The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) on Monday warned returning and newly elected state governors to prepare for  tough times ahead as the country may slide into recession in 2020. Speaking at the induction...

Daredevil kidnappers on Monday afternoon abducted the Board Chairman of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Muhammed Mahmood and his daughter along the Kaduna-Abuja highway. They were reportedly...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a criminal charge against the Governor-elect of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory. The...

Thor’s hammer in the Avengers: Endgame seems to be smashing every competition by setting multiple records at the box office just a day after its release. The Walt Disney Company says the film opened...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has written an open letter to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, urging him to reject the proposed life pension bill for lawmakers in...

The United Nations (UN) has granted the governments of Mozambique and the Comoros Islands $13 million in emergency funds to help provide food and water and repair damage to infrastructure after Cyclone...

It is not  the best of days for Nigeria’s movie industry known as Nollywood as another of its promising actors, Prince Dr. Dammy Eke has been announced dead. Eke reportedly slumped and died on the...

The Dutch duo of Virgil Van Dijk and Vivianne Miedema have won the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Player of the Year awards for the 2018/2019 season in the male and female categories respectively. The...

 Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi on Saturday said that he was not perturbed by his loss at the February 23 election for Oyo South Senatorial District. Speaking while presenting awards at...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Kolawole Taiwo as winner of  Ajeromi-Ifelodun Federal  Constituency election....

The founder of Algeria’s banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), Abassi Madani was buried on Saturday in Algiers in front of thousands of supporters after his death in Qatar where he had long lived in...

Amid criticisms by women’s rights campaigners and some religious leaders, Uganda has crowned its most curvaceous women at the inaugural ‘Miss Curvy’ pageant in Kampala, the country’s capital. The...

The father of Premier League footballer, Emiliano Sala who died in a plane crash three months ago has passed away after suffering a heart attack on Friday morning. According to Daniel Ribero, his friend...

For the first time ever, an African country has won a curling game at a world championship. Tijani and Susana Cole on Thursday gave Nigeria their first ever curling championship game victory, defeating...

Russian President, Vladimir Putin on Thursday welcomed his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong Un in the city of Vladivostok. Some analysts believe that Putin’s meeting with Kim is something of a coup,...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday say it is saddening to note that despite the several bailouts, loan collected and over N200 billion so far collected in monthly allocations, the Kogi State...

The North-East Youth Wing of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has asked the leadership of the party to remove the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole before what they described as’...

Imprisoned former Plateau State governor and the All Progressives Congress senator representing Plateau Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Joshua Dariye has co-sponsored a motion in...

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his satisfaction with the performance of the outgoing Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode. The President on Wednesday commissioned the world-class Oshodi...

Albert Chinualumogu Achebe‘s ‘Things Fall Apart’ has made it to the top five of the British Broadcasting Company’s 100 stories that shaped the world. BBC Culture asked writers around the globe...