Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp says his team are ready for one of football’s most difficult challenges as they visit Atletico Madrid in Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League...
Paris St-Germain (PSG) forward Neymar is expected to play on Tuesday against Borussia Dortmund in their UEFA Champions League last 16 first leg tie after overcoming...
The Oyo State Government has warned that it would prosecute any individual or group of persons found culpable of running parallel and illegal motor parks in...
Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton and FC Barcelona forward Lionel Messi were declared joint winners of the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award in Berlin...
Edo Government on Monday in Benin reiterated its commitment to fighting against human trafficking in the state. Edo Deputy Governor, Mr Philip Shaibu, said this at...
As the first phase of the World Bank-funded African Centres of Excellence (ACE), project winds down, centres from 53 universities located in 12 West African countries...
In 2018, coverage of antiretroviral therapy among children living with HIV in western and central Africa was just 28%, far lower than the global average, which...
Mr Samuel Fadeyi, the new commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), in Akwa Ibom, resumed office on Monday with a call to...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger has confirmed the death of six persons in a road traffic crash that occurred on Monday on Kutigi...
WACO Football Academy on Monday defeated Winco Foam FC 4-1 to lift the 2019 FCT FA league. The Nigeria News Agency reports that the thrilling encounter...
Musa Muhammadu has emerged the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the bye-election into the vacant Babura/Garki Federal Constituency of Jigawa. Muhammadu pulled 547...
The Federal Government has selected six northern states for the pilot phase of its Open Schooling Programme (OSP). OSP which was launched in early 2019 is...
The Minister of Interior, Alhaji Rauf Aregbesola has called on security agencies in the country not to give up the fight against terrorism, banditry and all...
Agricultural stakeholders on Monday declared support for creation of Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs) in the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria. The stakeholders including Nigeria Incentive-Based...
President of the United Nations General Assembly (PGA), Amb. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, on Monday in New York, decried the engagement of untrained teachers in many schools around...
Mohammed Aleiro, Kebbi State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, has announced plans by the state government to integrate 504 Qur’anic Schools into formal education system....
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has dispatched a high powered delegation to Saudi Arabia to save the life of an indigene of the state facing death...
Critics on Monday blamed the British Government for allowing a U.S. blacklisted Chinese technology firm specialising in surveillance to join a trade fair on policing and...
Federal Government delegation led by Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, where in Katsina to condole with Gov. Aminu Masari over the recent killings of people by...
Kano State Government has approved the sum of N60 mllion for the payment of NECO and NBTE examination fees as well as other projects in the...
The police in Kogi said that one of the JAMB staff kidnapped on Kabba – Lokoja in road last Sunday had been rescued. The state police...
The police in Kogi said that one of the JAMB staff kidnapped on Kabba – Lokoja in road last Sunday had been rescued. The state police...
The Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has intercepted 563,400ml of Amphetamine Syrup concealed inside two commercial buses that belonged to a...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its Joint Venture Partners have disbursed 360 million dollars toward the Ogoniland Clean-Up project as recommended by the United...
Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, says Nigeria-India relations is strategic to drive technology development in Africa. Pantami said this in his address...
The Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Maj-Gen Jamil Sarham, has said the academy would not compromise its standards on accommodating and training of cadets. Sarham stated...
Q. Giannis, why was it important for you to have your brothers, Pascal Siakam and Joel Embiid on this team and picking them, given your African...
The Bayelsa state Police Command has extended the three-day dusk-to dawn curfew earlier imposed on the state from Feb. 17 to Feb. 23. The State’s Commissioner of...
Bulgarian Police, on Monday stopped a truck carrying 15 migrants from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan in its refrigerated trailer and arrested the two Greek drivers. The...
Abia government said on Monday that it had commenced investigation into the violent clash that erupted between the unruly fans of Abia Warriors FC and Enyimba...
Mr Mohammed Jibrin, Director-General (DG) of National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI), says the board is ready to bring in technologies that will create immediate jobs...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on Monday promised to continue the onslaught on the province of Idlib, the last rebel stronghold, as well as the countryside of...
An accidental explosion killed a woman and four children in Ngarbuh village of the Anglophone region of Northwest Cameroun when the military attacked separatist camps in...
Uganda started their tournament brightly against Italy who were unknowns – Uganda came away with a strong 24-14 win with a hat trick and a conversion...
Gov. Aminu Masaari of Katsina State on Monday visited Tsanwa and Dankar villages and sympathise with the residents over Friday’s attack by bandits, during which 30...
The Federal Government says it is ready to work closely with the Nigeria Diaspora Voting Council (NDVC) to actualise the participation of diasporas in the country’s...
The Kwara State University (KWASU) on Monday reacted to a video making rounds on the social media of allegedly withdrawing the certificate of one of its...
A resident of Benin, Chuks Moses, 25, on Monday appeared before an Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin, for allegedly damaging electric security wire valued at N250,000....
Two persons have been abducted by gunmen in Calabar over the weekend, reports the Nigeria News Agency . NAN gathered that Dr David Ugwu, an Associate...
The Kwara Government has reaffirmed its commitment to promote efficient and independent judiciary for effective service delivery. Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq stated this during the special valedictory...
The leverage ratio of China’s real economy increased last year, according to a report released by the National Institution for Finance and Development. The overall...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the arrest of Abdullahi Dikko, former Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) over his...
The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawal, has called for greater attention to be paid to out-of-school-children and unemployed youths in the country. Sen. Lawal, who...
Malam Abdullahi Shinkafi, Acting Executive Chairman, Federal Character Commission (FCC), says the commission is poised to ensure fairness and equity in the recruitment of personnel into...
The West African Health Organisation (WAHO) says West African region is in need of 50 million dollars to strengthen the capacity of member states, especially weak...
Dr Micheal Nnoaham, an Epidemiologist, has urged public health experts and emergency management professionals to join forces with Federal Government to strengthen preparedness and response against...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has appealed to Federal Capital Territory Administration to allocate land to some companies to build dairy factories, in furtherance of...
Ikeja Electric Plc (IE) has donated an ultramodern phototherapy machine and clinical supplies to Ikorodu General Hospital as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) toward...
Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola says Cooperative Societies are critical tools to achieving affordable housing for Nigerians. Fashola said this at the inauguration of...
An international NGO, Safe Birth Initiative, in collaboration with Medshare, on Monday donated medical equipment and consumables worth over two million dollars (#730 million) to the...
From February 10 to February 12, 2020, representatives of the Czech manufacturers and exporters of security and defense industry visited Djibouti and Ethiopia. The mission was...
The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has expressed its commitment to collaborate with all stakeholders to fast-track development of the region. Sen. Omotayo Alasoadura, its Minister...
The number of new coronavirus infections appears to be declining in China, the World Health Organization (WHO), on Monday said, citing a new Chinese medical report...
The European Union (EU) pledged 108 million dollars (100 million euros) at a donors conference it organised in Brussels on Monday to help Albania rebuild after...
Activists representing the victims of predatory priests in the Catholic Church said that Pope Francis and the Vatican had failed to properly address the clergy sex...
Rwandan gospel singer Kizito Mihigo, who was found guilty in 2015 of plotting to kill President Paul Kagame, has been found dead in a police cell,...
Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called for a review of existing laws on sexual harassment in tertiary institutions rather...
The Katsina State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr Ali Sule Tanimu, on Monday confirmed a road crash on Malumfashi-Kafur road in Kafur...
Japan reported an increase in coronavirus infections on a quarantined cruise ship on Monday, as the growing epidemic threatened to impact China’s largest political gathering...
The Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has intercepted 235 contraband with total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N91,165,860 within the first...
The militia’s political spokesman based in Qatar, Suhail Shaheen, on Monday said an agreement between the Taliban and the U.S would be signed by the end...
The Oyo State Government on Monday inaugurated Mr Mukaila Lamidi, a formal factional Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), as the Chairman...
Mr Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), has advised developers to be conscious of the effects of climate change when building structures....
A 43-year-old man, Akpotohwase Davidson, appeared before an Oredo Magistrates’ Court, Benin, for allegedly beating up a policeman, who was performing his lawful duty. The defendant...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Monday arraigned 34 traffic offenders before the Mobile Court as the enforcement of traffic rules began in the territory....
The Emir of Karaye, Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakar II, on Monday assured law enforcement agencies of cooperation in addressing the issues of rape and drug abuse in...
The Federal Government is building the capacity of workers and stakeholders in the health sector to respond appropriately to health humanitarian crisis in the country, Dr...
Newly sworn in Governor of Bayelsa, Sen. Douye Diri, has urged the state House of Assembly to expedite passage of the 2020 Appropriation Bill he would...
The Oyo State Government said on Monday that four contracts would be terminated for failing to meet up with the performance specifications and schedule. Prof. Raphael...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said it was yet to take any decision on the resumption for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards...
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) Kano State chapter, has called on Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje to construct more earth dams to boost irrigation activities across...
European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers, on Monday resolved to set up a new mission to monitor the failing UN embargo on arms flowing into conflict-torn Libya...