Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has decided to throw open its 2023 presidential ticket to all sections of the country. The party’s National Publicity Secretary,...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja signed into law, three bills aimed at improving the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing framework in Nigeria. The bills are the Money...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off their strike in the interest of students. The President made the appeal at the 19th National...

Veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh was shot dead Wednesday as she covered an Israeli army raid on Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. The Qatar-based TV channel said Israeli forces...

The Court of Appeal has set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court in Umuahia which voided the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022. In a judgment on Wednesday in Abuja, a three-member...

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered all members of his cabinet and appointees vying for electoral offices to resign on or before May 16, 2022. The order came at Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council...

Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan has rejected the N100 million All Progressives Congress Presidential Expression of Interest and Nomination forms bought for him  by nomadic Fulani pastoralists...

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, resigned on Monday, following weeks of protests against his government. The country has been rocked by civil unrest since March, with demonstrations...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has refused the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele’s request to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission and the Attorney General of...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rolled over its ongoing strike for another 12 weeks. A statement signed by ASUU president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this was to give the government enough...

The Supreme Court on Friday partly resolved the ownership dispute in 17 oil wells ownership in favour of the Rivers State government. In a judgement prepared by Justice Ellen Ogunwumiju but delivered by...

The National Crime Agency (NCA) in the UK says it has recovered $23,439,724.98 loot believed to have been siphoned out of Nigeria in the 1990s by the associates and family of former Head of State, General...

My dear Compatriots, determined to pay the debt of gratitude I owe our nation for the opportunities to serve in high offices of public trust; determined to let our nation drink from the deep well of experience...

Real Madrid produced an astonishing late comeback against Manchester City to set up a Champions League final against Liverpool, as Karim Benzema’s extra-time penalty winner gave them an incredible...

The Bank of England (BoE) today raised its Bank rate of interest from 0.75% to 1%, in a bid to counter the UK’s soaring inflation rate. UK inflation stands at 7%, and the 25-basis point hike was widely...

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has picked the nomination and expression of interest forms of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Senator Kabiru Gaya, one of the leaders of Osinbajo’s campaign picked...

President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the King David University of Medical Sciences Ụbụrụ in Ohaozara local government area of Ebonyi State. Buhari, who is on a two-day working visit to the...

Pastor Tunde Bakare of Citadel Global Community Church on Thursday purchased the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination and expression of interest forms. He officially declared his intention to run...

Former Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, has declared his intention to contest for President of Nigeria. Amosun made the declaration at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Central Business District...

European Union countries will stop importing Russian oil and refined products, the head of the bloc’s executive European Commission said on Wednesday in proposing a sixth round of sanctions against...