More than 100 inmates of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Suleja, Niger state, have escaped from the facility after parts of it was destroyed during a...
An inclusive society is crucial for a nation’s human and economic development in the modern era. In this edition of Project Aliyense, we feature Paul Kunda,...
Josephine Diase, a prominent figure in the Disability Movement, sheds light on the obstacles confronting people with disabilities in rural regions, especially as it concerns media...
The naira continued its slump against the American dollar for the fifth consecutive day on Wednesday April 24, 2024 at the official window as the domestic...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Rivers Attorney-General resigns again after rejecting redeployment to Gov Fubara’s office The Attorney General...
The Anambra State House of Assembly has passed a bill to prohibit secret cult activities and killings in the state. The bill titled: “Anambra State Secret...
German prosecutors on Wednesday formally filed charges against seven suspected radical Islamists arrested last July. The men face charges of forming a terrorist organisation and plotting...
The Nigerian Army has dismissed two soldiers over alleged theft at the Dangote Refinery premises in Lagos. The soldiers – Corporal Innocent Joseph and Lance Corporal...
Police operatives in Niger have arrested two suspects in connection with the killing of a trader in the state. The spokesman for the state police command,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn an appeal challenging the Kogi State High Court order stopping the arrest of former Kogi State governor,...
The Federal Government has revoked additional 924 dormant mining licenses in the country. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake disclosed this to journalists on...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market endured another bearish session on Wednesday as they lost N673 billion at the end of trading. This followed the dip...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the takeoff of the Consumer Credit Scheme to facilitate the purchase of houses and cars by Nigerians. The Special Adviser on...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, said on Wednesday party would provide solutions to the country’s challenges. Ganduje stated this during the grand...
The Rivers State Commissioner for Finance, Isaac Kamalu, resigned his appointment on Wednesday. He joined Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor who resigned as the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner...
The President of the Association of Bureau De Change operators of Nigeria (ABCON), Aminu Gwadabe, reiterated the operators’ commitment to defending the naira from speculators’ attacks....
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Wednesday the state’s transport policy would be unveiled in May. He stated this at the unveiling of the...
In a daring act of self-defense, passengers traveling on the Talata Mafara-Gusau highway in Zamfara State, Nigeria, thwarted a kidnapping attempt on April 23rd, 2024. The...
Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, is about to release the X TV app, which allows users to upload 1080p videos, cast videos, and access...
CLAIM: Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has been arrested in Chad Republic. VERDICT: False! FULL TEXT Former Governor Yahaya Bello has been declared wanted...
Former spokesman for the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council, Daniel Bwala, has reacted to insinuations over the female student of Lead British International School, Abuja, Namtira...
Kitwe Press Club spokesperson, Michael Kaluba, has described the media landscape in Zambia as complex and contentious. In a conversation with Zambia Monitor in Kitwe, Kaluba...
An angry woman on Tuesday, threw caution to the wind as she threw insults and curses at embattled former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, as a...
The Federal Government on Tuesday signed the Consolidated Guidelines for the implementation of Fiscal Incentives for the oil and gas sector. The Minister of Finance and...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. EFCC arrests ex-aviation minister, Sirika, for alleged N8bn fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes...
The Naira on Tuesday traded for N1,300 to a dollar at the official market. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform...
The management of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has suspended indefinitely one of its lecturers, Mr. David Udo-Udom, over an alleged sexual harassment of a...
The Nigerian Army said on Tuesday troops deployed for counter-terrorism operations in Zamfara and Katsina have killed scores of suspected terrorists in the two states. In...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, on Tuesday described his purported suspension from the party by some individuals in his Kano...
The Kogi House of Assembly on Tuesday urged the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to obey court order on the alleged N80.2 billion fraud case...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, said on Tuesday the former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, withdrew $720,000 from the...
Justice Ayokunle Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Mondays , told a former Commander of the Joint Military Task Force, Operation...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market lost N199 billion at the close of trading on Tuesday. Before Monday’s N70 billion gain, investors had endured over two...
President Bola Tinubu said on Tuesday he has put measures in place to address the infrastructural challenges in the Niger Delta. The president stated this when...
A former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, on Tuesday resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ihedioha, who was a also former deputy...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, said on Tuesday the commission has frozen more than 300 accounts over suspicious foreign...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, over an alleged N8 billion fraud, the PUNCH reports. EFCC...
Amid a depleting foreign exchange FX reserve, the Central Bank of Nigeria has announced the resumption of sales of dollars to Bureau De Change operators (BDCs)....
Disgraced Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James, better known by his stage name Baba Ijesha, on Tuesday, filed an appeal against his 16-year prison sentence for s3xually assaulting...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed May 10 for ruling on an application by former Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, seeking an order setting...
Doyin Okupe, a former member of the Labour Party and close associate of Peter Obi, on Tuesday revealed that the party was merely a “special purpose...
For the third time, Dangote Petroleum Refinery has again announced a further reduction in the prices of both diesel and aviation fuel to N940, and N980...
Andy Stone, a spokesperson for Meta, has been convicted to six years in prison by Russian authorities in absentia on charges of “terrorism” pertaining to the...
A viral video of a female student of the Lead British International School in Abuja being subjected to bullying by a group of her peers, has...
In a significant development, Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to serve...
A Dana Air aircraft on arrival from Abuja from skidded off the runway at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos early this morning. Thankfully, authorities have...
The China General Chamber of Commerce (CGCC) in Nigeria has finally addressed the row surrounding the alleged discrimination against Nigerians who were barred from shopping at...
IMMEDIATE past governor of Kogi state, Alhaji Yahaya AdozaBello, is on the run. And in hiding. He was governor between 2016 and 2024. He was not...
Tunde Onakoya, the 29-year-old Nigerian Chess Master who has just broken the World Record for the longest chess marathon is most appropriately an embodiment of the...
The Nigeria Senate has described the power distribution companies (DisCos) in the country as complete failures which have added nothing significant to the Nigerian power sector....