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Following the Federal Government’s directives on Friday that the University of Lagos Senate nominates an acting Vice-Chancellor, newly appointed acting VC, Prof Omololu Soyombo, has stepped down “with immediate effect”. The…

The Indian Ocean island-nation saw COVID-19 cases surge in July despite an official campaign to promote a controversial herbal drink touted as a remedy for the virus. As hospitals raised concern about lack of beds, Health Minister…

A group of lawyers has asked the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to withdraw the invitation of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers…

Kaduna State Chapter of the Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria (MULAN), has directed its members to boycott the Annual General Conference (AGC) of the Nigerian Bar Association…

Another batch of 75 stranded Nigerians in Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq have been successfully evacuated, The Nation learnt. The evacuees who are mostly students departed Egypt at about 10 am local time…

Mediators from West Africa’s regional bloc are due in Mali on Saturday for talks aimed at reversing a coup that has been condemned abroad. But the coup was celebrated by many in a country…

The Chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof Itse Sagay, has warned those clamouring for jettisoning of rotation of presidency to rest such…

This school was all over the news last year, and they have done it again this year. It was all joy and smiles for the 51 A-level students of Brampton Manor Academy in the East Ham area of London who had secured university admissions into…

Luis Suarez says Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu should tell him if he wants the Uruguayan striker to leave the club. After Ronald Koeman’s appointment as coach, the Catalan side are expected to make more big changes to the…

If ECOWAS leaders want to restore democracy in Mali, the man they need to woo is Imam Mahmoud Dicko, the mullah who led the two month revolt against President Boubacar Keita. But for now, he…

UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have recommended that children above 11 years should wear face masks as a tool against COVID-19. The UN health and…

Voters in four states in the United States won’t see Kayne West on their ballots for president this year. Election officials in Wisconsin, Ohio, Illinois and West Virginia have…

The Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema has lauded the Federal Government’s decision to enforce the principle of reciprocity, stating that the move would reduce the stigmatisation of…

Terseer Waya, the son of Nigerian socialite, Terry Waya, and one of the hottest male housemates at the ongoing Big Brother Naija, has been labelled a tyrant by another housemate, Praise.…

An ambulance aircraft carrying Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s critic, landed at Berlin’s Tegel airport on Saturday morning, reports said. German doctors had flown on Friday to…

Two yet-to-be-identified persons lost their lives on Friday night when a container-laden truck fell on a commercial bus in Ijesha bus-stop area of Odo-Olowu in Lagos. It was gathered…

Canada’s transport agency said Friday it will take a Boeing 737 MAX out for a test flight, more than a year after two deadly crashes led to the jetliner’s grounding around the world.…

Willian says a key factor in his decision to join Arsenal was head coach Mikel Arteta’s plan to win the Champions League in the next three years. Speaking exclusively to The Sun, the…

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has commended the federal government for suspending the university’s pro-chancellor and…

          Mamman Daura, nephew to President Muhammadu Buhari, says he is currently in quarantine in the United Kingdom where he travelled to recently. UK mandates new arrivals from certain countries, including Nigeria, to…

Controversial Nigerian prophet, Chukwuemeka Odumeje popularluy referred to as Odumeje has taken to Instagram to announce the birth of his baby, whom he referred to as Baby 5G. Sharing a photo of his baby, Prophet Odumeje prayed that his…

FORMER governor of Imo State, Dr. Ikedi Ohakim, on Friday said, through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, that he does not want to make further comments on the current face-off between him and Ms…

The United States Government says it is assisting Nigeria in rehabilitating repentant terrorists as part of a broader joint Nigeria and US strategy to counter violent extremism. The US Embassy to Nigeria said this in response to an…

Ivory Coast election authorities rejected appeals by former President Laurent Gbagbo and former rebel leader Guillaume Soro to be allowed to run in the country’s October…