Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg took the leading social network on a new journey Wednesday, with a live-streamed chat with astronauts on the International Space Station. In a Facebook Live video broadcast shown at the NASA page of the social network, Zuckerberg praised the work going on at the station and launched a few questions, some submitted to him online.

Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has assured that the federal government under President Muhammadu Buhari will ensure the sustenance of the Abuja-Kaduna rail project upon completion.

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Wednesday, said the Army was on the trail of Boko Haram terrorists who fled Sambisa and were hiding in Taraba.

Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on Wednesday in Abuja condemned the activities of Niger Delta Avengers, saying Nigerian State should not submit to blackmail from any quarters. The governor stated this while fielding questions from State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.

Super Eagles last night continued their winning run by defeating hosts Luxembourg 3-1 in an international friendly match at the Stade Josy Barthelon.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, has condemned Monday’s killing of over 30 Igbo protesters, who were mainly members of the
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), saying it appeared that President Muhammadu Buhari was turning the people of the South East and South South to “politically endangered species.”

Ahead of the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Rivers State for the flag off of the implementation of the UNEP Report , Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has banned the operations of motorcycles and tricycles in Gokana and Khana Local Government Areas between 6 am and 6pm on Thursday.

The Board of Trustees (BoT), of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) formally took over the party’s national secretariat Wednesday, promising that it would do everything to ensure that normalcy returns to the party as soon as possible.

The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday said that troops prosecuting the war to rid the North East of the remnants of Boko Haram recorded a breakthrough when 77 members of the Boko Haram sect surrendered to soldiers of the 122 Task Force Battalion.

Four Nigerians, Ahmed Azeez, 24, Tunde Yagba, 33, Adewale Sunday, 25 and Ajose Kehinde, 33, who had smuggled themselves into a Malaysian-bound cargo vessel without proper documentation, were on Wednesday nabbed in their bid to travel out of the country.

President Mohammadu Buhari has urged the African, Caribbean & Pacific Group of States, ACP, to focus on areas of comparative advantage including trade, investment and technology.

By Chioma Obinna As the world yesterday marked this year’s World No Tobacco Day, researchers have found that cigarette smoke and its components infiltrate bacteria in the body and reduce the immunity. This is coming as the World Health Organisation, WHO, said moves to introduce plain packaging of tobacco products can save lives by reducing […]

“She fights my friends and relatives anytime they visit me and this has prevented them from coming to my house,’’ said the estranged husband, who pleaded with the court to dissolve the marriage. Racheal, however, denied all the allegations, saying: “I used to prepare food in the morning, afternoon and evening for my husband. “The court should not grant his request for a divorce as I still love him.’’

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, on Wednesday, reaffirmed that the military would intensify its offensive in the Sambisa Forest until the area was completely rid of terrorists.