The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, declined granting bail to  Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)who is being prosecuted for...

The Kaduna State Government has ordered the immediate closure of 13 schools located in areas that have been identified as vulnerable to attacks by bandits. This followed Monday’s bandits’ attack on...

The Southern Governors’ Forum (SGF) on Monday, insisted on rotational presidency, saying Nigeria’s president in 2023 must come from the South. The forum agreed on the decision in a communique signed...

Bandits have attacked Bethel Baptist School, a private college located at Maraban Rido area of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting an unspecified number of students. The kidnappers...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit, asking the court “to compel President Muhammadu Buhari to disclose spending details of the overdrafts and loans obtained...

Oyo Police Command on Sunday confirmed five persons dead and others injured when a gas tanker rammed into Bode market in Molete, Ibadan, capital of Oyo State. The accident occurred around 9:00 am on Sunday...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), said its operatives have arrested one Mrs Anita Ugochinyere Ogbonna, a Nigerian based in Brazil with 100 pellets of cocaine concealed in her private part...

At least 45 people have died after a Philippine Air Force plane crashed in the southern Philippines on Sunday, as rescue and recovery operations continue amid the country’s worst military air disaster...

South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma wwho was ordered by country’s apex court to surrender himself to start a 15-month jail term for contempt, on Sunday said he would not be doing so...

The government of Kenya on Friday denied involvement in the arrest of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, saying it “does not want to be dragged into Nigeria’s internal affairs.” Nnamdi Kanu’s brother,...

The Department of State Services has declared Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho wanted. The DSS also confirmed that its operatives carried out a midnight raid on his...

After nearly 20 years, the U.S. military has left the Bagram Airfield, the epicenter of its war to oust the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America. Two...

The Nigerian Federal government has projected country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to grow by 4.2 per cent in 2022. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said this...

The Nigerian Senate has passed the Petroleum Industry Bill also known as PIB. The bill was passed during plenary on Thursday after careful consideration of each of the clauses. The Senate approved three...

South Africa’s top court on Thursday cleared President Cyril Ramaphosa of lying to parliament about a donation to his 2017 election campaign. The court’s decision quashed a critical report...

Leaders of Nigeria’s main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday stormed the National Assembly in protest. The leaders were demanding the immediate reversal of President...

The Petroleum Industry Bill moved one step closer to becoming law after Senators on Thursday began to consider its provisions after a committee report. Senator Sabo Mohammed (Jigawa South-West) who chairs...

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N74,773,601,916.30 as the 2021 budget of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund. The approval  followed the presentation of the harmonized report of both the...

In the face of apparent pressure from the UN, Ethiopia declared a unilateral ceasefire in Tigray on Monday. This  came even as rebels claimed they had retaken the regional capital of Mekelle. In a statement,...

Bandits have killed the member representing Shinkafi Constituency in the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Alhaji Muhammad Ahmad. Ahmad was reportedly killed by bandits along Sheme- Funtua Road in Katsina...