A total of 4,193 doctors and dentists left Nigeria for greener pastures in 2024, according to the Nigeria Health Statistics Report released by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. The report, obtained by our correspondent on Friday, shows that the migration of healt...
The Federal Government has secured a final investment decision on a gas discovery that remained undeveloped for more than five decades and has finally moved towards production, with TotalEnergies and Nigerian independent AMNI International taking the Final Investment Decision on ...
Within days of the war breaking out between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces on April 15, 2023, Saudi Arabia presented itself as a mediator seeking to halt the fighting, stop it from spreading and stand at an equal distance from both sides. The claim carried weight becau...
A Hungarian fighter jet was scrambled to escort a Wizz Air aircraft to Budapest after a bomb threat forced the flight travelling from London to Sofia (capital of Bulgaria) to divert. The Airbus A321neo, which departed London Luton Airport at 8.33am on Monday, was due to arrive at...
The Imo State Police Command has arrested 26-year-old Ifeanyi Joseph for allegedly pushing down a girl, Chiamaka Chukwuokore, 17, from a two-storey building in Owerri, the state capital, on Sunday. The command’s spokesperson, Henry Okoye, confirmed the arrest on Monday after the ...
Customers of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, withdrew approximately $3.6bn in assets after the platform resumed transactions on Sunday following a cyberattack involving $6.3bn worth of digital assets. The withdrawals came after Binance suspended all transact...
The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu, has dismissed the omission of his name from the Independent National Electoral Commission’s list of governorship candidates as a temporary distraction, insisting that the development would not a...
The Ogun State Police Command has recovered an AK-47 rifle, ammunition and a Mercedes-Benz GLK in a follow-up operation after a robbery incident in Ota, Ogun State, during which a suspected armed robber was killed. The latest recovery was announced by the command on Monday, a day...
Senator Ned Nwoko has defended his estranged wife, Nollywood actress Regina Daniels, urging her fans, friends, bloggers and social media commentators to give her space to recover amid their lingering marital crisis. Nwoko made the appeal in a Monday statement shared on his social...
Troops of the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), have arrested a suspected kidnapper while attempting to collect a N200,000 ransom from a female resident in Nasarawa State. The suspect, identified as Mukaila Iliyasu, was arr...
The Federal Government is set to repeal the 1963 Fire Service Act and replace it with new legislation that will transform the Federal Fire Service into the Federal Fire and Rescue Service. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this on Monday at the 2026 National...
The Central Bank of Nigeria has again clarified that the 1,000 staff members who opted out of service in December 2024 were not forced to quit their jobs. The CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, stated this on Friday in Abuja at an investigative hearing of the House of Representatives...
Iran on Monday said it was ready to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within two days if Washington agrees to conditions, as US President Donald Trump issued his latest war threat at a rally for midterm elections. A senior Iranian official said the offer to open the vital energy corrid...
The Federal Government has introduced a USSD-based credit service to help Nigerians access loans for needs including food and solar power, while the UK government has unveiled new rules requiring most migrants to wait 10 years before qualifying for permanent settlement.
Nigeria’s Flamingos have booked their place in the semi-finals of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup after edging Venezuela 1-0 in a dramatic quarter-final encounter in Salé, Morocco. Captain Azeezat Oduntan scored the decisive goal in the 89th minute to send the Nigerian side ...
L-R: memeber Mosque Guidance and Development, Lagos Initiative (MGDIL); Alhaji Tajudeen Uzamat, the Chairman, Alhaji Musoddiq Adele-Sanni; Prof. Saheed Timehin, Department of Foreign Languages, Lagos State University; Alhaji Muhammad Danmole, former Lagos Commissioner for Home Af...
The military has launched a manhunt for gunmen who attacked a military checkpoint in Plateau State, killing a soldier and carting away weapons. The incident occurred on Saturday night at about 8 pm at the Sopp checkpoint in Ungwan Boka, Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau Stat...
The 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps members kidnapped while travelling from Oyo State to the orientation camp in Abia State have regained their freedom. They were freed seven days after they were abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha road in Umunoha, Imo State. The detail...