Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has sent to the Kwara State House of Assembly an executive bill to repeal the law granting payment of monthly pension to former...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has scaled the hurdle of obtaining members’ consent to list its own shares, bringing it close to consummating a corporate transformation...
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has warned that Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is threatening to turn into the next pandemic if unchecked....
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Wednesday said another governor, elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to defect to the...
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts on Wednesday grilled the management of Northlink Insurance Brokers Plc for providing insurance cover for two grounded aircrafts...
The Edo State Police Command has paraded 18 fleeing inmates who had escaped after the recent jailbreaks at the two Medium Security Correctional Centres in Benin...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari to show its commitment to revitalization of public...
Ndume’s grouse For the umpteenth time, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, has kicked against Nigerian Government’s reintegration of repentant Boko Haram members into...
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that Covid-19 vaccines alone would not put an end to the pandemic. The agency’s Emergencies Programme Director, Mike Ryan...
The House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, has assured that the lawmakers would do everything to deliver a policing system that works for all Nigerians. Gbajabiamila’s...
Northern governors have said that their position on the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit of the Nigerian Police was misconstrued by some people....
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you 1. STRIKE: FG, ASUU resume talks Friday The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) found resilience on Wednesday after three straight trading days of loss as speculators renewed interest in major industrial and consumer goods...
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 236 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases were...
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has announced a slip in after-tax profit for the nine-month period to September 2020 as huge operating expenditure continued to hurt...
Public schools in New York, United States, are expected to close for in-person learning from Thursday due to a statewide surge in COVID-19 cases. The city’s...
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Wednesday shared the sum of N604.004 billion among the three tiers of government as revenue allocation for October. The...
The Nigeria Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 5,371kilogram of cannabis worth N15 million in Lagos. The NDLEA Commander in the state, Ralph Igwenagu,...
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will resume talks on ongoing efforts to end the eight-month strike by the varsity lecturers...
The Lagos State government said on Wednesday the ban on commercial motorcycles (Okadas) and tricycles (Keke Napep) in 15 local government areas in the state is...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, insisted on Wednesday the Nigerian Army was professional in its conduct and observed the rule of engagement...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday expressed happiness over the defection of the Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The president, in...
Soldiers convicted by military courts at different times for various offences on Wednesday challenged their illegal detention at the Federal High Court, Lagos. In a fundamental...
Minister of Youth and Sports development, Sunday Dare has apologised to Nigerian football fans following the recent lacklustre outings by the Super Eagles, hinting at relieving...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, knocked his Ebonyi State counterpart, Dave Umahi, for calling him a dictator who controls the structure of the Peoples...
The family of a 19-year-old boy, Friday Arunsi, who was allegedly murdered on April 17 by a drunken police constable in Abia State on Wednesday demanded...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken over 12 assets belonging to Chairman of Global Fleet Group, Jimoh Ibrahim, over N69.4billion debt. AMCON’s Spokesman,...
Chairman, Aliko Dangote Foundation, Aliko Dangote, has urged all operators in the private sector to commit one per cent of their profits to fund the health...
The Zamfara State Commissioner for Solid Minerals, Dr. Nuruddeen Isa, said on Wednesday the state government was not directly involved in mining activities or own goldfields...
A new investigative report concerning the October 20 shooting of #EndSARS protesters by military men at the Lekki Toll Gate, emerged on Wednesday and got the...
The founder and Spiritual Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has predicted doom and disaster for Nigeria and Nigerians in 2021. Ayodele said...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said on Wednesday the Federal Government would implement the report on post-COVID-19 initiatives on the creative industry. Mohammed...
The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Wednesday charged the youths to get involved in politics ahead of 2023 general elections....
The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo State, on Wednesday, dismissed the motion for stay of execution filed by the leadership of the state House...
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday launched a manhunt for the mastermind of Monday’s abduction of some commuters along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway. The troops had identified the...
The Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta, on Wednesday sentenced a 39-year-old man, Musiliu Owolabi, to death by hanging for killing his lover, Afusat Idowu. The state’s...
The federal government on Wednesday said it does not intend to effect an increase in taxes any time soon. The Federal Government on Wednesday ruled out...
A socialite, Olajide Kareem, popularly known as Seun Egbegbe, alongside four others, have been ordered by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to open defence...
Violent protests have erupted in the streets of Kampala in Uganda after policemen on Wednesday arrested presidential candidate, Bobi Wine in the eastern part of the...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has vowed to continue with their eight-month old strike action even if the Federal Government withdraws the contentious Integrated...
A 39-year-old auto mechanic, Musiliu Owolabi has been sentenced to death by hanging by an Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta for killing his lover,...
A 41-year-old man, Ame Edjeket, who caged his wife, Gladys, for four years in a community in Delta State on allegations of being a witch, has...
Members of the National Assembly from Ebonyi State on Wednesday said none of them will follow the state Governor, David Umahi to the All Progressives Congress...
The bail granted the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina has been revoked. The bail was revoked on Wednesday by...
The son of Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, Bashir, has been taken through the grinder by Muslims for sharing loved-up photos of himself and his newly...
Yobe State has recorded ten new cases of the deadly Covid-19 virus which has fast spread across the country, according to latest figures provided by the...
Nigeria’s Manufacturing Purchasing Manager Index (PMI), which gauges the general direction of economic trends, conditions and developments in the manufacturing sector through purchasing managers’ eyes, rose...
The Kogi State government has denied reports in the media that the outbreak of a strange disease has claimed the lives of 50 people in the...
The Presidency has said it regretted that its representatives were absent at the meeting of South-South stakeholders slated for Tuesday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State...
Following the death of no fewer than 50 persons, caused by a strange disease in Olamaboro Local Government Area in Kogi State, the State’s House of Assembly...
