The unexpected death of headstrong Burundi leader, Pierre Nkurunziza (aged 55) has been announced by government on Tuesday. The statement revealed that Nkurunziza was admitted to...
Nigeria recorded a total trade deficit of N138.98 billion between January and March this year, the statistics office said on Tuesday in its Foreign Trade in...
The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has been accused of scheming to avoid a probe. The accusation was levelled against...
The Ekiti State government led by Governor Kayode Fayemi has threatened to return the state to lockdown mode due to lapses noticed in adherance to COVID-19...
These 5 latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Nigeria’s IderaOS, 11 others make MEST 2020 Africa Challenge country...
Blowing hot air The seeming free reign of bandits in the north of Nigeria got President Muhammadu Buhari blowing hot air last week. The most recent...
The Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate, Orji Uzi Kalu, on Tuesday returned to the plenary of the Senate. Kalu had been in prison since late...
Oil prices appreciated on Tuesday over optimism of a rapid rebound in fuel demand as coronavirus lockdown curbs are lifted around the world, but gains are...
Professor Hussain Ibrahim, the Director General of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council, sent scores of lawmakers present at the Senate on Monday into fits...
The army officer who allegedly masterminded the killing of policemen by some soldiers and others, and setting free a notorious kidnapper in Taraba State last year...
Naira weakened against the U.S. dollar on Monday at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window of the foreign exchange (forex) market, crumbling to N387.33 at the...
While the government continue to combat the global pandemic which has claimed the lives of over 400, 000 people worldwide and more than 300 in Nigeria,...
The death toll arising from COVID-19 infection is on the rise with health authorities reporting 679 deaths on Monday and 15,654 new cases amid growing controversy...
Nigeria’s immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has said that crude oil’s contribution to the mation’s economy will fall rapidly. Currently, oil...
The President of Tanzania John Magufuli has declared the country “coronavirus-free” thanks to prayers by citizens. “The corona disease has been eliminated thanks to God,” Mr...
The government of Rivers State has imposed a fine of N10 million to be paid by any resident who carried out burial ceremonies with more than...
The Human Rights Writers Association, HURIWA, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to put a stop to what it said, is the rising cases of deliberate...
The Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has declared that his Edo State counterpart, Governor Godwin Obaseki will overcome the political challenges in the state’s chapter...
Nigeria and Israel are on the verge of endorsing a bilateral deal aimed at developing methanol fuel production technology in the country. The Federal Ministry of...
The federal government of Nigeria led by President Muhmmadu Buhari has declared that states in the South-eastern part of the country were not carrying out enough...
Senator Chukwuka Utazi has said there was no going back on the Health Emergency Bill in the Senate. The senator’s position is coming amid mounting opposition...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning. 1. 315 new COVID-19 cases take Nigeria’s total to 12801; deaths now 361 The...
The Chief of army staff, Tukur Buratai has said that the Nigerian Army has killed more than 1400 Boko Haram terrorists in the North East part...
Successful applicants, who meet the preconditions for the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) COVID-19 Targeted Credit Facility, will be in receipt of their funds 48 hours...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been asked to make available more evidence to support its suit praying for the permanent forfeiture of two...
The Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of the sum of N827.6 million recovered from an account belonging to a contractor with...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday night confirmed 315 new COVID-19 cases in 13 states of the federation and Abuja. In the regular...
The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Uwajiuba, said on Monday no date had been fixed for the reopening of schools across the country. Uwajiuba, who...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) said on Monday some of its staff had tested positive for COVID-19. The commission’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili,...
Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari has sent his condolences to the family of Lady Janet Okwaraji who was reported dead on Monday at the age of 83....
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday rejected the vacation of court’s interim forfeiture order on some assets traced to a former Minister of...
The Nigeria Governors Forum on Monday met the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, on the Executive Order 10 signed by President Muhammadu...
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passed a vote of confidence on the Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, after clearing him of corruption...
Five members of the Gombe State House of Assembly have tested positive for COVID-19. The Chairman of the state Task Force on COVID-19, Prof. Idris Mohammed,...
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Tuesday reacted to a claim by the presidency that the group was using...
The Nigerian bourse rebounded on Monday on the back of buy pressure on blue-chip stocks led by MTNN, BUA Cement, UACN and Nigerian Breweries. All the...
Nigeria forward, Victor Osimhen has been rated the fourth most expensive player in Africa, according to a top 100 list compiled by CIES Football Observatory. The...
A judge has on Monday, set a $1.25 million or $1 million bail for ex-police officer, Derek Chauvin if he met certain conditions. Chauvin is charged...
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said on Monday a total of 979 people died from strange illnesses over a five-week period in Kano. Ehanire, who...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Monday denied awarding contracts worth N500 million to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio. The commission was...
Electricity consumers in the country would henceforth pay more for pre-paid meters following the hike in the price of the items by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory...
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, Monday sacked the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Tijani Aliyu, who had been under the searchlight for alleged corruption. The...
Justice Binta Mohammed of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Apo, on Monday endorsed the removal of Chief Peter Ameh as chairman of the...
A former Lagos State Police Commissioner, Abubakar Tsav, is dead. Tsav, 82, died on Monday morning at the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue State, after a...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, said on Monday the state government would be very ruthless in punishing s*xual violence and other related offences in the state....
Justice Ambrose Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Kano, has given the state government the go-ahead to probe the deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, for...
Edo State has reported five new coronavirus fatalities, which brings the death toll of the South-South state to 24. Godwin Obaseki, the state governor, made the...
Barely 24 hours after the presidency reacted to criticism trailing President Muhammadu Buhari’s delay in confirming the appointment of Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem as President of Court...
Ex Minneapolis Police Officer, Derek Chauvin, charged with second degree murder, third degree murder and second degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd would be...
A Police Inspector, Adekunle Ilesanmi Francis, an officer attached to the Special Protective Unit (SPU), Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, has reportedly died after a gruesome...
