Senate President Godswill Akpabio has blamed the insecurity and banditry that has ravaged Nigeria for several years now on the change of the old national anthem...
Declining export and import have crashed Nigeria’s total trade with the United Kingdom by N105bn in the first quarter of 2024 despite the higher value realised...
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, on Tuesday, announced the appointment of caretaker committee chairmen to oversee the administration of the 23 local government areas (LGAs)...
Claim: Viral picture on social media shows football superstar Kylian Mbappé in a black face mask. Verdict: False. Full Text: Picture of French professional footballer Kylian...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Fubara meets security chiefs as local govt crisis spreads in Rivers The Rivers State...
A pilgrim from Plateau State, Mr. Ismaila Musa, died in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. The Executive Secretary of Plateau Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Daiyabu Dauda,...
A private security guard, Yusuf Akadogo, was stabbed to death during a minor altercation in Lagos last week. The spokesman for the state police command, Benjamin...
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Tuesday met with heads of security agencies in the state. The governor convened the meeting to address the crises...
The Abia State government said on Tuesday there was no confirmed case of cholera in the state. The Director of Public Health and Disease Control in...
At least eight people have died in a fire incident at a hospital in Iran. Reports said the fire broke out in a hospital in the...
The Kogi State government has banned traditional processions in the Koton Kafe area of the state capital of the state for security reasons. The state’s Commissioner...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) claimed on Tuesday troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have killed 80 terrorists in recent air strikes at Gidan Kare Village of...
Police operatives in Anambra on Monday arrested four suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) during a raid on the group’s alleged camp in...
The Federal Government and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have signed a $3.5 billion deal to boost the textile industry and promote the use of Compressed Natural...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has extended the deadline for the registration and submission of pre-qualification documents for the 2024 oil block licensing round....
Gunmen on Tuesday killed a ticket collector in Ekiti State. Eyewitnesses told journalists that the man was issuing tickets to commercial motorcyclists near the Oke Isa...
Police operatives in Benue have arrested three suspected kidnappers in Otukpo local government area of the state. The spokesperson for the state police command, Sewuese Anene,...
The Chief Spokesperson, Peter Obi/Datti Baba-Ahmed Presidential Campaign Council for the 2023 election, Alhaji Yunusa Tanko has said that reforming the electoral process is much more...
Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu has sentenced one Onuigbo Chibuzor who was charged and arraigned before it on a...
The Presidency has responded to Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi’s criticism of the Federal Government’s plan to buy new aircraft for the presidential fleet, calling...
The Nigeria Customs Service has moved to clampdown on owners of private jets in the country, as no fewer than 80 operators and owners of such...
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HE ruling elites have us by the balls. Our collective capacity for short memory is like none anywhere else in the world. So it’s usually easy...
The three Lebanese Founi brothers, Abbas Fouani, Youssef Fouani, and Amtal Fouani, who were abducted by gunmen last Friday in Lagos, have been rescued by operatives...
One of the highlights of the recent celebrations of Democracy Day, on June 12, was the series of anniversary lectures organized to mark 25 years of...
Governor of National Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has directed the 23 local government chairmen in the state to hand over to heads of administration of their...
A faction of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, demanded the immediate resignation of former Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu, following...
Following reports about a proposal to purchase new aircraft for the use of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima, Peter Obi, the Labour...
Following the soaring prices of food items in the market, the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has lamented that the President Bola Ahmed...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Tension in Rivers as LG chairmen’s tenures expire, youths storm secretariats Rivers State is...
The former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, and the Nigeria Police Force have disagreed on the fate of youths detained during the October 2020 ENDSARS protest...
Guaranty Trust Bank now (GTCO) has dragged 60 top executives of 13 commercial banks to court over a N17 billion Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) debt. The...
Zenith Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA), AccessCorp, and Total Plc topped the lists of stocks to watch when the market opens after the Eid-El-Kabir on...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Presidency fires back at New York Times, says Tinubu inherited “dead economy” in need...
The Nigerian Police Force has denied comments by a former senator, Shehu Sani that some young Nigerians who were arrested during the EndSARS protest of 2020...
Lagos, the economic powerhouse of Nigeria, is divided into two distinct regions: Lagos Island and Lagos Mainland. Each region offers unique qualities, economic opportunities, amenities, and...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has busted a drugs warehouse run by a cartel controlled by a drug baron identified as 49-year-old Kelechi Monday...
At least 10 people have been confirmed killed while scores of others were abducted when gunmen suspected to be bandits attacked a village in Gwadabawa Local...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “ensure that his government’s proposed bill on new minimum wage for Nigerian workers is...
The proscribed Igbo separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has condemned what it described as the indiscriminate arrest of innocent Igbo youths in Abia State...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Ezekwesili condemns lavish spending by Nigerian leaders during economic downturn Former Minister of Education,...
The Federal Government has withheld payment of compensation to property owners on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project due to alterations to the plan. The Minister of...
Police operatives in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have killed one suspected kidnapper and arrested three others during a raid on their camp in an Abuja...
The Lagos State government has confirmed 17 cholera cases in the state. The state government had earlier discovered 350 suspected cases in 29 wards across the...
A former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Segun Adewale aka Aeroland, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state....
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the resignation of Mr. Mamman Ahmadu as Director-General of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP). The Special Adviser on Media and...
The Oyo State government on Saturday called for the adoption of precautionary measures to prevent a potential cholera outbreak in the state. The state’s Commissioner for...
The Federal Government has warned landowners against illegal mining activities in the country. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, issued the warning in a...
The Nigerian Army has resolved to deploy 5,937 soldiers who recently passed out from the Depot to fight bandits, cattle rustlers and criminals in the country....
A female pilgrim from Kaduna State, Hajiya Asma’u Muhammad-Ladan, died at the King Fahad Hospital in Saudi Arabia on Friday. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Ayodeji Gbeleyi as the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). The Special Adviser on Media...
