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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...

Just in: At least 20 bus passengers kidnapped on notorious Akure-Owo-Benin road

    More than 20 bus passengers including market women leaders have been kidnapped at Ogbese on Akure-Owo-Benin highway in Ondo State by...

Lagos bridge tanker inferno: Traffic Agency announces alternative routes

      Following the early Saturday morning petrol tanker fire on Kara bridge at Lagos-Ogun State border, Ogun Traffic Compliance Enforcement Agency...

Lagos-Kara bridge petrol tanker fire claims two lives, 29 vehicles

  Two men were burnt beyond recognition while 29 vehicles parked by the road side were consumed in a petrol tanker fire on...

Botched Lagos NUJ polls: NUJ national body endorses Caretaker Committee to take charge

  The apex authority of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has ratified the Caretaker Committee constituted for the Lagos State Council of...

2023 Vice-Presidency: El-Rufai disowns campaign posters

  Kaduna State Gov. Nasir El-Rufai, has distanced himself from the campaign posters announcing his vice-presidential candidature for the 2023 poll with the...

Suit against NASS: SERAP wins round one

  A Federal High Court in the FCT has given an interim ruling, permitting SERAP to apply for a judicial review and seek an...

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...

President-elect?: US secret service beefs up Joe Biden’s security

    The United States Secret Service has ramped up the protection provided for the nation’s former Vice-President and the strong contender for...

Governors fear of possible second wave of COVID-19 pandemic 

  Nigerian Governors Forum has expressed fear of possible second wave of COVID pandemic in the country, urging immediate action across the states through...

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...

High Court Registrar jailed for N80m theft, issues cheques in wife’s name

      For issuing cheques to his wife to steal N80 million from government’s coffers, Joseph Etefia Udoh, now a retired  Registrar...

2021 Armed Forces Day: Honour fallen heroes, veterans, SGF urges Nigerians

  Nigerians have been urged to honour the nation’s fallen heroes and military veterans who paid the supreme sacrifice for the nation’s unity...

In River State,  vigilance group commander gunned down at motor park

  By Boye Ajayi Report from Rivers State says some yet-to-apprehended gunmen have killed one of the commanders of a local vigilance group,...