The National Examinations Council (NECO) on Thursday released results for the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination for external candidates. The board’s Registrar, Prof Godswill Obioma, disclosed...

Gunmen on Thursday killed two Inspectors in Obosi Police station, Idemili North local government area of Anambra State during an attack. They also razed the station and two operational vehicles. The attack...

Pastor Dare Adeboye, son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Enoch Adeboye, is dead. He was 42. Dare Adeboye, who was a pastor of one of the branches of the church,...

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 52 new cases of the COVID-19 virus bringing the total number of infections recorded in Nigeria to 165,273. The country also recorded two new deaths on Wednesday which brings...

President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the release of the abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization in Afaka, Kaduna State. Buhari in a statement issued on Wednesday by his spokesman,...

Seven weeks after their abduction, 27 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, have been released. Mr Abdullahi Usman, who is the Chairman of the Parents’ Committee,...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved more than $8.29 million as well as N3 billion for execution of various electricity projects in the country. This was disclosed to State House Correspondents...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to suspend the planned 2021 census until the insecurity situation in the country is addressed. This was disclosed in a series of...

Nigeria on Monday recorded 18 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 165,199. The 18 new cases were reported in five states: Lagos-8, FCT-6, Edo-2, Rivers-1...

Parents of the abducted students of the College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka in Kaduna State have occupied the National Assembly complex, Abuja, in protest. The protesters  are lamenting over what...

No fewer than six persons were confirmed dead in a Tuesday morning accident involving three vehicles on Sagamu-Benin expressway. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Ahmed Umar,...

Nigeria on Sunday recorded 28 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 165,181. The latest figures were disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)...

Nigeria will ban travellers coming from India, Brazil and Turkey because of concerns about the rampant spread of coronavirus in those countries, a presidential committee said on Sunday. “Non-Nigerian...

Seven people have been killed in a fatal accident that occurred on Lekki-Epe Expressway Alahun Town on Saturday morning after a Lexus SUV ran into a truck. Lagos Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety...

Gunmen have killed a Commissioner in the Kogi State Pension Board, Mr Solomon Akeweje, and abducted the Chairman of Yagba West Local Government, Mr Pius Kolawole. Spokesman of the state police command,...

A local office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa Ibom State was on Sunday set ablaze by hoodlums. The incident occurred in Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state. INEC...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control  (NAFDAC) has approved the use of Pfizer COVID-19 in Nigeria. NAFDAC’s approval is coming a few months after it gave a nod for the use...

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over a closed door security meeting inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government of the Federation,...

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents invaded Kanamma community in Yobe state on Thursday night. Spokesman of the Nigeria Police Force in the state, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, confirmed to Channels Television in...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced new appointments in one of Nigeria’s commercial banks, First Bank of Nigeria PLC, and retained Dr Sola Adeduntan as the bank’s Managing Director. The...