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Army says it has nabbed Boko Haram bomb maker, foils attack on its camp

The Defence Headquarters says that troops of Operation “FIRE BALL” have arrested a Boko Haram member, who specialises in making Improvised Explosive Device(IED)...

Breaking: Former Super Eagles Star Christian Obodo kidnapped.

Former Super Eagles midfielder, Christian Obodo has just been kidnapped by gunmen in Warri, Delta State. More details to come later.

New pump price: NNPC says N128 is ex-coastal price, N153.17 ex-depot price, not N130 and N155.17

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has clarified that the new petroleum products prices are N128 ex-coastal and N153.17 as ex-depot and not N130...

Sloppy  Super Eagles surrender 4-0 lead to draw Leone Stars 4-4 at home

  By Boye Ajayi It was an incredible, poor result for Super Eagles, who were leading their Sierra Leonean counterparts 4-0 to concead three...

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy in hospital with coronavirus

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been admitted into a hospital isolation ward, after testing positive for coronavirus, according to reports in Kiev. The...

Former Ghana President Jerry Rawlings dead at 73

  Former Ghana President Jerry Rawlings has died at the age of 73, his family has announced. He died on Thursday morning at...

Canada, Britain, Ireland, other world leaders congratulate Biden, 46th U.S. President

    World leaders have felicitated with Mr Joe Biden after US networks declared him the winner of the bitter White House race...

‘A president for all Americans’: President-Elect Joseph Biden says in victory speech

President-Elect Joe Biden speaking in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, Saturday evening, reached out to voters who supported Trump. “I understand the disappointment...

Joe Biden Elected 46th U.S President

Democratic candidate Joseph Biden prepared to declare victory on Saturday as a win in Pennsylvania delivered the electoral votes he needed to become...

NNPC says it boosted nation’s power generation by 2,538mw in August 

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it supplied 727 Million Standard Cubic Feet per day (mmscfd) of natural gas for power...

For crushing five school pupils, truck driver, conductor lynched 

  A water tanker driver and his assistant have been dispatched to the Great Beyond for crushing five school children in Ebonyi State. The children, who...

FG, Transcorp sign deal for 966 megawatts Afam Power Plant

The Federal  Government and the Transcorp Power Consortium have signed a share sale and purchase agreement of Afam Power Plc and Afam III Fast...

US forces free American hostage in Nigeria

U.S forces rescued a US hostage from northern Nigeria on Saturday, the Pentagon said. “This American citizen is safe and is now in...

Breaking: Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala elected World Trade Organization DG

  Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, has emerged the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Okonjo-Iweala polled 104 votes from 164 member-countries...

#EndSARS: Tinubu to FG: Exercise restraint, the world is watching us

      As calm, law and order are being restored after the #EndSARS national protests, the National Leader of the ruling All...

Lekki Toll Gate shooting: Buhari to speak after investigation 

  In a bid to halt rage of hoodlums across the country with looting of some homes, businesses and COVID-19 palliative warehouses, President Muhammadu Buhari...