The 2015 Nigeria Education Data Survey, yesterday, revealed that the country had been able to eliminate gender gap in school attendance in its education system, but still battling to improve the standard of education.

Top Islamic State commander leader Omar al-Shishani, known as Omar the Chechen, was “seriously injured” in a recent strike in northeastern Syria but not killed despite US suggestions to the contrary, a monitoring group said

The invention of artificial light has brought a plethora of benefits and one drawback. We can get a lot more done, but we also sleep less.

The National Agency For Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday destroyed expired malt extract and glucose belonging to Guinness Nigeria Plc.

Dream Team VI midfielder, Usman Mohammed, said on Wednesday in Abuja, that he has no grudges beeing barred from the Super Eagles camp following his late arrival to the Under-23 team camp.

North Korea looked to ratchet up already elevated tensions on the Korean peninsula still further Thursday, firing a pair of short-range missiles and announcing the liquidation of all remaining South Korean assets on its territory.

A shooting at a backyard barbecue in the northeastern US state of Pennsylvania has left five people dead, and at least two suspects are still on the run, police said Thursday.

A South African woman was Thursday convicted of kidnapping a newborn baby and raising her for 17 years before an astonishing coincidence reunited the girl with her biological family.

A Google-developed supercomputer bested a South Korean Go grandmaster again Thursday, taking a commanding 2-0 lead in a five-game series that has become a stunning global debut for a new style of “intuitive” artificial intelligence (AI).

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed forcefully on the debate stage Wednesday, with the Democratic presidential rivals opening lines of attack on immigration in the aftermath of Sanders’ stunning upset win in Michigan.

The Delta State government yesterday promised to assist in the rehabilitation process for the 14 year old Ese Oruru and ensure her quick return to school after the delivery of her child.

There was pandemonium in Ilorin yesterday over protracted acute shortage of the petroleum products in the state capital as members of the Independent Petroleum Markers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) mobilised themselves to disrupt the monitoring exercise embarked upon by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Ilorin to punish those selling beyond official prices.

LAGOS — In pursuit of its borrowing plans for budget deficit funding, the Debt Management Office, DMO, yesterday, said it would raise N100 billion in local currency denominated bonds on behalf of the government next week.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday in Abuja stated that the federal government would not rely on importation of food items to implement its School feeding programme.

ABUJA — The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, said yesterday, that the driver of late Minister of State for Labour, Mr. James Ocholi, would be prosecuted for over-speeding, following the ghastly road crash that claimed the lives of the minister, his wife and son last Sunday.