Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Monday announced that international flights into and out of Nigeria would resume on August 29. The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, however, said that the date was not sacrosanct. International flights were suspended by the Federal Government across the country about five months as …

THE Police in Imo State have arrested 15 people who allegedly attacked the convoy of Governor Hope Uzodimma on Monday. He was on his way to the 34 Attilary Brigade, Obinze, to inaugurate an officers mess built by the state government when the incident occurred. The hoodlums, armed with guns …

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Khartoum on Monday, marking a year since a transitional power-sharing deal was struck in Sudan. The demonstrators are unsatisfied with the current government and are demanding quickened political reform. It was later reported that police fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators. …

India’s Federal Home Minister Amit Shah was admitted to a hospital again complaining of fatigue and body aches, days after he had recovered from COVID-19, officials said on Tuesday. Shah, a powerful ruling party leader regarded as a deputy to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was admitted to the state-run All …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 417 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 49,485. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Monday. According to it, two deaths were recorded in the country. The …

Canada’s finance minister Bill Morneau announced his resignation Monday, on the heels of an ethics scandal and amid a reported split with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over pandemic spending. Morneau, who has held the post since 2015, told a news conference that he met with Trudeau to inform him that …

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, says his administration is installing closed-circuit televisions in the southern part of the state as part of efforts to strengthen security forces and restore calm in the crisis-torn communities. The governor made this known in a statement he signed on Monday after meeting with the …

Christians in Ogun and Ekiti states trooped into their churches on Sunday for the first time since last March following the relaxation of restriction of religious activities by the Governors Dapo Abiodun and Kayode Fayemi. Muslims on Friday also had the opportunity to attend Juma’at services. The Nation correspondents observed that …

Candidates for this year’s West Africa Examination Council in Osun State today joined their counterparts across the west Africa Sub-region to write their first paper which is Mathematics. Officials of the state ministry of Education moved round various centres in Osogbo to monitor the examination and most importantly, the compliance with …

The candidate of the Zenith Labour Party and Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi, has picked a former Commissioner for Works, Mr Gboye Adegbenro, as his running mate for the October 10 governorshp election. Adegbenro, was a commissioner during the last administration of Dr Olusegun Mimiko . It was …