Proceedings at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja came to abrupt end on Friday, as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, notified the panel that witnesses scheduled to appear and testify against President Muhammadu Buhari, were attacked by armed bandits.

The Nigerian Army on Friday decorated the newly promoted Lt.-Gen. Lamidi Adeosun, Maj.-Gen. Bulama Biu and Capt. Abubakar Danjibrin at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji in Kaduna State.

The traditional rulers of Imo state have commended the governor, Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha, on his decision to implement the use of the Treasury Single Account in Imo State.

Ten Nigerians have, Thursday, broken an Indian jail and escaped, the country’s Business Standard has reported.

An early morning fire at Amaigbo Market in Obiagu, a sprawling suburb in Enugu, on Friday, destroyed goods worth millions of naira.

New-look North American qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup in 2022 will retain a six-team hexagonal round-robin showdown in the final round while revamping the path for others, CONCACAF said Wednesday.

The chance of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar in the Feb.23 presidential election to present 400 witnesses listed in their petition against President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election within the remaining three days continued to tick away.

Outgoing British Prime Minister, Theresa May, said, in an interview published on Friday, that she regrets allowing too much polarisation over Brexit and avoiding televised debates before a disastrous snap election in 2017.

Elders, women and youth leaders from various communities in Brass, Nembe and Southern Ijaw Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State have bemoaned their neglect by oil companies operating in their areas.

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) an International organisation says it will start peaceful mediation process between Benue and Nasarawa before the end of July to ensure lasting solution to endemic herder-farmer conflict.

The Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) has alleged, at an Ikeja Special Offences Court, that late Oba Afolabi James of Kweme, Badagry in Lagos, mysteriously signed some Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) forms in 2011, nine years after his death.

Zimbabwe’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade,  Sibusiso Busi (SB) Moyo and Information Permanent Secretary Ndabaningi Nick Mangwana and other senior  Zanu PF officials have been assaulted by protesters in UK.

Deputy Governor of Imo State, Rt. Hon. Gerald Irona says the state government decided to set up an investigative panel to look into the management of the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission-ISOPADEC following reports of mismanagement of the Commission by previous administrations.

Reactions have trailed a petition to President Muhammadu Buhari by a Muslim group, Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, wherein the group asked President Buhari to order a stop to the airing of the 2019 edition of the reality television show, Big Brother Naija, #BBNaijia.

Antoine Griezmann signed for Barcelona on Thursday after the Spanish champions paid La Liga rivals Atletico Madrid the 120 million euro ($135 million) release clause required to sign the World Cup winner.