Vice President Yemi Osimbajo on Tuesday, joined other party members to revalidate his membership of the All Progressives Congress [APC]. Alongside the Vice President for the exercise were Governor Dapo...

Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, the operator of the NPDC/SEPLAT Joint Venture assets, OMLs 4, 38 & 41, in partnership with the Sapele Okpe Community in Delta State, has expanded access to...

Premier League referee Mike Dean will not officiate this weekend after he and his family received online death threats following two controversial incidents. The 52-year-old referee sent off West Ham midfielder...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday flagged off the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kano-Katsina-Jibiya-Maradi railway project with a branch line to Dutse in Jigawa State. Speaking virtually at Kwarin...

President Muhammadu has urged the Senate to consider and confirm the immediate past Service Chiefs of the Nigerian Armed Forces for appointment as ambassadors. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s...

Former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode has explained why he had closed-door discussions with some leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Fani-Kayode, in a statement on his official Facebook...

The Amotekun Corps in Oyo State have intercepted a truck loaded with about 80 Fulani herdsmen at Iwo Road area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. A quick search revealed some bows, arrows, daggers and...

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has said that the Federal government will soon begin oil exploration in the northeast. Sylva disclosed this during an interview with Channels...

The Federal Government has placed a travel restriction on 100 passengers for flouting COVID-19 directives. This was announced by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 via its Twitter handle on Tuesday. The...

The Senate will discuss the issues of the herdsmen/farmers clashes taking place across the country when it resumes on Tuesday. The Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, made this known to journalists in his...

The 63 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Asaba, is hosting promotional examination for over 200 officers of the Force. The examination, slated for between February 8 and 12, 2021, is for officers from  the...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a trading surplus of ₦13.43billion for the month of November 2020 up by 54% when compared to the ₦8.71billion surplus recorded in October...

DR Congo on Sunday announced a “resurgence” of Ebola in the country’s troubled east after a woman died of the disease, just three months after authorities declared the end of a previous epidemic. “We...

South Africa suspended its vaccination campaign against COVID-19 on Sunday after a new study revealed that the AstraZeneca vaccine is less effective against a variant of the virus found in the country. The...

Oil prices climbed back to their pre-pandemic levels on Monday, after hitting an all-time low last year, surging to $60 (£44) a barrel. Prices have been boosted thanks to rising demand across the world,...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that the re-arraignment of former Abia State Governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu over an alleged N7.1bn money-laundering charge be put on hold pending the resolution...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the president, vice president and governors will be the first set of people to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. He said this...

The path has been cleared for Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become the first woman and the first African to lead the World Trade Organization after South Korea’s candidate, Yoo Myung-hee...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks to close accounts of persons or entities involved in cryptocurrency transactions within their systems. In a circular dated February 5, 2021, the CBN...

Ajax’s Cameroonian international goalkeeper, Andre Onana has been suspended for one year for doping, the Dutch club said on Friday. The club said in a statement that Onana had “mistakenly”...