A case of sexual transmission on US soil of the tropical, mosquito-borne Zika virus, has stirred unease among ordinary people and experts alike. The lone case, reported Tuesday, has highlighted how little we know about the virus circulating in Latin America and the Caribbean, where it is suspected of causing a surge in brain-damaged babies. […]

ABUJA-Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation on Wednesday adjourned its budget defence meeting with stakeholders of the aviation sector following accident involving a Bristow 5B BJQ Helicopter enroute Lagos from an off- shore location in Port Harcourt which ditched inside the Lagos lagoon.

Donald Trump, Greek islanders helping desperate migrants, Angela Merkel and the pope — some may seem more likely than others but all are understood to be in the running for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.

Seven years into his presidency, Barack Obama will make his first trip to an American mosque on Wednesday, offering a high-profile rebuttal of harsh Republican election-year rhetoric against Muslims.

The Naira on Wednesday depreciated by 0.7 per cent at the parallel market, following the last minute payment of tuition fees abroad. The naira lost N2 to exchange at N307 to a dollar against N305 traded on Tuesday.

Eleven persons on Wednesday escaped death after a Bristow 5B BJQ Helicopter enroute Lagos from an off- shore location in Port Harcourt ditched inside the Lagos lagoon. The helicopter was carrying nine passengers and two crew members on board when the incident happened. The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) confirmed the incident.

In continuation of its expansion plan, second national carrier, Airtel Nigeria has opened a new Service Point (Shop) on the first floor of the senate new building, National Assembly complex, Abuja.

The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has denied referring to former President Olusegun Obasanjo when he spoke with the Senate Press Corps on Tuesday. A statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja on Wednesday described reports that Saraki referred to ex-president as “mere mischief and misrepresentation’’.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari urged the international community on Wednesday to help end the turmoil in Libya, warning that it was creating a “strategic time bomb” for Africa and Europe. In a speech to the European Parliament, Buhari said the situation in lawless southern Libya was particularly alarming as it was creating a flow of […]

Prof. Edwin Onyeneje, a former Rector, Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu, on Wednesday appeared in a Federal High Court, Enugu, for alleged N83 million fraud. Onyeneje and Dr Leonard Ugwu were arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on a seven-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining by tricks.

With one month and two weeks left to settle with the Nigerian authorities over the $3.9 billion fine imposed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), for failing to disconnect unregistered users, MTN Group has hired a former U.S. attorney general to help challenge the propriety of the fine.

A middle-aged man, Prince Agina, on Wednesday told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos State that his wife, Obianuju, has been poisoning his meals since 2008. The union which was consummated on Dec. 24, 2006 in Anambra had been blessed with three children. Obianuju was also accused of frequent fighting and infidelity by her husband.

By Anayo Okoli. UMUAHIA- A CHIFTAIN of the ruling All Progrssive Congresss [APCA] in Abia State, Dr. Ephraim Iroakazi has come in defence of President Muhammadu Buhari on the allegation that he has marginalized Igbo people, saying that the President has so far given Ndigbo what was due to them. Speaking to reporters in Umuahia, […]

The Chairman, Presidential Committee on Northeast Initiative, retired Lt.-Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, has said that over two trillion naira will be required in the short-term to rebuild areas devastated by the Boko Haram insurgency. Danjuma made the statement at the opening of a two-day security seminar, organised by the Alumni Association of the National Defence College, in Abuja on Wednesday.

An Indian pharmaceutical firm claimed on Wednesday to have developed the world’s first vaccine against mosquito-borne Zika virus. Dr Krishna Ella, Head of the Biotech International Limited, the company, based in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh’s capital Hyderabad, said at a news conference that it has already filed for a patent for the Zika vaccine.