A former Comptroller-general of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Dikko Inde has died. The cause of his death remains uncertain but Mr Dikko had been facing several corruption charges

The World Health Organization says it will send more than 11,000 Ebola vaccinations to the West African nation of Guinea in the coming days to combat the resurgence of the

Zimbabwe has begun vaccinating its health care workers as the country rolls out its COVID-19 inoculation programme. The southern African nation received its first 200,000 doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine

Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd), on Wednesday rallied Nigerians to defend themselves against bandits who have turned kidnapping into a thriving business. Magashi, speaking against the

Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has faulted the attempts to equate Niger Delta militants with Northern bandits, describing it as not only criminal, but also unconscionable. Clark stated this in

Nigeria’s federal government has assured it will secure the safe release of abducted students and teachers of the Government Science College Kagara, Niger State. Forty-two persons, 27 of them students,

There was excitement at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja and other zonal offices nationwide on Tuesday as President Muhammadu Buhari broke with tradition

Suspected bandits have killed one student and kidnapped several others in Government Science College Kagara in northcentral Niger state. Details of the incident is still sketchy but the Director General

A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Soludo, Managing Director, Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Mr Birsmack Rewane, and former Nigerian ambassador to the United States,

Nigeria’s former minister of finance Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Monday made history by becoming the first female and first African Director General of the World Trade Organisation. Thousands of Nigerian

On Tuesday, 40-year old Abdulrasheed Bawa was nominated chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by the country’s President Muhammadu Buhari. There are a lot of firsts attached

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm forty year old Abdulrasheed Bawa as the substantive Chairman of the country’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Femi Adesina,

Nigeria’s annual inflation rate climbed for a 17th straight month to 16.47% in January of 2021, according to figures released by Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics. It was the highest inflation

Nigeria’s federal government is set to take measures against a possible resurgence of Ebola disease in the country, the Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr.

To curtail further violence in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, the Inspector-General of Police, Adamu, has ordered the immediate deployment of four units of riot policemen in the state. The

Nigeria’s federal government on Monday unfolded plans to stop gas flaring in the next four years. Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, at a public hearing on “Need