The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE), an economic advocacy group, has identified Dangote Petroleum Refinery as one of the key expected drivers of growth that would impact positively...

A former governor of Oyo State, Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, is dead. Alao-Akala who was born in Ogbomosho, Oyo State on June 3, 1950 died at the age of 71. Details of his death remained sketchy as...

Three persons have been confirmed dead in a church building collapse which happened at Okpanam near Asaba in Delta State on Tuesday. The confirmation was made by the Police Public Relations Officer in...

Chief Ernest Shonekan, the former Head of the Interim National Government 0f Nigeria which succeeded the military junta of General Ibrahim Babangida is dead. He died on Tuesday in Lagos at the age of 85. Shonekan...

Uganda ended the world’s longest school closure on Monday, ordering millions of students back to the classroom nearly two years after learning was suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic. Some...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has begun mass mobilisation of civil society organisations (CSOs) ahead of its planned January 27 and February 1 nationwide protests against the proposed removal of petrol...

Thirty abducted students of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State and a teacher have regained their freedom after spending six months in captivity. Yahaya Sarki, the Special Adviser on...

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday declared 19 individuals wanted for operating illegal crude oil refining sites which are responsible for the black soot menace in Rivers State. The governor...

The Federal Government has formally declared bandit groups operating in the country as terrorists. The declaration titled ‘Terrorism (Prevention) Proscription Order Notice, 2021 is contained in Volume...

The United States has reported more than one million new COVID-19 cases in a single day, setting a new global record, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. There were 1,082,549 new cases in...

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast on Wednesday, authorities in Japan and South Korea said, in the nuclear-armed country’s first show of force this year. Japan’s coast...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Doyin Salami, as his Chief Economic Adviser. Mr Salami was until now, the Chairman of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC). “A 1989 doctorate degree...

Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned after another day of mass protests which rocked the capital, Khartoum. Hamdok’s decision, announced in a televised address late on Sunday, came...

One of Nigeria’s prominent politicians and erstwhile presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), Alhaji Bashir Tofa has died. Tofa, aged 74, died on Monday at a hospital...

The Federal Government has further extended the deadline for the National Identification Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification to the 31st of March, 2022. In a joint statement...

France has announced new COVID-19 measures in a bid to curb a surge in infections as concern rises worldwide over the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. From January 3, working from home will be mandatory...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa’s struggle against apartheid who was revered as his nation’s conscience by both Black and white, died on Sunday...

The Federal Government has declared free train rides for citizens from Dec.24 to Jan 4, 2022. Mr Fidet Okhiria, Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) disclosed this in an interview on Friday...

At least five people were killed on Thursday after three explosions rocked Maiduguri the Borno State Capital. The blasts which come a few hours before President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state...

Nigeria on Wednesday reported 4,035 COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily infection tally since the start of the pandemic nearly two years ago. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed...