The Nigerian bourse closed Thursday’s trade on a positive note, advancing by N26.621 billion and sustaining the current bull run. Gains garnered by the likes of...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday expressed his support for the Federal Government’s decision to hike electricity tariff and fuel pump price. In a chat...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said on Thursday the Federal Government lacked the financial capacity to pay for fuel subsidy in the...
Oil prices fell further on Thursday, dropping by 2% to their lowest points since early August, as anxieties about weaker U.S. gasoline demand and a...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, said on Thursday the state government would wait for the final court judgement on the removal of local council chairmen in...
Yahaya Shariff-Aminu, the man who was sentenced to death for blasphemy in Kano State, has appealed his conviction at the State High Court. In the notice...
The judge handling the suit challenging the emergence of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the September 19 governorship election in...
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday directed state governments and school administrators to begin preparations for the full reopening of schools across the country....
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, on Thursday directed the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to start making preparations...
The Academic Staff Union in the Colleges of Education (COEASU) on Thursday directed its members nationwide to immediately embark on an indefinite strike over welfare and...
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday adjusted the nationwide curfew put in place by the government. The National Coordinator of the PTF, Dr. Sani...
Social media giant, Facebook, has reportedly banned a politician from India’s ruling party, Bharatiya Janata Party, for violating its policies against hate speech on its platform....
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Thursday condemned the increase in the petrol price and electricity tariff in the country. The Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC)...
The Ekiti State government said on Thursday the recruitment of qualified applicants into the Special Public Works programme would begin on Monday. The Federal Government planned...
As the demand for food rises exponentially following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is seeing an increasing investment around food and delivery businesses....
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, cancelled the curfew imposed on the state to check further spread of COVID-19. President Muhammadu Buhari imposed the nationwide...
Brazil has joined the league of a few nations who give equal pay to their men’s and women’s national players for representingthe country. The South American...
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has advised that Nigeria should urgently return to a parliamentary system of government. The governor said the system remained a more...
Ondo State Security Network Agency, better known as Amotekun, has arrested three suspected members of a kidnap syndicate, operating along Owo/Ose area of the state. The...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to adopt the University Transparency, Accountability Solution (UTAS), over the Integrated...
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has said that its Human Mobilisation Unit has started the mobilisation of organised groups to reach national consensus for...
The Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has called on members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram to cease fire as Internally Displaced Persons...
The House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila has listed efforts he made during his trip to Ghana to end attacks on Nigerian traders in the country....
No fewer than 20 persons have been reportedly abducted by bandits in Adagbi village in Galkogo district in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The...
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has charged the leadership of the organized Labour in Nigeria to...
One of the very features of democracy is the freedom to debate and, if you may, hold opinions. Debates are integral parts of the course to...
The Nigerian Oscar Selection Committee (NOSC) has announced a call for feature film entries by Nollywood filmmakers ahead of the 93rd Academy Awards® (Oscars) event set...
The former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK) could be described as a glorified social critic who thinks that the rest of us owe him the entitlement...
The Buhari administration has ruptured the ceiling of liberties it enjoys. Like King Solomon in his last uneventful years, the government has compounded the yoke of...
The captain of a boat involved in a mishap that killed not less than 13 persons in Lagos waterways, around Kirikiri area last month, was on...
Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped the Medical Director of the Ondo State General Hospital, Ido Ani in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, Dr. Olufemi...
Again, a 34-year-old pastor, Chukwudi Chukwumezie, has been arrested by men of the Anambra State Police Command for the alleged rape of a 15-year old girl...
Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) Wednesday said its half-year 2020 profit stood at N94.271 billion, 5% weaker than the figure it reported in the same period of last...
These latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Elon Musk displaces Zuckerberg as world’s third richest person As Elon...
Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), can now appeal the Kano State Sharia Court judgment that sentenced Yahaya Aminu to death by hanging...
Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) both present and past found culpable of fraudulent acts will be prosecuted as the scheme launches its anti-corruption...
Principals of secondary schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have said students can now resume as the schools are in total compliance with Covid-19 measures....
A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has frowned at the hike in electricity tariffs by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. He said the development was ill-timed...
Dutch brewing company, Heineken N.V., has upped its majority stake in Nigerian Breweries Plc, Nigeria’s biggest brewer. As of 30th June 2020, according to Nigerian Breweries half-year...
Social Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has, like several other groups and Nigerians, kicked against the hike in the pump price of fuel. The organisation...
The naira continued its rally against the United States dollar on Wednesday, exchanging at N420 per dollar as the central bank’s interventions in the currency market...
A Kaduna based doctor, Clement Bakam has died of complications from COVID-19, officials confirmed. In a statement on Wednesday, public relations officer of the Nigerian Medical...
Nigeria is nursing the hope of having 50 mines in operation by 2023 and can make up for lost time because of the weight of the...
The month of October is set to see the Super Eagles of Nigeria return to international football after a long off due to the coronavirus pandemic....
The government of China has kicked against a decision by the United States of America which states that senior Chinese diplomats will now be required to...
The assets belonging to no fewer than nine suspects accused of funding Somalia militant group, al-Shabab have been frozen with immediate effect by authorities in Kenya....
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sold foreign exchange worth $50 million on the spot and forward markets in what the regulator called a test trade...
Plateau State has held on to its record as the epicentre of the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, after no fewer than 59...
Leaders of lawyers’ groups from the northern part of the country have rejected the new ‘Nigerian Bar Association’ splinter group formed by lawyers of Northern extraction...
Nigerian government’s borrowings derive from perennial budget deficits, the debt office said on Wednesday. Patience Oniha, the Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO) made the...
