A Madagascan minister was one of two survivors to have swum some 12 hours to shore Tuesday after their helicopter crashed off the island’s northeastern coast, authorities said. A search

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has launched its yuletide season campaign with the theme: #CelebrateResponsibly as part of measures to reduce spread of the COVID-19 during the yuletide.

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has withheld his assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021. In a letter to the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, exclusively obtained by THISDAY, the president

The death toll from the attacks on communities in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State has risen to 40 following the discovery of two corpses in the bushes by

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday returned to Abuja after a three-day official visit to Turkey. The president who arrived the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International airport in

The Omicron coronavirus variant largely evades immunity from past infection or two vaccine doses, according to the latest Imperial modelling. The new report (Report 49), from the Imperial College London

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, said the last vestiges of terrorists were the ones soft-targeting innocent citizens, looting their assets and burning houses, because they were already frustrated as a

Nigeria has averted a diplomatic row with Togo over a viral video where some Nigerian citizens were seen to be maltreated at the Gnassingbe Eyadema International Airport in Lome. A

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in clandestine operations on two Lagos drug stores have arrested a pregnant woman and four men, including 62 years old with

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit to provide concrete support to help defeat terrorism and insurgency on the African continent. The president who made the

Anxiety has gripped Nigerians over the conduct of future elections as the constitutional time limit for President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021 ends on Sunday.

Canada announced on Friday the lifting of a ban on foreign travellers from Nigeria and nine other African countries. The country also re-imposed testing, warning that the Omicron variant of

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Friday warned the federal government against plans to remove the fuel subsidy in 2022, saying the action would be met with nationwide protests. The

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey on Friday promised to assist Nigeria tackle the numerous security challenges it is facing, saying he “understands the difficulties and solutions.” On the same

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have smashed a human trafficking syndicate and intercepted 34 children between ages of 8 and 14 being trafficked from Ijebu Ode

President Muhammadu Buhari accompanied by his wife, six Ministers as well as two other top government officials would be attending the Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit in Istanbul. The President and his

Eminent Nigerians, including former President Goodluck Jonathan, President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila and the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide

The Katsina State Governor and Chairman, North West Governors’ Forum, Aminu Bello Masari, has reiterated call for citizens to be allowed to bear arms in self-defence as part of measures