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Abel Ejikeme The National Assembly has said it will only pass the Petroleum Industry Bill if details of the document are clearly understood. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, stated...

Barring any last minute resolution of the planned nationwide strike organised by Nigerian labour unions against the increase in electricity tariffs and petrol, aviation union members have been put on...

Abel Ejikeme Ahead of Nigeria's 60 years Independence Day celebration, the country's foremost media group, THISDAY ARISE Group will be hosting a 6-hour global commemoration to celebrate this milestone for...

Rita Osakwe US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday became the first woman in history to lie in state at the US Capitol, capping off days of commemorations...

Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri   The Multinational Joint Task Force has rescued 12 hostages from Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa. The ambush of the terrorist group by the soldiers...

Abel Ejikeme The Nigerian government has launched an innovative response platform that it says will aid the fight against the ever-increasing issues of sexual and gender-based violence. The country's National Human Rights Commission...

Rita Osakwe The United States is considering new guidelines that could restrict some international students, many of them from African countries, from applying for courses with a duration longer than...

US congressional leaders - Democrats and Republicans alike - have swiftly pushed back against President Donald Trump after he declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he...

At least four people were wounded in a knife attack on Friday near the former offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris. A Paris police official said that while...

Peter Uzoho No fewer than 30 people were yesterday injured in a gas explosion that occurred at Iju-Ishaga, Lagos State, while 15 vehicles and 23 buildings were destroyed. The spokesperson...