Nigeria’s headline inflation rate has increased to 33.95 percent in May. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed in its latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) released...
In a brazen act that has sent shockwaves through Lagos, armed gunmen have abducted four people traveling by boat. The victims include the Managing Director of...
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, on Saturday, launched a scathing attack on Nigeria’s leadership, accusing them of excessive spending habits in the face of a...
As Nigerians celebrate the Eid-al-Adha (Sallah) holiday, President Bola Tinubu has sent a message of hope and reassurance to the nation. In a statement released on...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Friday, brokered a renewed strategic alliance towards tackling the menace of...
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, on Friday, disclosed that President Bola Tinubu has refrained from interfering with the...
In a bid to address the lingering issue of national minimum wage, former Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has called for the decentralization of minimum wage...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Ado Bayero floors Sanusi, Kano govt as court orders govt to pay him N10m...
President Bola Tinubu has appointed the pioneer chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, and 254 others into the governing councils and boards...
The naira depreciated against the United States dollar on Friday to trade at N1, 476.24/$1. Data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) showed that...
The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adeniyi, has described as unfounded a claim of age falsification. In a statement issued on Friday, Adeniyi said the...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market ended the week with a N52 billion gain on Friday. This followed an increase in the share price of GUINNESS,...
At least 15 passengers sustained injuries in multiple accidents in the Ojota area of Lagos on Thursday. The Permanent Secretary in the Lagos State Emergency Management...
President Bola Tinubu on Friday called for stronger collaboration between Nigeria’s law enforcement agencies and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the fight...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Friday arraigned a staff of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Henrietta Okojie, at the Federal...
Fire on Friday gutted a twin duplex at Magodo Phase 11 in Lagos. The Permanent Secretary for the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Friday, refused to set aside a judgement ordering the removal of Martins Chike Amaewhule and 26 others as members of...
The House of Representatives on Friday resolved to investigate the appointment of the Director-General of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), Prof. Martins Ike-Muonso....
The Nigerian military on Friday deployed 197 personnel for the peacekeeping mission in the Gambia. The Chief of Operations Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen. Boniface Sinjen, announced this...
Troops of Operation Whirl Punch on Friday killed six suspected bandits in Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State The state’s Commissioner for Home Affairs and...
Troops of the 2 Battalion, Kaduna, have rescued one more National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member abducted by bandits in Zamfara State. The hoodlums in August...
A few days after showering praises on Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, also known as Davido, controversial singer, Habeeb Okiliola, popularly known as Portable, has fired shots...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, discharged Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, two executives of the crypto currency firm, Binance Holding Ltd from...
Super Falcons of Nigeria have retained the 36th position in the latest FIFA World rankings released on Friday. The nine-time Women’s Africa Cup of Nations champions,...
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has formally confirmed the eventual qualification of Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna and Algeria’s Lynda Loghraibi from Africa for the singles events...
Claim: Four female members of staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have accused the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Ibrahim Adamu Lamuwa, of sexual harassment....
Nigeria has received the approval of two major “financial support packages” from the World Bank totalling $2.25 billion, Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. LG Autonomy: Supreme Court reserves judgement in FG’s suit against 36 state govs The...
The Delta House of Assembly on Thursday recalled the lawmaker representing Ughelli North 1 Constituency, Mr. Matthew Omonade. The Assembly suspended the lawmaker for alleged gross...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Tanimu Yakubu as the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation. This followed the expiration of...
At least three persons died and one other was injured when a mining pit collapsed at Bazakwoi, a village in the Adnun community of Niger State....
A former federal commissioner for information, Edwin Clark, has demanded the implementation of the 2014 national conference report. In a letter dated June 13 and addressed...
The naira depreciated against the United States dollar on the first trading session after the Democracy Day celebration on Thursday. Data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign...
In the first trading session after the country’s Democracy Day celebration, investors in the Nigerian equities market gained N114 billion at the end of business on...
Justice O.I.O Ogunyemi of the Ekiti State High Court, Ado- Ekiti, on Thursday, sentenced a pastor with Winners Chapel Church, Omuo- Ekiti, Mr. Enoch Gbinyiam, to...
Troops of Operation Whirl Punch have killed a bandit leader, Buharin Yadi, along with dozens of his fighters in Kaduna State. The state Commissioner for Internal...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday adjourned till June 26 hearing of a suit seeking the removal of Abdullahi Ganduje as...
Police operatives in Kaduna on Tuesday arrested four suspected kidnappers and rescued a victim in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Mansir Hassan,...
The Kaduna State government has dismissed a report of shooting and kidnapping along the highway linking Abuja. The Overseeing Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs,...
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said on Thursday the Federal Government would not go back on its resolve to upgrade the nation’s correctional centres. Tunji-Ojo...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has filed a motion in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja to discontinue lawsuit...
The Federal Government has requested a $500 million loan from the World Bank for the development of rural roads and agricultural marketing. This fund is expected...
Following the revocation of the operating license of Heritage Bank Plc and the lingering worries on the health of other four banks in the country, the...
It was a bad day for a member of the House of Representatives representing Ifelodun/Boripe/Odo-Otin federal constituency of Osun State, Hon. Olusoji Adetunji, after his constituents...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. NLC insists on N250K minimum wage The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday vowed...
The Labour Party on Wednesday urged President Bola Tinubu to make public offices unattractive to promote the delivery of democratic dividends in the country. The LP...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday assured Nigerians of better days ahead. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, gave the assurance in a statement...
A former National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), North-West, Salihu Lukman, has resigned from the party. Lukman, who confirmed his resignation in a...
The Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, on Wednesday, urged the country’s political leaders and the citizens to protect democracy jealously and...
The presidency has reacted to an incident involving President Bola Tinubu during the Democracy Day event in Abuja. The president missed a step while climbing the...
