Dubai’s main airport said Tuesday it has retained its top place as the world’s busiest for international travel with around 29 million passengers shuttling through the global gateway last year.

Landmine kills 4 personnel of NSCDC in NigerMichael Olugbode in Abuja Four personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been lost to a buried landmine in

Few days after it announced that it raised $250 million for business expansion, Flutterwave has unveiled its new brand identity, backed with the introduction of new products that would enhance

Technology startups in the software development ecosystem in Nigeria and other African countries have continued to attract international investment and support, just as the over 700,000 software developers across Africa

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday struck out a suit challenging the Nigerian citizenship of presidential aspirant and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Justice

The United Kingdom has injected £10 million into Nigeria’s low carbon energy project. The concessional aid is aimed at reducing the risks, for pension and insurance funds’ to invest in

Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has resolved to hold its national convention on March 26, a month away from the February 26 it initially proposed for the convention. This was

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to countries, institutions, and bodies, both private and public, to return Nigeria’s artefacts in their possession. Buhari also disclosed that 1,130 Benin bronzes would

The Nigeria Football Federation was on Monday notified by the Confederation of African Football that the FIFA World Cup play-off round between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and the Black Stars of

The Nigerian military has killed and wounded children in an air attack in neighbouring Niger, according to a local governor in Niger, state television and an aid agency. The attack took place in

The Queen has tested positive for Covid, Buckingham Palace has said. The palace said the monarch is experiencing “mild cold-like symptoms” but expects to continue “light duties” at Windsor over

Russia’s strategic nuclear forces held exercises overseen by President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, and Washington accused Russian troops massed near Ukraine’s border of advancing and being “poised to strike”. With

Evidence suggests Russia is planning “the biggest war in Europe since 1945”, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. He told the BBC’s Sophie Raworth in an interview: “All the signs

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, facing a sharp spike in violence in and around territory held by Russia-backed rebels and increasingly dire warnings that Russia plans to invade, on Saturday called

The Minister of Power, Mr. Abubakar Aliyu, has disclosed that the federal government was willing to partner investors in the  power sector to improve electricity supply in the country This

There was great jubilation among the royal family and people of Benin Kingdom on Saturday following the official handover of two artefacts: Cockerel and a bronze bust to the Oba

Amid a spate of measures being put in place by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to reduce pressure on the nation’s foreign exchange market, analysts from Coudros Securities have

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari and the governors elected on the platform of the APC will decide a new date for the party’s National Convention. THISDAY gathered that this development followed

Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State in Nigeria’s southwest on Saturday won the governorship  primary  of  the  All Progressives Congress (APC) held in the state. Oyetola was backed by the

Nigeria’s 2008 long jump silver medalist Blessing Okagbare has been banned for 10 years for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit announced on Friday.  The 33-year-old, who is also a sprinter,