Pope Francis was buried inside his favourite Rome church after a funeral mass in St Peter’s Square, the Vatican said on ...

One of four papal basilicas in Rome, Santa Maria Maggiore also holds the remains of several other renowned figures, such as ...

Dangote Cement Plc has released its unaudited financial results, reporting a pre-tax profit of N311.974 billion for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. The figure represents an 87.48% year-on-year ...

Preliminary inquiries suggested that the truck driver, who suffered grievous fractures to both hands, lost control of the vehicle while navigating the bridge. A fully-laden truck with registration ...

Members of the Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the National Assembly have declared their support for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027. The Rivers NASS caucus made ...

Shahid Rajaee, more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) south of the capital Tehran, is the most advanced container port in Iran, according to the official IRNA news agency. It is located 23 kilometres ...

The Chairman of the Board of Directors, United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Tony Elumelu, on Friday assured stakeholders that the bank will meet the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) N500 billion minimum ...

Hundreds of thousands of mourners and world leaders including US President Donald Trump packed St Peter's Square on Saturday for the funeral of Pope Francis, "pope among the people" and the Catholic ...

Uganda declared the end of an Ebola virus outbreak Saturday, which has killed at least two people in the East African nation since late January. The announcement came 42 days after the discharge of ...

The Santa Maria Maggiore basilica, which Pope Francis chose as his final resting place, is a fifth-century church located in ...

Pope Francis’s coffin left the Vatican on a white popemobile following his funeral at St Peter’s Square on Saturday. Thousands of people lined the streets along the route as the coffin was driven ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has arrested 27 impersonators who attempted to sit for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on behalf of others. This was ...