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Second person dies after taking ‘unusually strong’ heroin in...

A second person has died and least eight people have been hospitalised after a lethal batch of heroin was circulated in North Devon.


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Peter Higgs dies at 94; Nobel-winning physicist proposed exi...

Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called “God particle” that helped explain how matter formed after t...

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12 states plan power projects, anger spreads over tariff hik...

Lagos, Kano, and 10 other states have concluded plans to start generating power in their respective states in conformity with the Electricity Act 2...

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EFCC arrests Bobrisky for naira abuse

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested and detained controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky, over abuse of naira...

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Israel to reopen key border crossing for Gaza aid after Bide...

Israel has said it will reopen a key Gaza border crossing and increase supply of humanitarian aid at two others, after US President Joe Biden warne...

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Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years for multi-billion dollar...

Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of the failed FTX cryptocurrency exchange, was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a federal judge Thursday...

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FAAN shuts KFC for discriminating against physically-challen...

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has shut down a branch of a popular food outlet, KFC, at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos  State....

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CBN raises commercial banks capital base to N500bn

The Central Bank Nigeria on Thursday, unveiled new minimum capital requirements for banks, pegging the minimum capital base for commercial banks wi...

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Thailand set to be first country in Southeast Asia to legali...

Lawmakers in Thailand's lower house of Parliament overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill on Wednesday that would make the country the fir...

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FG appeals to SSANU, NASU to call off warning strike

The Federal Government has appealed to the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educationa...

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