The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Thursday, declared a list of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caretaker committee members circulating in the state as fake....
Investing towards the long term and retirement can seem daunting for most Nigerians. However, a member of FCMB Group Plc, FCMB Asset Management Limited appears to...
An Ogun State Magistrates’ Court in Abeokuta on Thursday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Ridwan Akintoye, to three months imprisonment for stealing a Techno phone from the...
The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir, has set up two judicial commissions of inquiry into cases of mismanagement of public assets, and political violence from 2015...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday urged the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to consider electing its members directly into the parliament. The president made...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a suspected imposter for allegedly posing as its officer to defraud members of the public. The commission’s...
The Chairman of the Kano State Anti-Corruption and Public Complaints Commission, Muhuyi Magaji, has been suspended by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). This followed his...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has bemoaned the fluctuation in the exchange rate regime which it said affected and disrupted its activities. The Comptroller General (CG)...
An Abuja Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 6, FCT, has issued a Criminal Summons against five individuals: Okoronkwo Ejike, Kingsley Ibeh, DJ Spoiltkid, Terrence Ekot,...
The mugshot of popular crossdresser Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) following his arrest for allegedly abusing...
American multinational corporation and technology company, Apple, is currently exploring the development of personal home robots, according to a report by Bloomberg. Shortly after giving up...
A group of scientists have completed the construction of a 3.2-billion-pixel camera that can collect 15 terabytes of data, considered to be the largest digital camera...
The family of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has written an open letter to governors of South Eastern states asking them to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has produced an official of Binance Holdings Limited, Tigran Gambaryan, at the Federal High court, Abuja, over allegations of...
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday, sentenced a 45-year-old woman, Josephine Okpai and 44-year-old fashion designer, Waheed Olayiwola, to a combined 450-hours of...
The Federal Government through the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has explained why Distribution Companies (DisCos) in the country were given approval to increase tariff of...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Peace pact: ‘Don’t dare me,’ Fubara warns Wike’s loyalists The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi...
Four Social Democratic Party (SDP) witnesses testified at the ongoing hearing of the Kogi State election petition tribunal in Abuja and gave contradictory testimonies on the...
At least four persons died in an accident along the Ilorin-Bode Saadu highway in the Moro local government area of Kwara State on Wednesday. The Sector...
The Naira ended at N1, 262.85 to a dollar at the official market on Wednesday. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ revealed that...
Investors in Nigeria’s equities market lost N190 billion at the close of trading on Wednesday. This followed the dip in the market capitalization to N58.9 trillion...
Police on Wednesday arraigned a 30-year-old man, Muhammadu Abubakar, at the Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, for alleged illegal possession of a locally-made pistol...
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday vowed to surprise those who consider his decision to implement the presidential peace agreement as a sign of...
Fire on Wednesday morning gutted the residence of the Labour Party National Chairman, Julius Abure, in Abuja. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, said in...
Police operatives in Lagos have arrested three suspected kidnappers in the Ijanikin area of the state. The Zonal Public Relations Officer, Umma Ayuba, confirmed the arrest...
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has destroyed an illegal oil bunkering site at Inhandu Community of Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, gave the Department of State Service (DSS) the go-ahead to detain a Nigerian suspected to...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed the National Students Loan Amendment bill into law. This followed the consideration of the bill by the Senate and House...
The United States has lifted a temporary ban on some New Zealand fish exports. The New Zealand Minister of Agriculture, Todd McClay, disclosed this on Wednesday...
The Katsina State government on Wednesday denied taking any loan since its assumption of office. The government was responding to a claim by the Debt Management...
The management of embattled crypto-currency firm, Binance Holdings Limited, has denied claims that one of its purported executives who is currently being detained in Nigeria, Tigran...
The Borno State Police Command says eight suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a senior lecturer in the Department of Physical Health...
Nigeria’s opposition party, the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), has condemned the proposed plans by the Federal Government to increase electricity tariffs by 300%, calling it a...
Amid epileptic power supply, the federal government, through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has approved a hike in electricity rates for consumers categorized under Band...
Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 23 year old man, Sanusi umar who hawks garden eggs, and tiger nuts for alleged homosexuality with a 10...
Controversial Nollywood actress Etinosa Idemudia has taken to her social media account to share her shocking opinion about marriage and its inherent dangers. In a post...
Social media giant X (formerly known as Twitter) has appointed its third head of safety—a role that has been left empty since last June, when Ella...
Nigerian singer David Adeleke, popularly known in music circles as Davido, has denied claims making the rounds that he was recently arrested in Kenya. Recall that...
I sympathize with Mohammed Bello Adoke, referred to above simply as Citizen Adoke. Not necessarily because I know him personally, he and I, having served this...
The AI-driven news platform Artifact, which was co-founded by the developers of Instagram, has been acquired by Yahoo, an American web service provider. Under the terms...
American multinational technology conglomerate, Meta has disputed claims making the rounds that movie streaming site Netflix reads users’ private Facebook messages. Meta was forced to deny...
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THREE things happened in the past week that signpost the looming frosty relationship between the press and the regime of Nigeria’s President, Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu....
The naira has continued its recovery against the dollar at the official window to trade at ₦1278.58/$1 on the first official trading day in April 2024...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. FIRS begs CAN over ‘provocative’ Easter message The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has apologised to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) over its “provocative” Easter message. FIRS in an Easter message on...
Eight people believed to be migrants died in an auto accident in south-eastern Albania on Tuesday. Police told journalists the vehicle carrying the group fell from...
An unidentified man died in an accident involving a commercial Toyota Hiace Bus, and two other vehicles on Tuesday in Lagos. The Director, of Public Affairs...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Tuesday demanded a public apology from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) over its Easter message. FIRS had in...
The Chandigarh Police Crime Branch in India has arrested three Nigerians for alleged drug trafficking. The trio of Frank Nwokeji, Loua, and Jack David llobi Tochukwu...
Troops of the 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, on Tuesday foiled an attempt by bandits to abduct some Christian members in Taraba State. In a post on...
