Resident doctors in Nigeria are set to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike on Monday, Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa, National President of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has said. Mr

A former president of Nigeria’s Senate Bukola Saraki is presently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) where he is being quizzed over alleged misappropriation of

Veteran Nollywood actress, Rachael Oniga, is dead. She was 64 years old. Nigerian media personality, Seun Oloketuyi via his Instagram platform, said the movie star who has featured in hundreds

Nigeria’s federal government has denied reports that some lawmakers in the United States have blocked the planned sale of $875 million ammunitions to Nigeria due to poor human rights record.

After collecting N100 million ransom (about $200,000), abductors of the students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna, are said to have demanded for another N50 million ransom for the

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to increase education spending by 50% over the next two years and up to 100% by 2025 in order to reach the global benchmark

The Kaduna state government has filed fresh charges bothering on terrorism  against the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky. The state government also said it

Eritrean refugees have organised a protest in front of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) office in the capital, Addis Ababa, demanding the relocation of thousands of refugees from camps in

Going by a recent report, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has established over 320 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) ostensibly to muzzle the civil space in Nigeria and propagate its agenda

Nigeria’s Police boss Usman Alkali Baba has ordered an internal investigation into allegations and indictment processes from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) against Abba Kyari, a deputy commissioner of

A report by an Italian based charity group has shown that Nigerians ranked highest in the number of trafficked victims into Italy last year. The group, Save The Children Italy,

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Thursday, appraised the war against different forms of terrorism in the West African country, and agreed that the judicial process

Ifeanyi Ejiofor, counsel to detained leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has again been denied access to Nnamdi Kanu by Nigeria’s Department of State Security Services (DSS). Mr

A US court has ordered the arrest of a celebrated Nigerian cop, Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari, court documents have shown. The records show that Otis Wright of the

AFP news agency is reporting that authorities in Equatorial Guinea have detained six French soldiers who were travelling in a helicopter that had stopped to refuel in the port city

Respected Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari has been indicted of having links to Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, also known as Ray Hushpuppi, who is presently facing trial for fraud in

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says he is committed to increasing the country’s budget for education by 50 per cent in the next two years and up to 100% by 2025.

United States lawmakers on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have blocked a proposed sale of attack helicopters to the Nigerian government over rising concerns about the country’s government human rights