Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 389 new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus. This brings the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country to 8,733. The new cases were confirmed by the the Nigeria Centre...

The United States coronavirus death toll has passed 100,000. The US leads the world in both deaths and infections, with at least 100,047 deaths and more than 1.69 million confirmed cases. Despite the worrisome...

Parts on Minneapolis were burning Thursday morning following protests over the death of an African-American, George Floyd sparked riots and clashes between law enforcement and protesters. Demonstrators...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly seeking a fresh $5.513bn external loan to finance the revised 2020 budget. In a letter read by Speaker of the House of Representatives,...

The Nigeria Football Federation has extended the contract of Gernot Rohr as the coach of the Super Eagles. The extension came after a lot of speculation and debate in Nigeria’s football circles. NFF...

Nigeria has confirmed 276 new cases of the coronavirus, COVID-19. This brings the number of confirmed cases in the country to 8344. This was disclosed in a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...

Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has emerged as the consensus candidate of the Adams Oshiomhole-led faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State. Ize-Iyamu, a former Secretary to the Edo State Government...

Ruling party candidate Evariste Ndayishimiye has won Burundi’s presidential election by a landslide. The Independent Election Commission (CENI) announced partial results Monday, giving Ndayishimiye...

The number of recorded COVID-19 cases in Nigeria has risen to 8,068 as 229 fresh ones have been recorded. The new cases were confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Twitter. 229...

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Sunday evacuated 69 Nigerian citizens who were stranded in Lebanon. This was disclosed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, via his official Twitter...

The Nigerian economy grew by 1.87% over the last year in the first three months of 2020. from a year earlier. This is according to the first quarter (Q1) GDP report, released by the National Bureau of...

The number of COVID-19 infections recorded in Nigeria has risen to 7839 as 313 new cases have been confirmed. This was disclosed via the official twitter handle of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. 313...

The Nigerian Military on Saturday said it has killed at least 135 armed bandits during air-raids across Katsina and Zamfara states. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Armed Forces spokesman, Major...

The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the election of incumbent Governor, Yahaya Bello. The petition had been filed by Mr Musa Wada, the governorship flagbearer...

The number of COVID-19 infections recorded in Nigeria has risen to 7261 as 245 new cases have been confirmed. This was disclosed via the official twitter handle of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.   245...

The sons of murdered Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi said Friday they had forgiven the killers of their father, a move analysts said effectively grants clemency to five convicts on death row. Khashoggi,...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Professor Godswill Obioma as Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council, NECO. A letter dated  May 15, 2020 with Reference...

The number of recorded COVID-19 cases in Nigeria is now 7016. The new figure was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control via its official twitter handle. According to the NCDC there are: 339...

Guinean singer Mory Kante who helped spread African music to the world in the 1980s died on Friday at the age of 70, his son has announced. Kanté died in hospital on Friday in the Guinean capital, Conakry,...

A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 flying from Lahore has crashed in the densely populated Model Colony residential area of Karachi. Flight PK8303, carrying 91 passengers and eight crew, was...