Foremost poet and playwright, John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, the younger brother of former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, is dead. The...
The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams, has condemned the actions of the Nigeria Police Force over the killings of some protesters across...
Juventus and Portugal forward, Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for coronavirus, but is currently showing no symptom. This was announced by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF)...
The ongoing protests against police brutality in Nigeria gathered more momentum in Enugu State on Tuesday with the state’s Deputy Governor, Lolo Cecelia Ezeilo, joining EndSARS...
The Federal Government has announced that it was ready to meet the five-point demand of the EndSARS protesters, which include halting use of force against protesters...
Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji has slammed the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, for barring residents from expressimg their displeasure over police brutality in the ongoing ENDSARS...
Some residents of Borno State have taken to the streets to protest the dissolution of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) by the federal government on Sunday...
Hundreds of protesters on Tuesday shut down major roads in Ile Ife, Osun State to express their displeasure over harassment of youths by a notorious police...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again lost a member in the House of Representatives to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The opposition party had only...
Aisha Yesufu was on Tuesday condemned by a man who said he is a Muslim for protesting with other EndSARS protesters. Recall that Aisha Yesufu who...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday nominated his Special Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). President...
These latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Paystack joins flutterwave as Fintechs supporting #ENDSARS In solidarity to young...
Oil prices climbed on Tuesday, partially reversing an almost 3% loss from the Monday session, invigorated by strong China data, much as anxieties surrounding supply restart...
Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of Port Harcourt, capital city of Rivers State to demand the abolition of the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad...
Lagos State government has claimed that reports one person was killed by police in Surulere area of the state on Monday, during an #EndSARS protest was...
Over 100,000 people have signed a petition asking the International Criminal Court (ICC) to arrest and prosecute the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Adamu Mohammed over alleged...
Naira depreciated against the United States dollar at various segments of the foreign exchange market on Monday. The local currency closed at N460 to a dollar...
Reacting to the ongoing nationwide protest against police brutality, Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State, on Tuesday, ordered the police command against brutalizing peaceful protesters in...
Popular US rapper and presidential aspirant, Kanye West, has declared his support for the end of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police brutality and extortion in Nigeria....
The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned against suggestions by some to just allow COVID-19 to spread in the hope of achieving so-called herd immunity, saying this...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has alleged fresh invasion of his Isiama-Afaraukwu village in Ibeku Umuahia, Abia State by a combined team of...
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has instructed the Attorney General and commissioner for Justice in the state, Gbolahan Adeniran to immediately release three suspects that...
The pay-as-you-go billing model for pay-TV, clamoured for by Nigerians, is not viable commercially and technically, John Ugbe, the chief executive officer of MultiChoice Nigeria, owners...
A leading opposition group in Guinea has alleged that no fewer than 90 people have been killed in the country in a crackdown on protests against...
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) on Monday said it had retrieved a previously unremitted excise duty worth N474 million from beer maker, Guinness Nigeria Plc....
The Ripples Nigeria poll, published October 5, 2020, ahead of the Ondo State governorship election, scored a near perfect prediction of a win for incumbent Governor...
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to back Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who is contesting the position of Director-General (DG) of the World Trade Organisation,...
A Sokoto State High Court, sitting in Sokoto the state capital has convicted and sentenced a fraudster, Umaru Isma’il, to five years imprisonment without an option...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has commended the #EndSARS protesters for calling for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has introduced an alternative to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) to the Senate leadership. This was...
The Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo has declared that the recent disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) was the first step to extensive police...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria are set to play against Tunisia in an international friendly game in Austria today (Tuesday). The encounter is their second game...
Former Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger said he always felt the same passion for the club and the sport while he was managing the Premier League club....
Governor Nyesom Wike-led government of Rivers has placed a ban on #EndSARS protest in the state. The ban was announced in a statement the state Commissioner...
The National Peace Committee (NPC) chairman and former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), has lauded the conduct of Ondo election. He said that the...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning. 1. Amnesty accuses police of killing 10 #ENDSARS protesters in Nigeria Rights watchdog, Amnesty...
One of the issues that took centre stage especially by the opposition and the southern political divide during the campaign for political power in the 2019...
The Edo State governorship election petitions tribunal sitting in Benin has received petitions from five political parties and their candidates, challenging the victory of Governor Godwin...
Nigeria on Monday recorded 164 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases were...
Rights watchdog, Amnesty International said on Monday at least 10 protesters had been killed by the police since the protests against the brutality of the now-disbanded...
The founder, Ressurection Praise Ministries, Archbishop Samson Benjamin has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to personally address the demands of protesters in the #EndSARS campaign which...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday promised to release to the public in due course, its official position on the outcome of last weekend’s governorship...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) contracted by N40.673 billion on Monday as profit-taking actions deepened. The Insurance Index was the day’s worst performer of the five...
The Nigerian government will next year spend 21% more than it did in 2020, according to its spending plan for 2021. Debt service will be higher by 6%...
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has expressed shock at his defeat in Akure during last weekend’s governorship election in the state. The governor, who was re-elected...
The Kano State government on Monday directed state-owned universities and other higher institutions of learning to reopen for academic activities on October 26. The state’s Commissioner...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday adjourned the trial of a member of the Presidential Committee on Procurement of Arms and...
The Inspector-General General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, said on Monday the training of a new police unit to replace the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) would...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday, appealed to the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU to suspend the six-month industrial action...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Monday the safe reopening of schools was the responsibility of the state governments....
