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President of Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Melvin Pinnick is the newest member of the FIFA Council. Pinnick, who is in his second term as supremo of…

Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB),Professor Ishaq Oloyede has stated that the organisation generated N400 million from birth dates alterations by applicants in the first year of his resumption into office.

Madougou was apprehended on Wednesday in Porto-Novo in the presence of Joël Aivo, another opposition candidate, who bolted at the time of the arrest.

Violence erupted in Dakar after Sonko was arrested on Wednesday based on rape allegation. He denies the charges and says it was an attempt by President Macky Sall to undermine him.

Earlier on Sunday, there were fears that a fire outbreak may have damaged properties and injured people at the seat of the Nigerian government, Aso Rock…

Chadian President, Idris Deby (middle) flanked by Burkinabe President, Marc Kabore and French President, Emmanuel Macron. Ludovic Marin/pool

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari will receive the COVID-19 vaccine at his Aso Villa residence and…

The United Nations has said no fewer than 100,000 people, who rely on humanitarian assistance, will be affected after a terrorist group attacked civilians and several…

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has banned mining activities in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria as he seeks to curb the rising spate of kidnapping and banditry in…

No fewer than 279 of the 317 girls abducted by gunmen from a boarding school in Zamfara State, Northern Nigeria have been released. News of their…