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Trump expands travel ban to 3 new countries

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]resident Donald Trump issued a new travel ban Sunday that saw North Korea, Venezuela and Chad among a list of eight countries cited...

Buhari congratulates Angela Merkel on victory at the polls

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday joins world leaders and well-wishers in congratulating German Chancellor Angela Merkel on her victory at the polls. The President...

Germany decides: Angela Merkel tipped to win fourth term

Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to win a fourth term in office as Germans go to the polls on Sunday in an election...

Expanded PEBEC meeting set to approve national action plan 2.0

  An expanded meeting of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, PEBEC, is scheduled to hold at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday, according to...

Party chieftain demands recall of any legislator who votes against abrogation of SIEC, LG autonomy

  National Leader of Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the South-south zone, Senator Roland Owie, has demanded the recall of any state legislator...

Delta celebrates 1-millionth passenger on board Lagos-Atlanta service

[dropcap]D[/dropcap]elta Air Lines hit an important milestone as it carried the 1-millionth customer to fly on its nonstop service between Nigeria and the...

IMF and Germany Expand Capacity Development Partnership in Africa

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) have strengthened their cooperation on capacity development (CD)...

CBN considers tougher sanctions against banks hoarding forex

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Friday said it is reviewing ways to toughen sanctions against financial institutions in the country that hoards foreign exchange...

Trump is ‘mentally deranged’ says North Korea, as leaders beat the drums of war

US President Donald Trump is “mentally deranged” and will “pay dearly” for his threat to destroy North Korea, Kim Jong-Un said Friday, as...

FG set to commence northeast humanitarian makeathon

In line with the Buhari administration’s policy of promoting the use of technology as a critical tool for public service delivery, the Federal...

Mugabe calls Trump the ‘Giant Gold Goliath’ in UN speech

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe did not mince words at the United Nations Thursday about Donald Trump, mocking the US president as the “Giant...

US police fatally shoot deaf man

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]olice in Oklahoma came under intense scrutiny Thursday for fatally shooting a deaf man who failed to respond to their commands, even as...

Attacks Against Albinos for Body Parts, Profit Must Stop, Says UN

“When I was sleeping in my house, four people came and started attacking me with machetes,” said Mariama Staford, an albino in Tanzania....

Court strikes out EFCC’s charge against Diezani

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Abuja division of the Federal High Court Wednesday struck out a charge indicting former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke to the illegal diversion...

Dambazau denies unsubstantiated accusation that he threatened to kill IPOB leader

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Minister of Interior, Lt General (Rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau on Wednesday in New-York, issued a strong denial to social media’s unsubstantiated accusation...

Tambuwal Wants NNPC to Explore Oil in Sokoto Basin

…As Baru Assures of adequate fuel Supply Sokoto State Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has appealed to the Management of the Nigerian...