The Abuja Division of the National Industrial Court (NIC) has ordered the National Association of Resident Doctors to suspend its ongoing strike nationwide. National Industrial Court judge John Targema...

Nigeria on Sunday recorded 388 new cases of COVID-19 and eight deaths, according to data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The cases were reported in 12 states and the Federal Capital...

Fifteen more abducted students of Bethel Baptist Secondary School in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state have regained their freedom. John Hayab, the state chairman of the Christian Association...

Chief Mrs. Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi, wife of late Nigerian Head of State, Major General J.T.U. Aguiyi-Ironsi, is dead. The former first lady passed on Monday at 97. Her husband was the Supreme Commander...

 The 21st Olu of Warri Kingdom, Omoba Tshola Emiko, has been crowned as Ogiame Atuwatse III. This comes after a series of activities lined up for the coronation of the monarch, who ascended the throne...

The Nigeria National Petroleum  Corporation (NNPC), has hailed the recent Appeal Court judgment affirming its operatorship of the Oil Mining License 11 (OML 11), describing it as a huge victory for Nigeria...

President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Prof. Ishaq Oloyede as Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board for a second term of five years. Others reappointed by the President include...

Ivory Coast has detected its first cases since 2015 of the H5N1 bird flu in poultry farms, the government said Thursday. “Since July 20, high death rates among poultry were spotted in traditional and...

Clashes between fishermen and herders in Cameroon’s Far North region over the past week have killed 32 people and forced thousands to flee to neighbouring Chad, the UN said Thursday. “A total of 19...

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. It was gathered the President scheduled the meeting to receive updates on security efforts and give...

Burkina Faso’s president has declared three days of national mourning from Thursday after suspected jihadists killed 47 people, including 30 civilians, in an attack in the north of the country. The...

A significant step towards redeeming the pledge by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to intervene in the perennial electric power supply challenge in Maiduguri, Borno State, was taken...

The All Progressives Congress has scheduled September 4 for the conduct of its state congresses. This was contained in a statement titled, “APC Schedules Local Government Area Congresses for Saturday,...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a committee to immediately commence the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The steering committee, which has 12 months duration for the assignment,...

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has reiterated the Corporation’s commitment to supporting the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG)...

Nigeria on Monday recorded 584 new cases of COVID-19 with four deaths reported. This was disclosed by The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Lagos recorded the highest number of infections (201),...

The abductors of the students and staff of the College of Agriculture and Animal Science, Bakura in Zamfara State are demanding N350 million for their release. The provost of the college Habibu Mainasara...

Former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, is dead. Mantu died in a private hospital in Abuja in the early hours of Tuesday after falling ill nine days ago. He was elected under the platform of the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Petroleum Industry Bill 2021 into law. This is according to a statement signed by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina. According to the statement, President...

Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was on Monday declared winner of the hotly contested presidential election in debt-burdened Zambia. With 155 of 156 constituencies reporting, official results showed...