The General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Olajide Oduyoye, on Saturday, warned against impediments by truck drivers on alternative routes following the...
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, Aminu Tambuwal on Saturday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a free, fair,...
The Osun State government on Saturday dismissed the report of an ethnic clash between Yoruba and Hausa people in Osogbo, the state capital. The state’s Commissioner...
At least seven persons have been killed by heavy rainstorm in Rafin Sanyi area of Suleja local government area of Niger State. The rain, which started...
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Saturday gave the Federal Government three weeks to address its demands or risk industrial action. The President of...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday urged Nigerians in the diaspora to actively participate in the country’s post-COVID-19 economic recovery efforts. A statement issued by his Special...
Gunmen on Friday abducted the Founder and Managing Director, Tito group of companies, Chief Isaac Akinkunmi. Akinkunmi was abducted in Makurdi, the state capital. Meanwhile, the...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), said on Friday night the investigation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)...
The National Hospital, Abuja, said on Saturday at least 10 COVID-19 patients had so far died at its isolation centre. The hospital’s spokesperson, Dr. Tayo Hastrup...
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said on Saturday the Abuja -Kaduna rail services would resume on July 29 despite the increasing cases of COVID-19 in...
The federal government of Nigeria has provided facilities for the conduct of COVID-19 tests for civil servants in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. This was...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila on Saturday bemoaned the state of insecurity in the country, even as he said the current COVID-19...
Former Ekiti State Governor, Peter Ayodele Fayose has called out former President Olusegun Obasanjo, wondering why he has remained silent in the face of huge corruption...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman for the Edo State governorship election campaign and governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Saturday led other governors of...
One of the suspected leaders of the bandits terrorising the Northwest geopolitical zone, Dangote has been reportedly killed in an air raid in Zamfara by the...
Three communities in Jema’a and Kaura Local Government Areas of the Southern Kaduna area of Kaduna State have been attacked by suspected herdsmen on Friday night....
Dangote Cement Plc Friday announced its pre-tax profit for the first half of 2020 advanced to N126.143 billion, 5.8% higher than the N119.240 billion reported in...
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has said that international students, whose courses are offered only online, would not be allowed to enter the country....
Kennis Music artiste, Joel Amadi is a sad man at the moment after confirming the death of his father in the northern part of Nigeria. The...
Following the corruption allegations against the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and the acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Kemebradikumo...
The Delta State government led by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has revealed that the state has recorded no fewer than three new cases of COVID-19 virus. This...
The National Health Commission of China has confirmed that it has recorded no fewer than 34 new cases of COVID-19 infections sparking fresh fears of a...
Afro-pop singer, Dapo Oyebanjo aka D’banj has decided to go ahead with the N1.5 billion libel suit filed against Ms Babatayo Seyitan who accused him of...
Minister for State, Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo has called on various state committees in charge of the 774,000 jobs proposed by the federal government to...
The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami has ordered the Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST) to halt its implementation of an increase in licensing...
Reactions are beginning to trail the imposition of 6 percent tenancy and lease stamp duty agreement in the country, as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on...
Tension between Beijing and Washington is threatening to boil over after four United States officials reportedly broke into the Chinese consulate in the city of Houston...
If Nigeria’s young are timid, tractable and apathetic to economic and political issues affecting their country blame the anvil on which they are forged. The government,...
The last may not have been heard about the controversies surrounding the probe into alleged corruption at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as the Executive...
The Minister of Information and Cultural Orientation, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has refuted a report making the rounds on social media that he had directed the National...
Tony Ijohor, the Secretary to the Benue State Government (SSG) has recovered from the deadly COVID-19 disease after receiving treatment for the virus which has claimed...
Following investigations into the death of Nasarawa United defender, Chineme Martins, the club has been mandated to pay huge fine for violating league rules. Martins slumped...
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday said the state government is not owing lecturers of the defunct state owned college...
Primary and secondary schools in Lagos State are to reopen on August 3 this year, but only learners in primary six, junior secondary school 3, and...
Super Eagles forward, Simy Nwankwo has had an incredible season at Italian second tier league club, Crotone, helping them gain promotion to the Serie A. Crotone...
The Nigerian government has hinted at stopping its N-Power programme under which it employs and pays stipends to some unemployed Nigerians. The government said that it...
The Nigeria Police Force on Friday said two other persons have been arrested in connection with the dehumanizing treatment metted to a 25-year-old found at the...
The NSE’s transaction size crossed the 1.350 billion shares mark this week on sustained upward momentum in activities in three fortnights of trade. Yet, market the...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has confirmed the dismantling of some illegal refining sites and impounded refined and crude oil products within seven days in the South-South...
The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has extended to Jema’a and Kaura local government areas, the 24-hour curfew in force in Kauru and Zangon-Kataf LGAs....
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to return luxury wristwatches and other items seized from Ismaila...
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has reacted to the ongoing probe of alleged graft in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and Economic and Financial Crimes...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning. 1. Nigeria records 591 new cases of COVID-19 as its total rises to 39,539;...
Mr Thomas Osuji wrote: I am from Owerri; I think that Igbos behaviour has to do with our specific psychology. The Igbo is very competitive. He...
Nigeria on Friday night recorded 591 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh...
The former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie- Oyegun, on Friday, expressed his happiness with the return of the ex-Speaker of...
24 hours after she was committed to mother earth, the Nigerian Air Force on Friday transferred the case of the country’s first female combat helicopter pilot,...
The presidency on Friday night reacted to the call by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for President Muhammadu Buhari to resign after he approved the audit...
Police on Friday clashed with members of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) at Orji,...
The Ebonyi State Commissioner for Finance, Orlando Nweze, said on Friday the state government had budgeted N150 million as health workers’ COVID-19 allowances in the revised...
