Russia has banned British airlines from landing at its airports or crossing its airspace, its state civil aviation regulator said on Friday. Russia said the move was a response to "the unfriendly decisions by the UK aviation authorities". On Thursday, the...
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna has revealed that all known financiers of Boko Haram activities had been apprehended and taken into custody. He said the terrorism financiers will soon be prosecuted. The governor spoke at the weekly media briefing organised by...
Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described himself as the new hope of Nigeria. “I am a new hope for Nigeria, capable and competent enough of ruling this nation as a president,” Tinubu said. The presidential aspirant of...
President Muhammadu Buhari is eagerly looking forward to 2023 when his constitutionally-allowed two terms come to an end. Buhari said he can’t wait to be addressed as former president. He also said leaders who take the oath of office, swearing with...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has redeployed 186 members of staff in its offices across the nation. The commission in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Festus Okoye, said that the...
Seventeen high-rises in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol have been damaged by shelling, according to the city administration. All the buildings affected were in the east of the city, closer to the front line of fighting with pro-Russian separatists,...
Missiles pounded the Ukrainian capital on Friday as Russian forces pressed their advance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pleaded with the international community to do more, saying sanctions announced so far were not enough. Air raid sirens wailed over Kyiv...
The Enugu State Government has banned the operations of tricycles, motorcycles and tipper-trucks in Nkanu East and West Local Governments, as well as some selected communities in Enugu South Local Government. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the...
U.S. Biotech Company, Moderna, has continues to reap the rewards of its COVID-19 vaccine. In the final quarter of 2021, the company had achieved net profits of $4.9 billion, it announced on Thursday. In the last fiscal year, Moderna made a...
The provisional winners of the 3.5 Gigahertz (GHz) spectrum licence, MTN Communications Nigeria Plc and Mafab Communications Limited, have made their full payment of $273.6 million each for the 5G Spectrum license to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The NCC...