The Academic Staff Union of Universities has expressed its readiness to embark on another round of industrial action following what it called the failure of the Federal Government to implement an agreement...

Rocket fire apparently targeting Kabul’s international airport struck a nearby neighbourhood on Monday, the eve of the deadline for American troops to withdraw from the country’s longest war...

Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has relaxed the curfews imposed on parts of the state due to insecurity. The Governor, in a broadcast on Monday, said the 24-hour curfew on Jos North is now to be...

Legendary Nigerian highlife musician, Sir Victor Uwaifo died on Saturday at the age of 80 in Benin City. One of his children, Uwaifo Peter de Rock, broke the news of the demise of the Professor of Visual...

Following the Presidential applause for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on its posting of ₦287bn profit after tax in the 2020 financial year, the Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele...

Manchester United has announced that it has reached agreement with Juventus for the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo. This was made known by Manchester United via its official website. Read the statement...

The death toll from two blasts at Kaul’s airport has risen to 72, two officials who worked in the ministry of health until the Taliban takeover told AFP on Friday. “There are many women and children...

Gunmen have freed over 100 pupils kidnapped from an Islamic seminary in Niger State nearly three months ago, the school’s head teacher said on Thursday. The head teacher, Abubakar Alhassan did not say...

Nigeria’s domestic gas penetration aspirations have received a major boost as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Kaduna State Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 5.01% (year-on-year) in real terms in the second quarter of 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. This is according to the recently published...

Several persons are feared killed with many others injured after suspected herdsmen attacked Yelwa Zangam village in the Zangam District of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. The attack...

Serena Williams will not play in the U.S. Open because of an injury, she said Wednesday. “After careful consideration and following the advice of my doctors and medical team, I have decided to withdraw...

The Plateau State government has re-imposed a 24-hour curfew on Jos North Local Government Area (LGA). The 24-hour curfew earlier imposed in the council area was relaxed last week to dusk-to-dawn alongside...

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has confirmed speculations that he plans to run next year for the position of vice president. “I will run for vice president,” he said. “I’m worried about...

President Joe Biden affirmed on Tuesday that he would not immediately extend an Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. In making the decision, the president agreed with a Pentagon...

The leaders of Ogoniland in Rivers State under the auspices of the Ogoni Liberation Initiative have pledged to cooperate with the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) in the exploration and production...

The Speaker of the Kebbi State House of Assembly, Abdulmumeen Kamba, and the Deputy Speaker, Muhammad Buhari-Aleiro, have been impeached. The impeachment was announced by the Chairman House Committee on...

A High Court sitting in Rivers State has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Chairman, Uche Secondus from parading or acting as head of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). The...

Bandits have attacked the permanent site of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna State, killing two officers and abducting one other officer. This was disclosed by NDA spokesman Major Bashir Muhd Jajira. “The...

The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Monday, a milestone that may help lift public confidence in the shots as the nation battles the most contagious coronavirus mutant yet. The vaccine...