The trial of Jide Omokore over alleged N1.6 billion oil fraud was on Thursday, December 3, adjourned till February 22, 2021 by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has on Thursday, granted the request by Adeola Adedipe, a defence lawyer in the trial of former Chairman of the...
Twitter, a US owned micro-blogging platform Wednesday expanded its policy on hate speech to include race and ethnicity. Twitter in a statement said hate speech includes...
The Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo has discharged and acquitted the nurse who was accused of killing a former Osun State governor, Isiaka Adeleke,...
These latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. CcHub launches investment to support African startups Lagos-based Co-Creation Hub (CcHub)...
Senator Ibrahim Shekarau has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of breaking the law by still retaining his service chiefs. Shekarau, a former Education Minister, stated this when...
The Akwa Ibom State government has cancelled the staging of this year’s Christmas Carol festival to stem the spread of the deadly Covid-19 disease. This was...
Operations at the Arik Air company were on Thursday grounded by the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) over poor working conditions. Arik Air workers...
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has once again berated President Muhammadu Buhari over the spate of killings and insecurity being witnessed across the country. NEF expressed...
The Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Rilwanu Mohammed, says 19 people have died of Lassa fever disease in Toro and...
Oil prices dropped on Thursday as producers comprising Saudi Arabia and Russia deliberated over the necessity of prolonging current output cuts introduced during the first wave...
University students on Thursday appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend the ongoing strike and resume classes to continue lectures. Some of...
A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, presided over by Justice A.M. Liman, has ordered for the final forfeiture of the sum of N235.4 million traced...
The Nigerian Army has attributed the incessant attacks by the Boko Haram insurgents in the north-eastern parts of the country to “international conspiracies meant to divide...
A Chinese expatriate who was kidnapped by gunmen on Friday at a construction site in Ekiti State, has secured his freedom following the payment of N100...
The Federal Government has presented relief materials to the Borno State government for distribution to residents of Zabarmari village in Jere local government area of the...
The Amotekun Corps in Ondo State have arrested the suspected killers of a monarch in the state, Oba Israel Adeusi, the Olufon of Ifon, who was...
The Nigeria Police Force has begun moves to stop the ongoing probe panels set up by various states to look into allegations of rights abuses, torture,...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, does not believe the war against terrorism in Nigeria can be won in the next 20 years...
An Islamic cleric (Alfa) has been accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Ijesha, Surulere Local Government Area of Lagos State on Wednesday morning. The...
Defiant President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has embarked on his lengthiest call yet to overturn the United States election results, repeating a...
The long arm of the law has caught up with a 24-year-old suspect involved in the killing of eight students at the Mother Francisca International Bilingual...
Nigeria’s former minister of petroleum, Dan Etete, Wednesday said the transaction involving the sale of one of the country’s oilfield to oil supermajors, Shell and Eni,...
The senator representing Imo West and a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to sack all his appointees. He said...
A 24-year-old Nigerian, Samuel Odupitan, has been convicted of murder by a Croydon Crown Court in the United Kingdom, after he was found guilty of stabbing...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced special bills aiming to consolidate the nation’s financial markets and make capital more available to lenders. The CBN...
The federal government of Nigeria has assured that the ongoing industrial strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will be called off very soon....
Re-appointed chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has been counselled to learn from Ghana and the United States’ electoral bodies on...
Value Added Tax (VAT) taxpayers, failing to meet their payment obligations within the stipulated window, will face the sanction of having the payable amount upped from...
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, has lamented that nowhere is safe under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari....
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you. 1. With N9.4bn bribes in two years, judiciary tops ICPC corruption index The Nigeria judicial sector...
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 122 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
Nigeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare has said that the Northern part of the country has abundant talents in marathon-long distance races. Dare made...
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, advised Nigerian politicians to put their 2023 political ambition on hold and focus on solutions to the country’s security...
The Nigeria judicial sector topped the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) corruption index released on Wednesday. In a report titled: “Nigeria’s ICPC...
Neymar scored twice to help Paris Saint-Germain defeat Manchester United in their Champions League matchday five encounter at Old Trafford on Wednesday night. Neymar opened the...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) had its latest bull run come to a halt on Wednesday as profit-taking in the shares Nigerian Breweries, CAP, GTB and...
The Independent Investigative Panel probing rights violations by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Abuja on Wednesday, summoned a former Governor of Zamfara State, Sani...
The Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), on Wednesday renewed his call for the restructuring of Nigeria, saying the move would unlock the nation’s full potential....
The Federal Government on Wednesday threatened to sanction any electricity distribution company (DisCo) or its representatives selling electricity meters or asking Nigerians to pay money to...
The Nigerian government on Wednesday approved different contracts totalling N120.7billion at its weekly meeting in Abuja. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola and two...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday dismissed insinuation he had a feud with the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams. Obasanjo, who reacted to the rumour...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said on Wednesday President Muhammadu Buhari has agreed to address the citizens on Nigeria’s security challenges. The...
Social media users Wednesday showed particular interest in national politics and lifestyle trends for most part of the day. Issues underneath the trends generated heated conversations...
At least one person has been reported dead while many others sustained varying degrees of injuries after a fight ensued between two men over a lady...
The convener of the Bring Back Our Girls advocacy group, Aisha Yesufu, has condemned President Muhammadu Buhari for failing to address Nigerians following the gruesome killings...
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday approved the immediate reconstruction and dualisation of the Kano-Danbatta- Kazaure-Daura-Niger border road. The Senate took the resolution after adopting a motion...
The Northern Elders’ Council (NEC) declared on Wednesday that individuals behind the recent killing of 43 farmers in Zabarmari community of Borno State must not go...
A Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, said on Wednesday virtually all members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are not trustworthy, adding that...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced plans to establish not less than 109 basketball courts across the country. This was made public by the Minister...
