Business magnate, Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo, is dead. He died of pancreatic cancer in London Sunday morning, according go THISDAY. He was aged 63. THISDAY gathered that he was diagnosed

Nigeria will begin administering the second batch of COVID-19 vaccines from August 10, the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 said on Saturday. The Director of Press, PSC on COVID-19,

Ruth Pagu, one of the girls abducted by Boko Haram at a secondary school in Chibok seven years ago on Saturday reunited with her parents in company of the two

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Middle Belt Forum (MBF), and Afenifere have reacted to the comment by a former Nigeria military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), that the next President

Eighty two of the 94 students abducted by bandits at the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State on June 17 are spending their 52nd day today with the kidnappers

The Nigerian Army on Friday said it had reinvigorated its operations and strengthened them to enable the troops take the war to the enclaves of insurgents, bandits and other criminals

President Adama Barrow of Gambia has commended Nigeria’s commitment to the war against illicit drug trafficking and abuse, even as he called for more collaboration among anti-drug law enforcement agencies

As a way of supporting the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Canada Government is donating the total sum of $3.74million to support Tanzania’s social protection programme. Canada’s contribution would

Aminu Yar’Adua, the son of late General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, is in prison custody after allegedly killing four persons in an auto crash in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. A

South Africa’s jailed former president Jacob Zuma has been admitted to a hospital for medical observation on Friday, the government’s Correctional Services department said. As a former head of state

Rebels from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have taken control of the town of Lalibela, a UNESCO world heritage site in neighbouring Amhara region. Lalibela, home to 13th Century churches hewn

Nigeria’s federal government has named seven of the 36 states of the federation as beneficiaries of a $700 million loan sourced from the World Bank for water projects. The states

United Nations has raised the alarm that Nigeria’s North East is on the brink of catastrophic food insecurity as 4.4 million people in the area expected to face food critical

Cuba has cried that the United States blockade against her and the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic have caused a loss of about $3.6 billion between April and December, 2020 alone. Addressing

The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou has revealed that the ECOWAS Vision 2050 will be validated and endorsed in December, this

The African Union has commenced the distribution of 400 million Covid vaccines to member states, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced. Several countries will receive the first of the

A United States District Court of California, has requested a pre-trial arrest and detention of suspended Nigeria Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, for 10 days. The US court papers