The federal government has scrapped the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination requirement for candidates seeking admission into Nigeria Certificate in Education programmes. Minister of Education Tunji Alausa announced the change on...

The body of a US soldier who went missing during a training exercise in Morocco has been recovered and identified as 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr., the US Army...

The All Progressives Congress screening committee for the Rivers State House of Assembly has disqualified 56 aspirants and cleared 33 to contest the party’s primary election. Committee chairman Muraine Ajibola...

The Tanimu Turaki faction of the Peoples Democratic Party has disowned campaign posters circulating online featuring former President Goodluck Jonathan, calling them fake. The posters, which appeared on social media,...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared former humanitarian affairs minister Sadiya Umar Farouq wanted over allegations of abuse of office and diversion of public funds. In a notice...

Sixteen people died Friday morning when a passenger bus veered off the Lokoja-Okene highway and fell under a bridge near Osara in Kogi State. The crash happened at Aku village...

Former communications minister Isa Pantami has submitted his nomination form for the Gombe governorship race, defying the All Progressives Congress’ consensus arrangement in the state. Pantami’s supporters filed the form...

Libya’s largest functioning oil refinery has been shut down after heavy clashes erupted near the facility in Zawiya, west of Tripoli, the plant’s operator and National Oil Corporation said Friday....

Abdul Samad Rabiu, founder and chairman of BUA Group, has become Africa’s second-richest person, surpassing South African billionaire Johann Rupert, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Rabiu’s net worth hit...

South Africa’s Constitutional Court has ruled that parliament acted unconstitutionally in 2022 when it blocked moves to begin impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa. The decision followed a challenge brought...