The Federal Government has disclosed that it has spent a staggering $1.5 billion since 2020 to safeguard the nation’s oil installations and combat crude oil theft....
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday declared that it can comfortably conduct local government elections in Nigeria. The INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, who...
The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has slammed the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the declaration of...
In a development that has further worsened the economic conditions of Nigerians, the prices of staple food items like beans, yam, tomatoes, potatoes and others have...
From traumatic memories journalists recounted how they suffered life threatening travails in the course of their duties from Nigerian authorities. They label the country as one...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has convened emergency meetings with its state chairmen to strategize against the upcoming nationwide...
The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has disclosed that a total of N2.60 trillion worth of domestic and foreign investments were recorded between January and June 2024....
A Nigerian citizen based in the United Kingdom, Valentine Ehonjie has spoken out about the Sons of Lucifer Brotherhood operating in Nigeria and some other...
The Nigerian currency, the naira, slumped again against the American dollar on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. The domestic currency shed N38 to trade at N1,586/$1, data...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Governors meet on local council autonomy, minimum wage Governors of the 36 states on...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has appealed to Nigerians to shun the planned protest against the Federal Government. A group of Nigerians...
Governors of the 36 states on Wednesday met in Abuja over the recent financial autonomy granted to the local councils by the Supreme Court. They also...
Gunmen reportedly abducted two Chinese nationals at a mining site in Zango City on the outskirts of Lokoja, Kogi State, on Monday. They also killed five...
President Bola Tinubu has signed into law bills to accelerate development in the country’s geopolitical zones. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President,...
Daniel Bwala, former spokesman for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, paid a solidarity visit to President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja. Bwala, who spoke to...
Justice Sharafadeen Jafar of the Kebbi State High Court, Birnin Kebbi, on Wednesday, sentenced three men to life imprisonment for raping an am 18-year-old deaf woman....
The Commissioner for Health in Abia State, Dr. Ngozi Okoronkwo, has resigned from the position. Governor Alex Otti suspended Okoronkwo on June 11. The Chief Press...
The Kaduna State House of Assembly on Wednesday repealed the laws that established the Zaria Metropolitan Authority. The parliament also repealed the law that created the...
For the second day running, investors in the Nigerian equities market lost N68 billion at the close of trading on Wednesday. This followed the dip in...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday formally received the former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim to the All Progressives Congress ( APC). Anyim, a former Secretary to...
The Katsina State government has set up a seven-member panel to investigate the allegation of torture by personnel of the state’s Hisbah Board. This followed the...
The House Committee on Aviation on Wednesday quizzed the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, over the decay of infrastructures at the nation’s airports....
The Kebbi State government has removed the sole administrators in the 21 local government areas in the state. The government announced the dissolution in a circular...
Troops of the 6 Brigade Nigeria Army on Monday arrested 10 suspected kidnappers in multiple operations in Taraba State. The Acting Assistant Director of Army Public...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested the head of the drug cartel in the Mushin area of Lagos, Alhaji Sulaiman Jimoh aka Temo....
The Federal government on Wednesday said it had resumed mass trial of persons reportedly involved in terrorism and suspects of other heinous crimes against the Nigerian...
The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Examination Bodies on Tuesday, ordered the arrest and detention of four representatives of the West African Examination Council (WAEC)...
A 2012 tweet by one of President Bola Tinubu’s aides, Olusegun Dada where he threatened to burn down a branch of Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB), has...
A Nigerian medical doctor based in Canada has called out a Nigerian Minister who allegedly asked for his help to facilitate buying of a fourth house...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a statement debunking reports of its withdrawal from the planned nationwide protest against economic hardship scheduled for August 1....
The Nigerian currency, the naira, slumped again on the second day of trading this week against the American dollar on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. The domestic...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. NNPC boss, Kyari, denies Dangote allegations, vows to punish staff involved in overseas petroleum...
The founder of the South Korean tech company, Kakao, was arrested on Tuesday for alleged manipulation of share prices. The country’s media reports that a district...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday ordered the immediate reversal of the tariff increase for Band A customers in the country. This followed the adoption of...
The Lagos State government said on Wednesday the state’s Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line would begin operations in September. The Managing Director of Lagos State...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a banker, Kamaluddeen Lawal, and three businessmen for mutilating the naira notes in Kano State. The EFCC’s...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Tuesday vowed to move against corrupt state Houses of Assembly members. The ICPC Chairman, Dr....
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, claimed on Tuesday the planned protest against bad governance in the country was politically induced. A...
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IT’S less than 10 days away. That’s if the planned protests against hunger, poverty, bad governance etcetera, were to materialize. The protests are scheduled for August...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market lost N46 billion at the close of trading on Tuesday. This followed the dip in the share prices of stocks...
Police operatives in Akwa Ibom have rescued 10 pregnant women from a baby factory. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara, disclosed this while briefing journalists...
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has fined the United States-based social media platforms, Meta and WhatsApp $220 million for discriminatory practices and other...
The inability of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to file processes stalled the hearing in a fundamental rights suit filed by former Kano State...
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, said on Tuesday the proposed N6.2 trillion supplementary budgetary would be used to pay the minimum wage....
At least five Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli drone attack in the Tulkarm area of the West Bank. Among the dead were three militant...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has dismissed a rumour about the planned sale of the Falomo Barracks in Lagos State. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa...
At least 180 members of the minority caucus of the House of Representatives have adopted the call for the release of the detained leader of the...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has lent his support to the planned EndBadGovernance protest which is scheduled to commence on August 1st to the 10th. The...
In a significant legislative move, the Senate, on Tuesday, approved the 2024 National Minimum Wage Amendment Act Bill, effectively raising the minimum wage to N70,000. The...
In a move aimed at curbing rising inflation, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised its benchmark interest rate, the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), to...
