Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited has been given 21 days to pay an alleged debt of $14 million or have their facilities shut down....
A bill seeking to name higher institutions in the state after world’s billionaires, Bill Gates and Aliko Dangote, has been passed into law by the Bauchi...
Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn has given reasons why the heavyweight boxing champion would have to fight this year regardless of the coronavirus pandemic. 30-year-old Joshua,...
No documentation was endorsed between 2013 and 2015 showing Nigeria would be liable to pay $1.2 billion in case it breached the contract for the Azura-Edo...
The Kaduna State chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, (MACBAN) has blamed the incessant killings of innocent citizens in Kaduna State on...
The President of Gambia, Adama Barrow has immediately gone into self-isolation after his Vice-President, Isatou Touray tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19 virus which has fast...
The Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has announced the setting up of a vigilante group across the country in what they said is a...
Courier and logistics businesses in Nigeria are facing a double whammy of coronavirus crisis and license fee hike in a country with a bad name for difficulty...
It was with enormous pain and shock that I read a caption on social media, indicating that some individuals are advocating for the inclusion of paedophilia...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has described Adams Oshiomhole’s sudden U-turn to support Osagie Ize-Iyamu in the September 19 governorship election as a ‘great insult’ to...
The Nigerian government Wednesday granted ‘anticipatory approval’ of 18.94 million Euros (N8.648,081,465.2) as counterpart fund for a revamp contract that will enable Munich-based Siemens overhaul the country’s obsolescent...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has lifted the ban earlier placed on market operations in Abuja which was ordered to stem the spread of the...
The daughter of a trader at Gbagi Market, Ibadan, Mr. Kehinde Omotosho, who died in police custody in Ibadan, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police,...
A pastor, Adetokunboh Adelopo has been arrested by the police for allegedly kidnapping and detaining a dispatch rider, Job Ekpo, in an underground hole inside his...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused officials in the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government, from the top to the bottom of being...
Gunmen, suspected to be armed robbers, on Wednesday attacked a bullion van in Ebonyi State, killing four policemen escorting the vehicle. The incident happened at Ezzamgbo...
An inmate of the Nigerian Correctional Facility in Port Harcourt has accused correctional officers at the establishment of torturing him. The inmate, Gracious David-West is standing...
The Senator representing Borno South at the National Assembly, Ali Ndume has kicked against amnesty offered repentant Boko Haram insurgents. Ndume was reacting to a report...
The equity segment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange rallied on Wednesday as bank stocks dominated trade even though turnover, as it had been in recent time,...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning. 1. 404 fresh cases of COVID-19 take Nigeria’s total to 42,208; death toll now...
On Thursday, July 23, 2020, the panel of inquiry established by former Governor Emeka Ihedioha to look into the activities of the 27 local governments in...
The Supreme Court decided on June 15 that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination. Discrimination ‘because of sex’...
Frank Onyeka, a Nigerian player at Danish club FC Midtylland, has been crowned Player of the Season by the club. This followed his performance for the...
Nigeria on Wednesday night recorded 404 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh...
Justice C. L. Dabup of the Plateau State High Court, Jos, on Wednesday adjourned the fraud trial involving a former governor of the state, Jonah David...
Mr. Olomu Michael, a Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties to the acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Kemeberadikumo Pondei, has resigned his...
The Enugu State House of Assembly on Wednesday passed the revised 2020 budget of over N146 billion. The state governor, Emeka Ugwuanyi, had earlier this year...
Juventus, recently-crowned champions of the Italian Serie A, fell to a shock defeat at Cagliari as Cristiano Ronaldo failed to score a goal. The Portugal striker...
Suspected armed robbers on Wednesday attacked the branch of a commercial bank in Okeho, Kajola local government area of Oyo State. Eyewitnesses told journalists the robbers...
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram fighters on Wednesday reportedly attacked the convoy of Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, at Baga town. However, details on the...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday ordered the reopening of worship centres in the state from August 14. The governor gave the directive while giving...
The Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, said on Wednesday no amount of kneeling and other stunts would save the former National Chairman of the All...
Police on Wednesday arraigned a middle-aged man, Oluwaseun Olabode at the Akure Magistrate Court in Ondo State for allegedly beating his pregnant wife to death. The...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday confirmed the discharge of two COVID-19 cases from the state’s isolation centres. The governor, who disclosed this on his...
The embattled Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has concluded plans to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) to...
The former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday reacted to the latest controversy generated by the loan agreement between Nigeria and China. The House of...
The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) management told the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday the 46 properties the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)...
The Federal Government announced on Wednesday this year’s Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations organised by the National Examination Council (NECO) would start in October. The Director,...
Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos on Wednesday July 29, 2020 sentenced a serial fraudster, Aliyu Zakari to 53 years imprisonment for...
These 5 latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today: 1. CcHub launches women in business programme in Kenya and Nigeria...
Unknown gunmen on Wednesday morning killed 14 people in Agbudu community, Kogi-Koton-Karfe local government area of Kogi State. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Ede Ayuba, who...
The Federal Government has evacuated another batch of 289 Nigerians from the United States. The Consul-General of Nigeria in New York, Benaoyagha Okoyen, who confirmed the...
The Director of Obaseki/Shaibu Movement in Edo State, Mr. Patrick Iyoha, has resigned from the position. Iyoha, who is also a member of the state Waste...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said on Wednesday transferring of federal roads to state governments would be difficult due to several factors....
Ohanaeze Ndigbo has frowned at the statement credited to a nephew to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mamman Daura, on 2023 presidency. Daura was quoted to have on...
The second album of Afro Pop singer titled “A Good Time” (his first on Columbia UK records) has emerged as the most streamed African album ever...
With the largest opposition political coalition in the country, the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), currently enmeshed in serious crisis, the co-spokesman of the group,...
The governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has signed into law the revised 2020 Appropriation Bill with growing need to take care of realities which has...
The Federal Government has saved a total of N21 billion with the implementation of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) across ministries, departments and agencies....
The Osun State Government has warned owners of private schools in the state against illegal reopening of their schools. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Civic...
