The Itsekiri National Youth Council, INYC, Worldwide, has congratulated Mr. Godwin Obaseki on his electoral victory in the just concluded Edo State governorship election, saying the victory was a testimony to the acceptability of his welfarist and grassroots-oriented programmes, as well as their belief in continuity of Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s laudable programmes.

A British man with HIV undergoing a pioneering treatment to cure him of the disease has shown “remarkable” progress, doctors have told a newspaper.

The birthplace of Islam containing Mecca – Islam’s holiest site – shifted to the western Gregorian calendar on Sunday, bringing the oil-rich kingdom in line with many of its energy customers.

Nigeria has spent 720.5 billion naira ($2.4 billion) on capital expenditure this year to help drag Africa’s biggest economy out of recession, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Saturday. “I believe that this recession will not last. Several hundreds of thousands of (unemployed) workers will be re-engaged in the next few months as our public works […]

A suicide bomber killed at least 22 people Monday in an attack targeting a party in the northeastern province of Hasakeh, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and medics said.