US officials said Wednesday the scheduled capacity for flights was being cut by 10 percent from Friday in 40 busy air traffic areas of the country, with an ongoing government shutdown causing major staffing woes.

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, said terrorism-related attacks on Nigerians regardless of faith and political affiliations has declined steeply within the two years of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

Singapore plans to punish online scammers with at least six strokes with a cane, a minister told lawmakers on Tuesday, as the city-state doubles down on syndicates following record-high scam losses.

Alejandro Garnacho spared Chelsea’s blushes as the Argentine’s equaliser rescued a 2-2 draw against Qarabag in the Champions League on Wednesday.

A German court on Wednesday ordered a life jail sentence to a palliative care nurse for the murder of 10 patients and attempted murder of 27 others with lethal injections.

Justice Musa Kakaki granted the order on Wednesday following a suit filed by Sowore seeking protection of his fundamental rights.

The Senate has approved a bill prescribing up to 14 years imprisonment for educators convicted of sexually harassment of students in tertiary institutions.

Falana noted that in violence-prone areas such as Benue and Plateau states, the conflict is rooted in land and grazing disputes. 

“What happened to me was already painful. Being denied medical help made it worse”

A Delta Airlines flight scheduled to depart LaGuardia Airport on Tuesday night was evacuated after a bomb threat was reported, Port Authority officials said.

Former governor of Anambra State and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, says that while he remains a committed member of the Labour Party and has campaigned for its governorship candidate, his overriding desire is for a free, fair, and credible election on November 8.

The son of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Abdul-Ganiyu Obasa, has been confirmed as the new Chairman of Agege Local Government following the resignation of the substantive chairman, Tunde Azeez.

A member of the House of Representatives on Wednesday said the Green Chamber reconvened “out of respect” for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to consider his N1.15 trillion borrowing request, despite mounting frustrations over the delayed release of funds for 2024 capital and constituency projects.

The Police Command in Sokoto State has arrested a 25-year-old man, Sufiyanu Aliyu, for allegedly killing his 15-year-old wife, Suwaiba Abubakar, in Tangaza Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Sokoto by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmad Rufai. According to Rufai, the incident, which […]

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — Tensions within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deepened on Wednesday as the factional National Working Committee (NWC) aligned with the Minister of the FCT announced the suspension of the proposed National Convention, citing the need to uphold the rule of law pending the outcome of ongoing court cases. Journalists were […]