Hassana, the abducted wife of the late former Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Zakawanu Garuba, has been released by her captors. The ex-speaker’s widow...
The organised labour in Ekiti State on Saturday gave the state governor, Kayode Fayemi, a 14-day notice to pay all outstanding workers’ salaries or face indefinite...
Kwara State recorded 85 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of people that had contracted the virus in the state to 535. The...
Arsenal have made it to the final of the English FA Cup after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang netted twice in victory over Manchester City in the semifinal. The...
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, said on Saturday he made a wrong choice in his selection of deputy. Akeredolu was referring to his estranged deputy, Agboola...
The Kwara Technical Committee on COVID-19 on Saturday arrested at least 50 persons at a night club in Ilorin, the state capital, for violating the ban...
Unknown gunmen on Saturday abducted Hassana, wife of the late former speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Zakawanu Garba, while they were going for...
A former Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Zakawanu Garuba, is dead. He was 54. Garuba was speaker of the Assembly from 2007 to...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State Saturday accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of deliberately twisting facts in a bid to cause disaffection in...
Nigerian forward, Odion Ighalo is looking forward to securing a spot in the final of the English FA Cup with Manchester United. The Red Devils are...
Kaduna State government on Saturday directed its civil servants to return to office Monday after working from home for over three months. The Permanent Secretary, Office...
A coalition of 24 civil society organizations on Saturday described as biased and shameful, the position of three European groups on the probe of the suspended...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the naming of a railway station in Agbor, Delta State, after ex-president Goodluck Jonathan. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who...
Police in Katsina State said on Saturday at least five children were killed in a suspected bomb explosion at a farm in Yammama village, Malumfashi local...
The Katsina State Police Command said on Saturday its operatives had rescued 14 kidnapped women and recovered 90 animals in Dutsinma local government area of the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday published the final list of candidates for the September 19 governorship election in Edo State. The commission disclosed...
A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has raised suspicion over the death of the Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile. Arotile died on July...
A Catholic priest in Enugu State, Rev. Fr. Joachim Cabanyes, died from COVID-19 on Saturday. He died from complications resulting from the virus at the University...
Soldiers reportedly burned down some houses and a school in Peva town, a community in Takum local government area of Taraba State Saturday. Residents told journalists...
The organized labour in Ekiti State, comprising Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), and the Joint Negotiating Council (JNC) has issued a 14-day ultimatum...
‘Supernova’ crooner, Oluwatosin Ajibade aka Mr Eazi is seeking the princely sum of $20 million dollars to create a new funding model for the music business...
The Nigeria government Friday kicked off a test-run of newly acquired coaches for the completed Itakpe-Warri standard gauge rail line. “Today we started test-run of the...
Kabir Akingbolu, a human rights activist and lawyer, on Friday wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari demanding for the immediate probe of the Minister of Justice and...
Since zoning of political offices has become the order of the day in Nigeria, an equitable consensus would follow that Southern Nigeria—the Igbo in particular—will produce...
The Osun State Government led by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola said it has spent the sum of N900 million to battle the COVID-19 virus since the outbreak...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Saturday denied reports making the rounds that he is planning to run for president come 2023. Lawan made the denial...
Disaster was averted in the early hours of Saturday as a tanker loaded with 46,000 litres of petrol caught fire at the Secretariat Bus Stop in...
A flight from the United States conveying 324 stranded Nigerians due to the coronavirus pandemic has departed for Abuja. They are expected to arrive at the...
Fresh figures provided by the Johns Hopkins University on Saturday confirmed that COVID-19 cases around the world have topped 14 million and deaths have surpassed 600,000....
The London Police Force has suspended a yet-to-be named police officer after a video footage of him kneeling on the side of a Black suspect’s head...
Analysts at merchant bank and asset manager, FBN Quest said in a note titled ‘Downstream Oil and Gas at a Crossroads and Due for Favourable Policy...
No less than 35 political parties, both registered and those recently deregistered, have formed a coalition to ensure the re-election of Governor Godwin Obaseki in the...
A four-month ban targeted at VIPs known for violating government COVID-19 protocols at airports across the country is being mooted by the Nigerian Senate Committee on...
The equity market of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) racked up further loss this week following a decline in the total value of stocks by N9.757...
The Defence Headquarters has claimed that no fewer than seven bandits have been killed and their hideouts destroyed in three theatre areas of Katsina, Zamfara and...
The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has commissioned another COVID-19 isolation centre located at Awe in Afijio Local Government Area of the state amid the...
Alhaji Ahmadu Mohammed, who is an uncle to Ismaila Mustapha alias Mompha, on Friday testified in his alleged cyber fraud trial. The Economic and Financial Crimes...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately suspend the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio over fraud allegations...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning. 1. 600 fresh cases of COVID-19 take Nigeria’s total to 35,454; death toll now...
Having heard the claims of how excellent results in certain examinations can be paid for around certain schools in Lagos, two reporters went undercover, posing as...
Nigeria on Friday night recorded 600 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh...
Yobe State government on Friday confirmed the discharge of 51 COVID-19 patients from the state’s isolation centres. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Muhammed Gana, disclosed...
Former Senate president, Bukola Saraki, said on Friday the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, took his non-confirmation by...
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, on Friday threatened to take legal action against the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission...
The National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) on Friday replaced the recalcitrant Clerk of the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori. The commission, according to a statement signed by...
The embattled former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ms. Joi Nunieh, on Friday, described the forensic audit of the commission as...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) ended Friday’s trade on a negative note amidst, with sell pressure on bellwether stocks like Nigerian Breweries and GTB while Dangote...
The Akwa Ibom governor, Udom Emmanuel, has suspended his Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Emmanuel Nicholas, over alleged fraud. The Secretary to the State Government, Dr....
The Enugu State government on Friday confirmed 29 fresh COVID-19 cases in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ikechukwu Obi, who disclosed in a...
The Defence Headquarters said on Friday troops of Operation Whirl Stroke had killed a notorious kidnap kingpin, Zwa Ikyegh, in Benue State. The Coordinator of the...
