Nigeria’s federal government has granted the police and the appropriate bodies the powers to prosecute all passengers presenting a forged COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) results after the expiration of

In commemoration of the 2021 World Clean-up Day, the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has evacuated over 75,000 plastic bottles from a Ilashe beach in Lagos. The evacuation was undertaken

Operatives of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have destroyed over 14 hectares of cannabis cultivated farms in Edo State. This is part of continued nationwide ‘offensive action’ against

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, in his capacity as Minister of Petroleum Resources, has directed the incorporation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. A statement on Sunday by Special Adviser

A former Deputy Governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia is dead. President of the Southern Kaduna People’s Union (SOKAPU) Jonathan Asake confirmed his death to ARISE News. “It’s

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said the time to fully relocate refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) back to their homeland in Borno State and the

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to depart Abuja on Sunday for New York, United States of America, to participate in the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA76).

The Obi of the Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State in Nigeria’s South-South region, His Royal Majesty Ifechukwude Aninshi Okonjo II, has escaped what appeared

The second batch of the A-29 Super Tucano fighter jets acquired by the federal government to boost the war against insurgency and banditry has departed the United States for Nigeria,

For three days, this semi-arid patch edging the Sahara desert blooms with a riot of colours – red, orange, blue, fuschia – as thousands of nomadic herders don their best

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, and the Governor of Oyo State, Mr. Seyi Makinde, are set to clash in a battle for the control

Guinea’s military leaders say they will not let deposed President Alpha Conde seek exile, after regional mediators attempted to mount pressure to secure his release following a coup earlier this

To promote partnerships for the greater good of Africa, there is need for serious collaboration between the creative and tourism industries between countries or regional groups. That’s according to the

Another batch of 10  of the remaining 31 abducted students of the Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna have been released by bandits after spending 75 days in captivity. The

The Yobe State Police command has apprehended a 22-year old woman, Khadija Yakubu, for allegedly poisoning four children of her husband other wife. A statement on Friday by the Yobe

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has called for an increase in political participation of women to deepen Nigeria’s democratic practice and development efforts. Laing made the call

Nigerian ecurity forces have rescued Major C L Datong, the military officer abducted by bandits at the staff quarters of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna. The bandits had invaded

Resident doctors in Nigeria have rejected an Industrial Court order, directing the umbrella body – National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to suspend its strike with immediate effect. Instead, the