The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Sunday arrested a former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari and Anthony Yaro, Chairman and managing director of Finex Professional for their alleged

Wanted drug kingpin behind the 2000.6 kilogrammes cannabis sativa seized in a concrete mixer truck in Adamawa State last December, Henry Okamaru (a.k.a. Lawrence Ik Okamaru) has been arrested in

  A report by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has projected that Nigeria will have 29 million child brides by 2050. The report, which also raised concern

  President Muhammadu Buhari has backed the recommendation of the African Union Commission for the setting up of a Standby Force on Terrorism in the continent.This is just as he

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk has revealed that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued its firm, Starlink Internet Limited, with two licences to operate in Nigeria. Starlink Internet

  The African Development Bank (AfDB) has embarked on the designing of youth entrepreneurship investment banks in 13 African countries, including Nigeria, even as it disclosed that it had obtained

More than 30 people were killed and others injured when a stampede broke out at a church event in the southeastern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt on Saturday, according to

The pitiable condition of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Africa got the attention of President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday as he called on his fellow African leaders to

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye on Friday told Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State that the security challenge facing Nigeria today

After crisscrossing the country for weeks, consulting with delegates and stakeholders, 14 politicians aspiring to be the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023, will from

A Nigerian High Court sitting in Yenagoa has ruled that former President Goodluck Jonathan is eligible to contest the 2023 presidential election. The presiding judge, Justice Isa Hamma Dashen gave

Senegal’s President Macky Sall fired the health minister on Thursday and announced three days of national mourning for the death of the newborns.. Eleven newborn babies died in a hospital

It was a rare public outburst on Thursday by former Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan as he took a swipe at the National Assembly over the controversy surrounding section 84 of

Nigeria’s low crude oil production means the country is barely able to cover the cost of imported petrol from its oil and gas revenue, the Minister of Finance, Budget and

The African Heads of State and Governments are holding a three-day meeting in Malabo to discuss issues of security and unconstitutional change of government on the continent. Already, President Muhammadu

Nigeria’s federal government has disclosed that the country will take delivery of 105, 000 metric tonnes of basic raw materials for fertiliser production from Canada and Russia next week. It

The Chinese government has advised Nigeria to jealously guard her culture, insisting it is the foundation of national development and the driving force of social progress. Speaking in Abuja at

Nigeria and Ethiopia have concluded plans to hold a Joint Ministerial Commission meeting in Addis Ababa in June, 2022, to discuss various areas of bilateral relationship and exchange perspectives on

As the spate of killings and violent criminal activities continues in different parts of Nigeria, Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, on Wednesday, confirmed that Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters killed 32