The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned politicians planning to undermine or disrupt the September 19 and October 10 governorship elections in Edo and Ondo...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has declared that there is compelling need to step up security and intelligence in the Northeast which is still an endemic...
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has shut down a number of filling stations in the country, selling petrol above the new price band of between...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has revealed that a number of its partners are producing oil in Nigeria at $93 per barrel. Mele Kyari, the...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning. 1. 409 new cases of COVID-19 take Nigeria’s total to 13,873; death toll rises...
A bill that seeks to protect rape victims in the country from stigmatization, on Wednesday passed second reading at the Nigerian Senate. The bill entitled ‘Rape...
The Imo State government has announced its first COVID-19 related death in the state. The state COVID-19 Taskforce chairman, Maurice Iwu, announced the development on Wednesday....
Governor Babagana Zulum-led government of Borno has said that 81 persons were killed in the latest terrorist attack on a village in the state. The government...
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the deadly attack on Gubio village in Borno State by a Boko Haram group, Islamic State of West African Province...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night confirmed 409 new COVID-19 cases in 15 states in the country and Abuja. NCDC, which disclosed...
The National and State Assemblies Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate...
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday cautioned the Federal Government on its increasing external borrowing. The party’s National Chairman, Prince Uche...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretariat in Abuja, for screening ahead of the June 22 governorship...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said on Wednesday his ministry had taken several steps to improve the immigration system in the country. Aregbesola, who disclosed...
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, Wednesday approved the appointment of Mr. Muhammed Ubandoma-Aliyu as the Secretary to the State Government. The Director-General of Strategic Communication and...
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Wednesday warned Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, against overheating the polity with unsubstantiated allegations against party...
The Kano State Police Command said on Wednesday a 32-year-old man, Muhammad Alfa, had been arrested for allegedly raping 40 women in the last one year...
Profit-taking in a number of blue-chip equities dragged the Nigerian bourse down on Wednesday by N62.621 billion. The Industrial Index posted the biggest loss across the...
Boxing champions, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have agreed to a two-fight deal billed to take place in 2021, says promoter Eddie Hearn. Joshua, who holds...
The Osun State government said on Wednesday four COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the state’s isolation centres in Osogbo and Ile-Ife. The state’s Commissioner for...
Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, said on Wednesday nine persons had died from COVID-19 in the state. Obiano, who disclosed this in a statewide address, said...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has directed civil servants on Salary Grade Levels 01-10 to return to work on June 15. The state’s Head of Service,...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved stiffer penalties for rape and child defilement in the country. The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen,...
The Senate will on Thursday consider the revised 2020 Appropriation Bill. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, disclosed this on Wednesday after the Committee on Appropriation laid...
English Premier League champions, Manchester City will get to know their fate following their appeal against a ban handed to them by Europe’s football governing body,...
The African Development Bank (AfDB)’s Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Dr. Jennifer Blanke, has resigned from the position. AfDB, which disclosed this in...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday asked the state High Court, Igbosere, to dismiss a suit challenging the recent installation of Gbolahan Lawal as the...
The Yaba Magistrate Court, Lagos, Wednesday discharged and acquitted a 15-year-old girl accused of killing her father`s friend, Babatunde Ishola. The teenager stabbed Ishola to death...
Swiss Tennis star, Roger Federer says he will return to the sport in 2021 as a knee injury he has been nursing has worsened. Tennis was...
Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, has approved the release of N949 million for the completion of the new state secretariat complex in Birnin Kebbi,...
D’Tigress player, Evelyn Akhator believes the Nigeria women’s basketball team has the capability of getting into the top 10 of the best teams in the world....
The Akwa Ibom State government said on Wednesday 27 COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the state’s isolation facilities. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic...
Justice Jude Okeke of an FCT High Court Wednesday fixed July 6 for ruling on the eligibility of witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
These 5 latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. 5 month old Ula raises $10.5 million for its wholesale...
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has kicked against a closed-door public hearing by the House of Representatives on the Control of Infectious Disease Bill....
Management of the University of Ibadan (UI) has confirmed that Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, graduated from the institution. The university made this known in a...
The Anambra State police have shot a man, who reportedly stole a bag containing N3.5 million from a victim, close to a new generation bank in...
The House of Representatives Wednesday passed the revised 2020 Appropriation Bill, increasing the national budget from the planned N10.5 trillion to N10.8 trillion. Earlier, the executive...
No less than 40 persons have been killed following bandits’ attacks on communities in Katsina State, Ripples Nigeria has learnt. The communities, located in Faskari Local...
The Kwara State government has announced that it has recorded its second death arising from COVID-19 infection in the state, and the discharge of 18 patients...
The Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, has said that Nigerians currently enjoy between 18 and 24 hours of power supply every day. Mamman made the disclosure...
The nomination of Lamido Yuguda as the Director-General (DG) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been approved by the Senate. While the Senate confirmed...
The Defence Headquarters has informed that scores of Boko Haram terrorists were neutralised during a well-coordinated commando raid on their hideout at Kwatara on the Mandara...
The death toll arising from the assault launched by heavily armed jihadists linked to the Islamic State group (known as ISWAP) on Felo village in Borno...
A son of late General Sani Abacha, Sadiq has said that funds traced to his father and kept outside the country were done for a reason....
Retired Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar, the former military Administrator of old Kaduna State was lucid, diplomatic and patriotic in a recent memo, nay open letter, he...
Unconfirmed reports circulating the social media space has it that a Dubai-based Nigerian, Ray Hushpuppi, better known as Hushpuppi was allegedly arrested on Tuesday by the...
The recent installation of Abdulwasiu Gbolahan Lawal as the new Oniru of Iruland has been kicked against by one of the ruling families in the area,...
Oil prices fell more than 1% towards $40 per barrel on Wednesday after a report revealed a surge in United States’ oil storage, reigniting worries over...
The abduction of two persons in Katsina State has led to wild demonstrations by protesters on Tuesday who shut the Katsina – Kankara Highway and other...
