United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, a first by a senior American official in 25 years, has invited the wrath of China as Beijing on Wednesday (Aug 3) suspended exports of natur

Taiwan's defence ministry has said Chinese military exercises have infiltrated its territory and effectively blocked its sea and air space after Nancy Pelosi visited the island.

2022-08-03 13:07:48

A final year student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso,LAUTECH, Rachel Opadele, and the hotelier, Olugbenga Owolabi who were abducted last week have been killed by the kidnappers.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Russia is to blame for a delay in shipping a turbine for the key Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, and signaled extending the life of Germany’s three remaining nuclear pow

The Arise Television broadcaster, Oseni Rufai, who was accused of driving on BRT lane on Lagos highway and also resisting arrest by policemen has tendered an apology for committing a traffic infractio

The crisis rocking the Osun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a new twist as the party Chairman in the state, Gboyega Famodun, has accused supporters of the Minister of In

President Muhammadu Buhari has tasked diplomats in Nigeria to monitor political developments in the lead-up to next year’s general elections without breaching professional ethics of non-interference.<

In the most recent wave of penalties related to the invasion of Ukraine, the United States blacklisted the alleged lover of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the businessman who owns the second-lar

Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has declared support for lawmakers planning to Impeach president Muhammadu Buhari over what he termed and ‘abysmal’ performance as leader of Nigeria.

2022-08-03 09:04:45

The terrorists, who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, have released five more kidnapped passengers on Tuesday, August 2.

2022-08-02 20:50:27

The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has ordered the closure of all brothels harbouring prostitutes in the state.

2022-08-02 20:35:34

Terrorists, bandits and other assailants have killed 7,222 persons and kidnapped 3,823 individuals in the country between January 1 and July 29, 2022, according to data from the Nigeria Security Repor

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the visit to Taiwan honours America’s unwavering commitment to supporting the island’s vibrant democracy.

2022-08-02 18:39:31

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Tuesday, lamented the high cost of diesel, saying it is taking a toll on his business.

2022-08-02 18:13:26

After arriving in Taipei despite China's warnings, Beijing has reacted with fury to United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit, with at least five government departments strongly condemni

United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has touched down for a controversial Taiwan visit that has angered China and sent global stock markets tumbling.

2022-08-02 15:35:14

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday arraigned one Emmanuel Jayeoba and his son, Ademola Jayeoba Wales, before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Iko

China said Tuesday that the United States will “pay the price” if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan during her Asia trip.

2022-08-02 11:05:37

As US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi headed to Taipei on Tuesday amid intensifying warnings from China, four US warships, including an aircraft carrier, were positioned in waters east o

An American drone strike killed Ayman al-Zawahri, a key plotter of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks who took over as the leader of Al Qaeda after Osama bin Laden’s death, at an urban safe house i

The Acting FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr Dauda Biu, has directed the 37 Sector Commanders across the nation to impound any motorcycle without appropriate registration.

2022-08-02 09:22:08

The Labour Party (LP) vice presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has replied the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa over a recent statement that his principal, Peter Obi, lacks the exper

Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa, yesterday, revealed that majority of senators elected on the platform of the All Progressive Party (APC) were in support of the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over

The Lagos State Government has vowed that necessary action would be taken against a broadcast journalist and presenter with Arise TV, Rufai Oseni, for driving on the dedicated lane for Bus Rapid Trans

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has raised the alarm over the existence of fake continuous voter registration (CVR) portals.

2022-08-01 18:12:08

A man with a loaded AK-47 rifle has been arrested near the home of Iranian-American journalist and government critic Masih Alinejad in Brooklyn, New York, court documents show.

2022-08-01 17:56:46

The Corporate Affairs Commision is planning to replace passport and driver’s license with the National Identification Number for businesses registration.

2022-08-01 14:12:03

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has hit out at Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), insisting that he does not have the needed experience to lead Nigeria.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has extended the prolonged industrial action embarked upon over five months ago by another four weeks.

2022-08-01 13:05:16

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have issued a warning to Igbo elders and politicians residing in Abuja.

2022-08-01 12:50:54

Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, on Sunday raised the alarm on the troubling spate of insecurity in the country, saying Nigeria was already sleepwalking into a collapse, even as he sadl

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi kicked off an Asia tour Monday that's been shrouded in secrecy following an escalation in tensions with China over Taiwan.

2022-08-01 10:09:17

For the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly six months ago a commercial ship loaded with grain has left Ukraine's southwestern port city of Odesa, officials said Monday, as a food crisis fu

Former Kogi Central lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye had claimed that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, made the presidential flagbearer of the Labour Par

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the arrest and immediate prosecution of movie producers, skit makers, and other individuals found using the police uniform without proper autho

Guatemala's President Alejandro Giammattei escaped unharmed after an armed attack on his entourage in the northwest of the country, local media reported on Sunday.

2022-07-31 09:49:31

US President Joe Biden has re-tested positive for COVID-19, just days after the White House said he had been given the all-clear to leave isolation, in a rare case of “rebound” following treatment wit

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has confirmed she will lead a congressional delegation to the Asia-Pacific region.

2022-07-31 08:58:34

A 39-year-old Nigerian man was beaten to death on the street in Civitanova Marche, a seaside town in Italy's central Marche region, on Friday 29 July.

2022-07-31 08:51:33

The Deputy National Chairman of the Labour Party, Bashiru Apapa, has said the growing acceptability of the party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, among Nigerians will pave the way for its vi

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Saturday, ruled out possibilities of extension of the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise, insisting that it would cl

Former Rivers South East senator and chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Magnus Abe, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), in Rivers State.

Dr. Ahmad Lawan, president of the Senate, has denied sitting on letters reportedly written by some senators on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking to defect to opposition parti

A Lebanese prosecutor ordered the seizure Saturday of a Syrian-flagged ship that docked at a northern port with a cargo of Ukrainian grain Kyiv’s embassy in Beirut said was “illegal”.

2022-07-30 15:16:13

A Lebanese prosecutor ordered the seizure Saturday of a Syrian-flagged ship that docked at a northern port with a cargo of Ukrainian grain Kyiv’s embassy in Beirut said was “illegal”.

2022-07-30 15:16:07

Catholic pontiff, Pope Francis, on Saturday, hinted on stepping down from his position.

2022-07-30 15:08:32

Public health officials warn that moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine, while declining to share doses with Africa, could leave millions of people unprotected against a

President Volodymyr Zelensky called the shelling of a prison in the separatist-controlled east 'a deliberate mass murder of Ukrainian prisoners of war'.

2022-07-30 11:03:42

In a bid to succeed Boris Johnson as the UK’s Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has offered attractive tax cuts and other promises which have given her an unbeatable lead over former Chancel

Hundreds of followers of an influential Shiite cleric breached Iraq’s parliament on Saturday, the second time in a week, to protest the government formation efforts lead by Iran-backed groups.

The Nigeria Police on Friday dismissed an Inspector, Richard Gele, who publicly justified extortion to members of the public while at his duty post.

2022-07-30 10:11:10

Former President Trump's golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, was spotted continuing to use the presidential seal despite an ethics complaint and federal law potentially banning its use of the seal at

Yakubu Dogara, former speaker of the House of Representatives, has again kicked against the decision of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Bola Tinubu, to settle

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state, says Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lied in a recent interview he granted to Arise Television.

2022-07-29 13:37:07

A week after grain deal was struck with Russia, Turkey and the United Nations so as to create safe corridors for ships to export grains that have been trapped in Ukraine since the war began five month

Amid the tensions over Taiwan, Russia on Friday has offered strong support to China, warned the United States against any “provocative” moves that could exacerbate the situation.

2022-07-29 12:28:27

Two dancers have been injured after a huge video screen crashed onto the stage during a concert by popular Hong Kong boy band Mirror.

2022-07-29 12:07:15

The University of Leeds, in the United Kingdom, is being sued by a Jewish graduate who claims he was ‘failed’ a sociology assignment because he did not criticize Israel.

2022-07-29 10:21:29

To guide against conflict between two of the World's rival superpowers, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has warned against playing with fire over Taiwan in a call with US President Joe Biden on Thursday, hi

A Syrian cargo ship, sanctioned by the United States and carrying what Ukraine says is stolen barley from the war-torn country, has docked in Lebanon, the Ukrainian diplomatic mission in the Mideast n

Daniel Okoh, newly-elected president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), says Christians are worried about the possibility of becoming second-class citizens.

2022-07-29 08:55:33

The post-presidential primary crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), may soon be over as the presidential candidate of the major opposition party, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Ife

Nigerians will soon start paying 12.5 per cent tax on telecommunications services as the federal government plans to implement five per cent inclusive excise duty on telecommunications services in Nig

A former Russian state TV journalist who quit after making an on-air protest of Russia’s war in Ukraine was fined 50,000 rubles ($860) Thursday for discrediting the military.

2022-07-28 17:13:13

As Russia continues to strike Ukraine, president Volodymyr Zelensky has been criticised for appearing in Vogue amid the war in his country.

2022-07-28 17:08:00

Senator Francis Fadahunsi, representing Osun East Senatorial District has disclosed that some Senators of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) were part of those making moves to impeach Presiden

Chief Austin Umahi has declined his appointment as the secretary of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).

2022-07-28 13:34:18

Renowned flutist and former President of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), Tee Mac Omatshola Iseli, has warned Nigerians against voting the All Progressives Congress (APC) presid

With monkeypox cases on the rise worldwide, the World Health Organization has urged the group currently hardest hit by the virus, men who have sex with men – to limit the number of their sexual partne

Russian forces have launched massive missile strikes on Ukraine's Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, areas which hadn’t been targeted in weeks.

2022-07-28 10:37:34

The governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, claimed that President Muhammad Buhari was unaware that bandits were threatening to kidnap him.

2022-07-28 10:08:30

Hunters under the aegis of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Services have discovered over 320 Permanent Voters Cards in Bayelsa State.

2022-07-28 09:53:52

The Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Abuja , on Thursday, admitted the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris and others to bail on several terms and conditions including not

A 66-year-old man has become the fourth person in history to be cured of HIV, as a by-product of treatment for leukaemia.

2022-07-28 09:36:57

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he's ready to use his nuclear weapons in potential military conflicts with the United States and South Korea, state media said Thursday, as he unleashed fiery rh

The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has described as laughable the threats by some terrorists to kidnap President Muhammadu Buhari.

2022-07-28 08:05:45

Barely seven weeks after terrorists attack worshippers at Owo, in Ondo state, some unknown gunmen, have again attacked the ancient town.

2022-07-28 07:36:27

A man identified as Ojo Babatunde from Omuo-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has been arrested by Police for impregnating his 15-year old step-daughter.

2022-07-27 14:42:50

The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Wednesday named the lawmaker representing Sokoto East, Senator Abdullahi Gobir, as the new Senate Leader.

2022-07-27 14:30:33