Kamala Harris has accepted her historic nomination as the US Democratic party’s vice-presidential candidate, running with Joe Biden for the White House. In a speech to...
Seven students of Government Girls’ College, Doma, Gombe state, have tested positive for COVID-19. The federal government had permitted schools to reopen partially on August 4 for graduating...
Assimi Goita, a colonel in the Malian army, has declared himself head of the “National Committee for the salvation of the People”, a group created by...
Some lawyers have asked the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to withdraw its invitation to Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, to speak at the association’s annual...
Muhammed Babandede, comptroller-general of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has disclosed how a company contracted by the federal government sought to seize the country’s assets through...
Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, travelled to the UK on Wednesday “in good health”, family sources say. There are social media reports that the former...
Mohammed Adamu, inspector general of police (IGP), says banditry in the northern region has an “international dimension”. Adamu was speaking at a town-hall meeting on peace...
The Nigerian High Commission in Ottawa, Canada, has shutdown activities indefinitely. A statement posted on the High Commission’s website said the development followed the abuse of...
A 16-year-old female COVID-19 patient is sitting her senior secondary school certificate examination at the Kwara State COVID-19/Infectious Disease Centre in Ilorin, the state capital, an...
Malian President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has resigned. Keita on Wednesday said he was resigning to avoid “bloodshed”, hours after his arrest by troops. Rebel soldiers reportedly...