Apex Northern socio-political group, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has described the abduction of school children in different parts of Northern Nigeria by bandits as an...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Kaduna denies reports it hired private negotiator for abducted students The Kaduna State Government,...
At least five people died and several others were injured in an auto crash along the Benin-Ore-Shagamu Expressway in the Okitipupa local government area of Ondo...
The Senate on Saturday dismissed reports on the padding of the 2024 budget by over N4 trillion. The Senate passed the 2024 budget of N28.7 trillion...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Saturday the average cost of a healthy diet per day in the country was N858 in January. The...
Police operatives in Anambra on Friday rescued four men abducted by kidnappers in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this...
Gunmen on Friday killed a middle-aged man identified as Danjuma Emokpaire in Edo State. A resident of the community told journalists that Emokpaire was attacked by...
The Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has sacked the District Head of Sauwa, Muhammad-Sauwa. The Chairman of the Local Government Service Commission, Mansir Shehu, disclosed this...
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, on Saturday decried the escalating insecurity in the country. He was reacting to the...
The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Saturday, urged politicians to stop politicising the security situation in the state. The governor made the call when he...
Suspected armed robbers on Thursday attacked two banks in Ayingba, Kogi State, and killed a police officer. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Bertrand Onuoha, confirmed the...
Police operatives in Lagos have arrested a woman for allegedly giving her sick child a popular insecticide, “Sniper” in the state. The spokesman for the state...
Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have arrested some suspects in connection with the murder of the Ardo of Kamuru, Zangon- Kataf local government area of...
Armed men suspected to be bandits in the early hours of Saturday abducted 15 students of Tsangaya School at Gidan Bakuso, Gada local government area of...
The Nigerian government, on Saturday, issued a strong message condemning the recent kidnappings in Borno and Kaduna states, vowing to secure the safe return of all...
The Kaduna State Government, on Saturday, strongly refuted media reports claiming it hired a private negotiator to secure the release of students recently abducted from the...
The Nigerian government has taken a significant step towards boosting its natural gas sector, inaugurating the Governing Council of the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund...
The Nigerian currency, the naira, slumped again on Friday, March 8, 2024 as the domestic currency appreciated to ₦1, 627.40/$1 data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Defence minister, Matawalle, orders DIA to go after those calling for military coup Those...
The Federal Government has suspended the implementation of the recently enacted Expatriate Employment Levy by the Federal Ministry of Interior. The President of the Nigerian Association...
The National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) said on Friday over 6.1 million Nigerians were displaced by insecurity and natural disasters in...
Amnesty International on Friday urged the Federal Government to rescue the over 600 people abducted by terrorists in Borno and Kaduna States. Suspected Boko Haran insurgents...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have destroyed the supreme headquarters of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) at Orsu local government area of Imo State. The...
The Ebonyi State government has banned the use of tinted car glass across the state. In a statement on Friday in Abakaliki by the Chief Press...
Police operatives in Abia have rescued 16 pregnant women and eight children at a baby factory in the Aba area of the state. The spokesperson for...
Police operatives in Kwara State have arrested four students of the state university over the death of one of their colleagues. Eyewitnesses told journalists that some...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Friday reportedly attacked the Anguwar Makera mosque in the Kwasakwasa community of Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State...
The Lagos State government has resolved to sanction a car-hailing company, Uber Technologies System Nigeria Limited, for failure to comply with an essential data-sharing agreement. The...
Gunmen in the early hours of Friday killed four police officers at a checkpoint in Ebonyi State. Eyewitnesses told journalists that two ladies were killed by...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Friday that foreign exchange remittances by Nigerians living abroad into the country rose to $1.3 billion in one...
An 80-year-old man identified as Isiaka Ayinde on Thursday evening committed suicide at Imota in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. The spokesman for the state...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market went home with N562 billion at the close of trading on Friday. This followed the rise in the market capitalization...
President Bola Tinubu on Friday condemned the abductions of internally displaced persons and students by terrorists in Borno and Kaduna States. Suspected Boko Haran insurgents on...
The remains of the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, as well as those of his wife Chizoba, and son, Chizi have...
The House of Representatives on Friday summoned the Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) over the alleged unlawful detention...
The Chief Judge of Taraba State, Justice Joel Agya, on Friday sentenced two men, Yusufa Adamu and Adamu Abdullahi to death by hanging for kidnapping in...
Major downstream marketers under the umbrella of the Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria, (MEMAN), have raised alarm that the country may face more challenges in...
The United Nations Children Fund has condemned the abduction of students by bandits in Kaduna State, describing the frequency of such abductions as alarming and requiring...
Nigeria’s political landscape has been jolted by the Arewa Consultative Forum’s (ACF) unexpected endorsement of a shift towards a parliamentary system of government. The ACF, a...
Kinsmen of the embattled Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, from Jattu in the Etsako West Local Government, on Thursday, trooped out to protest against...
After serially missing crucial deadlines for joining other nations in trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Nigeria is to begin the formal export...
Following the rot in the power sector in Nigeria, the presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) Malik Ado-Ibrahim has blamed former President Muhammadu Buhari...
The Nigerian currency, the naira, recovered slightly on Thursday, March 7, 2024 as the domestic currency appreciated to N1,602.17/$1 data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. EMEFIELE: Buhari, SGF signatures forged to move $6.2m from CBN, Forensic expert reveals A...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated an 11-member committee to implement the approved recommendations of the Stephen Oronsaye report on the restructuring and rationalisation of government...
The Kano State House of Assembly has approved the constitution of interim management committees for the 44 local government areas in the state. This followed the...
The police on Thursday arraigned 41 persons for alleged illegal mining at the Federal High Court, Ibadan. The defendants were arraigned on a two-count charge of...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the release of funds for the rehabilitation of the Eko Bridge in Lagos. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) said on Thursday it has not zoned the party’s ticket for the Ondo State governorship election to...
Strong performances by Dangote Sugar, Transcorp Power, MTN Nigeria, and others propelled investors in the Nigeria equities market to a N420 billion gain on Thursday. This...
