Prince Philip, the 98-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II, went into hospital on Friday for precautionary treatment on a pre-existing condition, Buckingham Palace said. His London hospital stay is likely to upset the royal family’s plans for Christmas at the monarch’s private Sandringham estate in Norfolk, eastern England. Queen Elizabeth, …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday inaugurated the National Joint Command and control centre, crime and incident database centre at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja. He also launched newly acquired operational vehicles of the police to aid addressing internal security issues. President Buhari commended the police for investing in …

The United States on Friday issued a warning to Nigeria and two other countries over what it perceives as lack of religious freedom and persecution of minority groups. The Donald Trump administration states that Nigeria remains a ‘country of particular concern,’  even as Sudan was removed from the blacklist of countries …

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has described as embarrassing the delay by the China Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation in completing the 10 railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line. Amaechi made the remarks on Friday at the Abeokuta rail station under construction, during the monthly …

The U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstructing Congress, the culmination of an effort by Democrats that further inflamed partisan tensions in Washington and deepened the nation’s ideological divide. The historic votes on Wednesday evening, which won the support of almost all Democrats in the …

Total global debt rose by $3tn to $188tn at the end of 2018 as Nigeria, China and other countries increased their borrowings, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. Nigeria’s total public debt, which stood at N21.73tn as of December 31, 2017, rose to N24.39tn at the end of 2018, …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Sarki Auwalu as substantive Director, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) for an initial term of four years. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said Mr Auwalu, who is a chemical engineer, had been a driving …

Chairman, Senate Committee on Employment, Labour and Productivity, Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu, All Progressives Congress, APC, Imo North is dead. The death of the Imo North Senator was confirmed to journalists outside the Senate chamber on Wednesday by the Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha. He was said to have …

A South Korean court has sentenced Samsung Electronics board chairman Lee Sang-hoon to 18 months in prison for sabotaging labour union activities. Lee and about 25 other defendants were convicted of violating labour union-related laws. Prosecutors said Samsung executives had used several tactics to target union activities, including closing sub-contracted …

History was made on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 as President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law the 2020 Appropriation Bill of N10.594 trillion paving the way for the return of Nigeria to a January – December budget cycle. It is the first time since 1999 that the appropriation bill is signed …