North Korea said it will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic. A website run by the North’s sports ministry said the decision was made during a national Olympic Committee...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced a date for the release of the result of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private candidates 2021-First Series. WAEC...

Five of the 39 students abducted by bandits from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna State have regained freedom. The Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law allowing him to potentially hold onto power until 2036, a move that formalizes constitutional changes endorsed in a vote last year. The 68-year-old...

The Itsekiri Traditional Council has officially announced the demise of His Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli, who was the Olu of Warri until his death. The council subsequently announced the emergence of thirty-seven-year-old...

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has revealed that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)/Eastern Security Network (ESN) is behind the attack that was carried out on the Imo prison...

The Publicity Secretary of the Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Mr Yinka Odumakin is dead. He died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) after a brief illness. The death of...

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 50-year old man identified as Azeez Agboola for allegedly parading himself as a legal practitioner. Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Public Relations Officer...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a Chadian, Adama Uomar Issa, in Jalingo, Taraba State, for allegedly trafficking illicit drugs. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement,...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has begun to reap the benefit of its management’s commitment to transparency and accountability with bountiful opportunities of private sector financing...

France will widen strict lockdown restrictions – which have already been in place in several areas including Paris – to the whole country to combat a third wave of coronavirus sweeping Europe. In...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday reported 129 new COVID-19 infections in 13 states across the country. The new figure raised increased the total infection tally to 162,891. One...

The International Criminal Court on Wednesday upheld the 2019 acquittal of former Cote D’Ivoire, President Laurent Gbagbo and ordered all conditions of his release removed. Prosecutors had argued...

The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, on Thursday disclosed that as of Wednesday, 51 million National Identity Numbers have been fully enrolled. Pantami made this revelation...

The Plateau State residence of a former Minister of Sports, Damishi Sango, has been attacked by bandits on Wednesday. Reports say two security details and a boy were shot during the attack at the residence...

A 24-year-old former Nigerian beauty queen, Najeebat Sule, has been found shot dead inside her car parked close to her residence at 8800 block of Frankford Avenue on March 12, Daily Mail reports. Sule’s...

The Senate of the University of Benin, on Wednesday, announced the suspension of members of the three arms of Students’ Union Government in the institution to forestall breakdown of law and order following...

A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha-Jet has lost contact with radar in Borno State, while on interdiction mission in support of ground troops. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore...

Members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors on Thursday morning commenced a nationwide strike despite Federal Government’s last-minute efforts to stop the action. The strike which was scheduled...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced the airlift of COVID-19 medical relief materials donated by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with the support of donor partners like Team...