Security has been beefed up at the premises of the National Assembly on Wednesday, Daily Trust can report. Our correspondent who is on ground observed an...
Maimuna Aliyu, the mother of Maryam Sanda has been arrested by operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). She was whisked...
With the growing confidence on the safety of Nigeria’s airspace as a result of the improvement in safety standards, the country has recorded huge traffic in...
Plots to reduce the strength of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State received a boost on Wednesday as the only PDP serving senator from...
House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, on Wednesday reshuffled chairmen of some House committees. One of the members who benefitted from the reconstitution as announced by...
The upper chamber of the National Assembly Wednesday embarked on another break, two weeks after resuming from its annual break. The Senators are billed to resume...
Aggrieved All Progressives Congress members of the House of Representatives have resolved to dump the party, following their inability to secure return tickets for 2019, findings...
Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu on Wednesday sustained his call for the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, to resign. He...
The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, on Wednesday denied reports quoting her as saying that the Federal Government is working on a policy that will put...
A former governor of Anambra State and Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Peter Obi, has accused the present...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on the federal government to urgently review its tax policies to block leakages and diversify its revenue base. IMF...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has met with organised labour over the minimum wage imbroglio. The Guardian learnt yesterday in...
The crisis in the National Health Insurance Scheme ( NHIS ) has eventually taken a fresh dimension as the Governing Council has threatened to resign should...
Ahead of fresh investment coming into Diamond Bank Plc, four of its directors have resigned paving way for the new investors to nominate their representatives to...
Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Abubakar III, has decried the worsening situation of things in Nigeria and said that it may get worse as the country prepares...
A northern youth group, the Northern Youth Leaders Forum has warned the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar to drop his running...
In a bid to tackle the challenges of inadequate capital in microfinance banks (MFBs) in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised the...
Former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Peter Fayose, has been granted bail by the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State. Fayose was granted bail on...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), in its recently released list of debtors, has indicted some business men, former and serving political office holders in...
Fresh facts have emerged on the circumstances surrounding the killing in Abuja of Anita Akapson, said to be the daughter of a former Minister of Finance,...
The governments of Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates have both signed an accord on the development of solar energy and artificial intelligence. Reports say the...
The Federal Government is set to carve out five companies from the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), according to the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu. Shittu, in...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the jailing of one Ayogu James for allegedly importing 1,570 pump action guns from Istanbul, Turkey. The...
France’s face veil ban is a violation of women’s rights, so says the United Nations Human Rights Council in a landmark ruling on Tuesday. The UN...
This is apparently notthe best of times for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the outcome of the party’s primaries continue to throw up more...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has counseled President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to campaign on issues and not descend to insults and...
Hope of Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) getting its house together before the 2019 general elections has continued to fade as...
US President Donald Trump has suggested for the first time that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman may have had a hand in the murder of...
A week after former Governor Ayodele Fayose’s tenure expired, the Ekiti State House of Assembly has begun a probe into his administration. The House on Tuesday...
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu may soon heave a sigh of relief, as the British government has informed the Federal...
The Federal Government has said it is working on a policy that will put a ceiling to the number of children a mother can have in...
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State says he will campaign vigorously to ensure victory for President Muhammadu Buhari and also for Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the All Progressives...
A former head of state, Yakubu Gowon, says the unity and peace of Nigeria are non-negotiable. Gowon made this assertion on Tuesday at an exhibition in...
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State Tuesday denied receiving N30bn from the Federal Government after his inauguration. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the...
Shehu Sani, the senator representing Kaduna Central, has joined a new political party. The senator joined the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP). This was made known Tuesday...
Aminu Tambuwal, Governor of Sokoto State, has called for more funds for the National Assembly in order to better discharge its responsibilities. The governor said this...
The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, has described the recent sanctions placed on MTN Nigeria by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over $8.1 billion repatriated...
The House of Representatives has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to borrow $2.78 billion as part of capital funding for the 2018 budget, even as it...
The Nigerian Senate has for the fourth time passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The bill was passed after the joint report of the Senate and...
By SKC Ogbonnia…. The excitement flowing behind the choice of Peter Obi as the running mate to Atiku Abubakar, the presidential nominee of the Peoples’ Democratic...
The Presidency has risen to the defence of the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Professor Usman Yusuf, stating, that the Secretary...
The presidency on Tuesday said the truth about the alleged assassination or kidnap of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu has...
It seems all hope is not lost on the suspended national carrier project, Nigeria Air, as the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said the...
The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos on Tuesday granted leave to Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to seek its reliefs to compel the Minister...
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki has lamented the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill, PIGB despite its...
Coalition of all National Youth Leaders of Political Parties in Nigeria (CONYLOPP), has called on all political parties to be committed to youth affirmative action that...
The National Association of Nigeria Footballers (NANF) has described as ‘kangaroo’ the on-going trial of three officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), by the Economic...
All the 1,164 officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) who gathered at the Abuja headquarters of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for a...
LEADERS of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South West, are expected to meet soon to deliberate on the offer of the Secretary to the...
The Seaport Terminal Association of Nigeria has faulted the closure of a section of the Ijora Brigde in the past one month, noting that it has...
