A Republican senator said Wednesday that he will object to Congress’s certification next week of the results of the November 3 US presidential election, a move that may slightly delay — but not derail — the final confirmat...
The date for the sales of the application forms for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has not been fixed, according to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). This was disclosed by the education boar...
An estimated 10.4 million children in seven countries, including Nigeria, will suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement on Wednesday. “As 2021 approaches, UNICEF is deeply co...
The family of Sulaimon Olufemi, a Nigerian sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, approached the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) seeking its intervention to save him. Sulaimon was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia i...
The state of insecurity in the country has been attributed to the failings of the previous administration under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), according to a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abba Ali, wh...
The Arewa Consultative Forum's (ACF) National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Waye, said that the killings in Taraba State aren't given as much attention because there's no oil in the state. He stated this in an interview with ...
Argentina Wednesday became one of only a handful of South American nations to legalize abortion, after hours of debate in the Senate. Hundreds of thousands of illegal abortions are carried out every year in the nation of 44 million, and ...
With rising insecurity in various parts of the country, the heft of the blame is hung on the shoulders of President Muhammadu Buhari, who, according to a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Onuoha Nnachi, has "failed the c...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, revealed that the transmission rate among the youths is high. He stated this during a briefing, no...
A new policy against illegal collection of revenue and makeshift shops has been enacted by the Benue State Security Council. The area under the spotlight of the new policy in the state is the Katsina-Ala and some areas in Sankera, as the...
Giving advice on the best way to spur growth and economic advancement in the country, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Nigerians shouldn't blame God for the situation the country is in but "we have to blame ourselve...
As coronavirus cases continue to rise in the United States and the vaccine reaching less than the projected number by the Trump administration, US President-elect Joe Biden has said that he would move "heaven and earth" to ensure ...
The government of Spain has announced that it would put together a list of residents that declined to take the COVID-19 vaccine. This was disclosed by the country's health minister, Salvador Illa, who also stated that the register wo...
Fresh prescriptions to get a National Identification Number (NIN) have been announced by the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC). This was disclosed in a statement titled, ‘NIMC Adopts Booking System For NIN Enrolm...
A Hong Kong teenager was ordered to spend four months in prison on Tuesday for insulting China’s national flag and unlawful assembly as Beijing increasingly targets prominent activists from the financial hub. Tony Chung, a 19-year-...
