The Chief Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, on Monday, said military operations in the 36 states of the federation have constituted a drain on the finances of the military.

As a first step to stave off any industrial action and boast the dwindling revenue from the oil sector, the Chief Executive Officer Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) Engr

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that Africa’s ambition of restoring over 100 million hectares of degraded landscape for productive agriculture is realisable. The President, according to a statement by

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered an immediate investigation into Monday’s collapse of a 21-storey building situated on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, which was still under construction. But

Japanese voters went to the polls on Sunday to decide whether to endorse the conservative government of Fumio Kishida or weaken the new prime minister and possibly return the world’s

Dozens of Sudanese took to the streets of Paris in France on Saturday to protest against the coup d’état of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane, after violent protests claimed the lives

Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada addressed supporters in the southern city of Kandahar, officials announced Sunday, his first public appearance since taking control of the group in 2016. Akhundzada has

Leaders of the world’s biggest economies on Saturday endorsed a global minimum tax on corporations, a linchpin of new international tax rules aimed at blunting the edge of fiscal paradises

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The United States has said travellers into the country from November 8 are to be fully vaccinated and with proof of vaccinated before they are allowed to board flight. A

An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Friday dismissed the appeal of the suspended National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus seeking to restrain the

Just hours after he arrives in Rome, President Joe Biden will meet with Pope Francis on Friday at the Vatican, where the world’s two most notable Roman Catholics plan to

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has launched a mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19, as part of strategies to stave off re-emergence of the viral infection. The objective was aimed

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday paved the way for children ages 5 to 11 to get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA cleared kid-size doses — just a third

FBN Holdings Plc, the holding company of First Bank of Nigeria has announced Nnamdi Okonkwo as its new Group Managing Director. This appointment takes  effect from January 1, 2022, subject

A .45-caliber Colt revolver used on the set of the film “Rust” was not thoroughly checked before being given to actor Alec Baldwin, who fired a live lead bullet in an accidental fatal shooting last week

FBN Holdings Plc on Wednesday clarified that the Chairman of First Bank Nigeria Limited, Mr. Tunde Hassan-Odukale and the Chairman of Geregu Power Plc, Mr. Olufemi Otedola are the only

Nigerians have been warned to beware of fake social media accounts of Nigeria’s digital currency, e-Naira. According to the Central Bank of Nigeria in a statement on Wednesday, an impostor

The pan-African body says the suspension will be in place until the civilian-led transitional government is restored. The African Union (AU) has said it suspended Sudan from all its activities