There is tension in the air in Maiduguri, Northeast Nigeria as multiple explosions and gunshots have rocked the Borno State capital. Explosions were heard the Gomari…
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No fewer than three students in Cameroon have been hospitalised after getting injured in a stampede following a rumoured coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccination campaign. Local media reports…
Former Imo State Governor and Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha was on Sunday arrested by the Police after forcefully entering a state property.…
The Nigerian Air Force has released names of victims of the plane crash that happened in Abuja, the Nigerian capital earlier today. A Nigerian military aircraft…
The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB-N) on Sunday confirmed the crash of an aircraft belonging to the Nigerian military at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.…
A Nigerian military aircraft has crashed in Abuja, Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika revealed on Sunday. Sirika in a tweet said the aircraft, a King Air…
The Nigerian government has denied reports saying Benin Republic is aspiring to become the country’s 37th state. Some reports had quoted Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs,…
The debt spiked up in the full year of 2020 due to the covid-19 impact on the economy, which resulted in increased borrowing from the Bretton Wood Institutions, as well as the African Development Fund.
Suspected terrorists have killed at least 18 people in northern Burkina Faso and central Mali on Wednesday and Thursday with government linking the attacks to terrorists.…
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has condemned the savage attack on Wednesday on Government Science College, Kagara in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State…