. The deal is for the rehabilitation of Port Harcourt Refining...

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has commenced an indefinite strike with effect from today. The union accused the federal government of turning turning polytechnics boards to colonies of universities....