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Saddam Hussein’s right-hand man died at 78 in Iraq.

Iraq's Baath Party confirmed the death of one of its most prominent leaders and Saddam Hussein's former right-hand man, Izzat Al-Douri on Monday. Al-Douri, aged 78, the...

Ganduje presents N147.9B budget to state assembly

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has presented the total sum of N147,935,302,948 as the 2021 budget tagged as “Budget for Economic Recovery...

Lekki Shootings: Sanwo-Olu to hand over CCTV footage to panel.

Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured that the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage obtained from the Lekki toll plaza will be handed...

Gunmen abduct village head’s wife in Kano

Gunmen invaded the house of the village head of Tsara, Aliyu Muhammad, on Friday morning and took away his wife, Aishatu Aliyu. According to a...

BREAKING: NBC fines Channels TV, Arise, AIT over ” unprofessional coverage ” of protest

The National Broadcasting Commission has fined Channels Television, Arise Television and Africa Independent Television for what it termed “unprofessional coverage” of the #EndSARS protests. The...

Police arrest 60-year old man trying to pluck out infant’s eyes for ritual

The police in Kano State have succeeded in foiling the evil attempt of a 60-year old sorcerer in Kano, who was on the verge...

NCC Grants MTN, 9mobile approval for national roaming rervice 

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted approval for two mobile network operators (MNOs) to carry out trial on National Roaming Service for a...

Donors pledge $1.7bn in humanitarian aid to conflict-hit Sahel

Violence and insecurity have pushed some 7.4 million people in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger into acute hunger, says UN World Food Programme. International donors...

Gunmen kill at least six children in attack on Cameroon school

Attackers fired indiscriminately at schoolchildren in an area where separatist insurgents are active Gunmen stormed a school in Cameroon on Saturday and opened fire indiscriminately, killing at...

FG to supply electricity to Chad republic

The Federal Government is considering supplying electricity to the Republic of Chad following a recent request by the neighbouring country. The government-owned Transmission Company of...

Breaking: International Umrah will resume in November

The Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has confirmed the resumption date of International umrah to be November 1st, 2020. All eligible countries will...

BREAKING: Bandits abduct over 50 farmers in Zamfara

More than 50 farmers have been kidnapped on Sunday at Lingyadi village, Maru local government area, Zamfara state. The incident happened today when the...