The former Senator representing Kogi West at the National Assembly, Dino Melaye’s hope of returning to the Senate on Tuesday hit the rocks, as the Court...
The Accident and Investigation Bureau (AIB) has revealed what it said caused an helicopter, which conveyed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to Kabba in Kogi state to...
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has frowned at the exclusion of former President Olusegun Obasanjo from the list of those honored by having railway stations named...
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has appealed to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to offset the tuition fees and other entitlements of students on...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Thursday 30th and Friday 31st July, 2020, as Public Holidays to mark this year’s Eid el-Kabir Celebration. The Minister...
The World Health Organisation has said that people with Hepatitis related complications are more prone to severe cases of COVID-19. The Regional Director for Africa of...
A 25-year old man, Adamu Salisu, has been confirmed dead in a fire explosion incident in Kano, involving a tanker carrying premium motor spirit (PMS). The...
Leading social media platforms, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have removed a controversial video featuring a group, America’s Frontline Doctors, in which claims termed as misleading were...
109 stranded Nigerians returned from Bamako, Mali, on Tuesday morning. The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), AVM Muhammed Muhammadu (retd), who received...
The minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has stated that the fight against corruption in Nigeria is alive and ongoing, and dared anyone who...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised the alarm that there are plots by “subversive and unscrupulous elements to cause a breakdown of law and...
A 24-year-old man, Haruna Mohammed was on Tuesday arraigned in court for allegedly raping a 50-year-old woman, Ibukun Akinlo. Mohammed was arraigned by the Ondo State...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has frowned at calls for the scrapping of Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF). The group said it would resist...
A political group loyal to former Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso is making concerted effort to frustrate incumbent Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s €684 million loan request from China for...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday held a virtual meeting with governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC). While Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, who is...
The Police Force Headquarters, Abuja has revealed why it decided to put an end to the alleged rape case leveled against popular musician, ‘Koko Master’ aka...
The immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has been described as a “political prostitute or a nomadic politician” who moves from one...
The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed that a clash between rival cult members in Amadi-Ama community, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of the state...
Oil prices were steady on Tuesday as optimism for further U.S. measures to bolster the economy tempered a demand outlook overshadowed by surge in coronavirus infections...
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Nicholas Tofowomo, has denied plans to defect from the party. Senator...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a firm, Renocon Properties Development Limited, and its Managing Director, Babatunde Morakinyo, for allegedly failing to report...
An independent panel led by one-time Irish president, May Robinson, has cleared the embattled African Development Bank (AfDB) chief, Akinwunmi Adesina of corruption. The AfDB head...
The Value Added Tax (VAT) amassed by the Nigerian government in the first half of 2020 totalled N651.77 billion, 8.5% higher than the figure for the...
A relative of the president, Mamman Daura, has finally broken his silence over claims that he dictates for President Muhammadu Buhari. Daura has remained one of...
The federal government has lifted the ban placed on a private airline company that flouted the COVID-19 lockdown to convey a Nigerian singer, Naira Marley, for...
Two clerics, Pastor Glory Okeoghene Aberefa and Reverend Vincent Okpogo, who are serving 17 years jail terms have been handed additional 26 years in prison. The...
On a bright Sunday afternoon, March 15, 2020, the people of Abule-Ado, a suburb in Lagos State, were greeted by an unexpected disaster that has since...
The world’s biggest COVID-19 vaccine trial got under way on Monday in the United States of America with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to...
The President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, has approved the appointment of a new cabinet towards a government of national unity in a bid to resolve...
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has challenged Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State to defend himself against allegations of corruption leveled against...
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare has disclosed that the 2020 National Sports Festival could still hold amid the coronavirus pandemic. Dare, who was...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has explained, why wearing face masks is better than being on ventilators amid the COVID-19 pandemic which has distorted...
Twenty-three per cent of banks’ loan portfolio might put the asset quality and future profitability of the sector in limbo, credit rating agency, Agusto & Co...
The fraud case involving deputy speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Christopher Adaji and the Clerk of the House, Torese Agena was stalled by...
The Ogun State Police Command said on Monday that it has arrested five robbery suspects, including a herbalist, for allegedly terrorising residents of Osiele and its...
The Osun State government has moved to partially reopen schools after ordering teachers in the state to resume on Tuesday, August 4, while final year students...
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Peter Nwaoboshi has denied the claim he received 53 Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) contracts. He...
The Ogun State government has confirmed that the state has thus far recorded no fewer than 1,301 cases of the dreaded COVID-19 disease since the outbreak...
The non-performing loans portfolio of banks in Nigeria added up to N1.2 trillion at the end of June, figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning. 1. Nigeria records 648 new cases of COVID-19 as total rises to 41,180 Nigeria...
Nigeria on Monday night recorded 648 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh...
The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, said on Monday only schools designated as centres for the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) and...
Whenever the stanza of “the labours of our hero’s past shall not be in vain” is mentioned in the national anthem of Nigeria, what comes to...
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, said on Monday the Federal Government would not impose precision lockdowns on 11...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, Monday said efforts were being made to resume international air travel in and out of...
The Federal Government on Monday extended the phase two of the gradual relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown by one week. The government had last month extended...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said on Monday 262,579 Nigerians had been tested for COVID-19 in the last five months. Ehanire stated this at...
One person was killed on Monday in a gas explosion that occurred inside a one-storey building on Palmgroove Estate, Cappa Avenue area of Lagos State. The...
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Walid Jibrin, said on Monday the 2023 political ambition of former Speaker of the House...
The equity segment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) rallied on Monday following a largely bearish market last week, with large-cap and mid-cap stocks like Dangote...
