Troops of Operation Safe Haven have arrested seven suspects and recovered various arms and ammunition in Plateau State. The Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations,...
Members of the legislative arm in Egor local government area in Edo State on Wednesday impeached the chairman, Ms. Eghe Ogbemudia, over alleged padding of the...
Senator Ali Ndume has been removed from his position as Chief Whip of the Senate, with Senator Tahir Monguno appointed to replace him. The decision was...
The Edo State House of Assembly has filed an appeal against the judgment of Justice J. K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which overturned...
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has given a ruling voiding the impeachment of Phillip Shaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo...
The Supreme Court last week granted full autonomy to the 774 local government councils in the country. The same week, the duo of former Senate President,...
Justice Deinde I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, on Monday, July 15, 2024, ordered the final forfeiture of 20 cars stolen from...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Tinubu to meet labour leaders again on Thursday to finalize new minimum wage President...
The Kaduna State government has scheduled the election into the 23 local government areas in the state for October 19. The chairman of the state Independent...
The Nigerian Navy has rescued eight female victims of human trafficking in the country. The Navy Director of Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, who disclosed this in...
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) identified how President Bola Tinubu can achieve its $1 trillion economic projection. They identified...
The naira reversed its slump against the United States dollar on Tuesday. Data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) showed that the domestic currency...
The three tiers of government on Tuesday shared the sum of N1.35 trillion as revenue allocation for June. The figure was N150 million higher than the...
Investors in the Nigerian capital market gained N62 billion at the close of trading on Tuesday. This followed an increase in the share prices of stocks...
At least 14 persons died and four others were injured in a ghastly motor accident along the Kano-Kanya road in Babura local government area of Jigawa...
The faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly loyal to Governor Siminalaye Fubara has rejected the move by a rival group to stop the governor...
The executive director of the cryptocurrency platform, Binance, Tigran Gambaryan, arrived at the Federal High Court, Abuja, in a wheelchair for his trial for alleged money...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised downward Nigeria’s economic growth projection by 0.2 percentage point amid weaker than expected activity in the first quarter of...
Nigeria is conspicuously absent from the 2024 ITTF Africa Youth Championships, which are currently underway in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana. Despite being one of the...
The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has sacked his Chief Security Adviser, Ahmed Adamu Chiroma. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Governor, Mukhtar...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, said on Tuesday the Federal Government has no plan to hand over public universities in the country to private...
The Federal Government has evacuated 190 Nigerians from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) disclosed this in a statement issued on...
At least four people were killed and several others wounded in gunfire near a mosque in Oman on Tuesday. The attack took place early in Wadi...
Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Tuesday dismissed a bid by the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria...
In May and June 2024, this reporter embarked on a mission to ascertain the status of some of the 2022 Sokoto State projects at the Shehu...
Yoruba nation activist Sunday Adeyemo, widely known as Sunday Igboho, has renewed his call for Fulani herders to leave forests anreas across the South-West region of...
Just within the first week of July, long queues at petrol stations across some states, including Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, resurfaced due to...
President Bola Tinubu is to convene a follow-up meeting with labour leaders on Thursday to reach a consensus on a new minimum wage, according to the...
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Except for the period between 2017-2021 when he escaped being killed by an invading murderous band of Nigeria’s security operatives including members of the armed forces,...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Rivers Assembly blocks Fubara’s spending pending budget presentation In a dramatic session on Monday,...
The Nigerian currency, the naira started the week with a slump against the American dollar on Monday, July 15, 2024. The domestic currency shed N14 to...
The equities market got off to a positive start on Monday July 15, 2024 as investors gained N172bn at the end of the trading session. This...
The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has countered claims made by Alhaji Aliko Dangote that International Oil Companies (IOCs)...
After a protracted diplomatic row, Nigerians can now apply and obtain visas to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) effective Monday. The Minister of Information and National...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) said on Monday it has not increased its earlier investment in the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery for...
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 34.19 percent in June. This was up from the 33.95 percent recorded...
Airtel Africa, WAPCO, Dangote Sugar and PRESCO topped the list of stocks to watch this week as investors battle to recover from a bruising trading session...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Court orders ex-minister, Lai Mohammed, to disclose details of agreement between FG, X, formerly...
Akinwunmi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has slammed the decision of the federal government to import food, describing it as depressing. Adesina’s criticism...
A Nigerian-born council chief executive in the United Kingdom, Bayo Dosunmu, has been forced to step down from his position after he was arrested and charged...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has deacribed the recent suicide bomb attacks in Gwoza Local Government Area of the state as acts of sabotage towards the...
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has lamented the lack of leaders who have the courage to...
Proscribed Igbo separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has warned South-East governors against acceding to the recent demand from the Miyetti Allah group for...
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, in a landmark judgment, has ordered Alhaji Lai Mohammed, former Minister of Information and Culture and the ministry of...
It was yet another week to forget for investors in the Nigerian equities market following a cumulative loss of N139.89bn in the just ended trading week....
Former United States President Donald Trump was on Saturday, shot in the ear during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania in an attack that has drawn condemnation...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. APC tackles Ndume over ‘outlandish’ claim on Tinubu The All Progressives Congress (APC) on...
Two journalists abducted alongside their family members by criminals in Kaduna State have regained their freedom. The victims were abducted by gunmen at their homes on...
The former Senate President, Pius Anyim, on Saturday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State. He switched to...
