Two brothers from the wealthy Gupta family have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates, the South African government has announced. Atul and Rajesh Gupta are accused in South Africa
Ahead of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) special convention and presidential primary on Tuesday, in Abuja, stakeholders in the party, including the progressive governors, Monday, reduced the number of
The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, and Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, on Monday, joined the growing
When completed, the construction of the 1,028-kilometre Abidjan-Lagos highway would benefit at least 40 million West Africans, Nigeria’s Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), said at the
Sunday’s attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo Kingdom, Ondo State, by criminal terrorists, leaving scores dead in its wake, mostly women and children, might have had devastating
The food inflation as well as scarcity of farm additives in Nigeria occasioned by the war between Russia and Ukraine, may be tempered soon, with President Vladimir Putin assuring African
Deaths on the African continent from Covid-19 are expected to fall by nearly 94 per cent in 2022 compared to last year, modelling by WHO has shown. Last year was
Stakeholders in Nigeria’s power sector have warned that the sector faces imminent collapse as a results of a myriad of challenges. Speaking with journalists om Sunday, they highlighted the acute
No fewer than 11 members of trafficking syndicates have been arrested in connection to drug seizures at both Lagos and Abuja airports. A statement on Monday by the spokesman of
The decision this weekend by President Muhammadu Buhari and Northern Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to concede the party’s 2023 presidential ticket to the South, has elicited
The cleric who incited a mob that killed a security guard, Ahmed Usman for alleged blasphemy against Prophet Mohammed (SAW) at the Tipper Garage, Lugbe, Abuja and 11 other suspects
Terrorists have attacked St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, in Nigeria’s southwest region. Emerging reports suggest that many worshippers have died and several others have been left injured
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that the ballot papers for the 2023 elections would be printed locally because it has more than 180 days before the 2023
Barely three weeks after Miss Deborah Samuel, a 200-level Home Economics student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, was killed and set ablaze by a mob over
Hopes for the emergence of a southerner as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been rekindled as 11 northern governors elected on the platform of the
The Lagos State Government has commenced the crushing of about two thousand motorcycles seized following the enforcement of the policy banning their operations in six local government council areas of
The seven-man All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Screening Committee headed by the former national chairman of the party, Chief John Oyegun on Friday announced that it had cleared 13 of
Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, on Friday faulted claims that President Muhammadu Buhari asked members of the PGF to pick a consensus presidential candidate for the APC. He said that contrary
The Minister of Power, Mr. Abubakar Aliyu, Thursday admitted that Nigeria’s current electricity generation was incapable of powering the economy of over 200 million Nigerians. Aliyu, who spoke during the
His Eminence, Samuel Kanu-Uche, Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, in an exclusive interview, recounts his ordeal after he was kidnapped by terrorist. [bc_video video_id=”6307194993112″ account_id=”6116119081001″ player_id=”default” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%”
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