Twin blasts rocked a market in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe on Thursday, leaving several people dead, witnesses said.

Passenger traffic rose at the Domestic Terminals 1 and 2 of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja on Thursday ahead of the Eid-el-Fitri holidays.

HKN artiste and drummer B-Red, is set to drop a new song title “Cucumber”.

Releasing his debut collaboration with Akon, HKN artiste B-Red has described the smashing hit-single as the biggest collaboration of all time.

Ghana has banned the sale and transport of live poultry after the H5N1 virus killed thousands of birds, while there has been no record of human infection, the ministry of agriculture has said.

South African mobile operator MTN Group and union leaders reached a deal over bonuses on Thursday, ending two months strike by the workers.
About 2,000 workers led by the Communications Workers Union (CWU) downed tools in May at Africa’s biggest mobile phone operator, demanding eight per cent pay rise and 16 per cent bonus payment.

The Lagos State Government on Thursday, said it would provide free bus ride for residents in its LAGBUS and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) buses for this year’s Eid-el-fitri.

The management of South Energyx Nigeria limited, developers and promoters of Eko Atlantic City, Victoria Island, Lagos has refuted allegations of non-increment of allowances by construction workers at the project site on Wednesday when the workers embarked on protest, adding that as a leading global brand in real estate, the company cannot but adhere to best practices in line with labour laws.

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Writer and Social Media expert, Tolu Ogunlesi, as his Special Assistant on New Media.

As millions of Muslims conclude the religious observance of a month long fasting, the senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District Senator Solomon Adeola has congratulated Islamic religious adherents on the successful conclusion of the purifying exercise.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said that there is nothing ‘personal’ between him and former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. And that blackmail won’t help her case. The Edo State Governor in a statement on Thursday said the questions he asked were: how come those accruals […]

“It is a shame that women like us would give birth and abandon their children in the hospital.
“I am assuring you that we will call the Enugu state branch and ensure that we fish these women out and talk to them.

“This is as a result of the ugly incident of bomb blast that occurred at Sabongari Secretariat last week; it is highly unfortunate that many people lost their lives.

Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation said on Wednesday in Johannesburg that Desmond Tutu, South African Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been hospitalised for a persistent infection.

He explained that the decision was to ensure healthy living, discourage open defecation and ensure safe environment for residents of the state capital. The commissioner said that Wednesday deadline has been given to the landlords within which they are expected to comply, after more than two weeks warning.

A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Igariwey Iduma Enwo has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari to an Abuja High Court challenging the legality of the bail out of N413.7 billion for payment of backlog of salaries to civil servants.