Claim: Facebook users: Organ harvesting is on the rise in Nigeria. Verdict: No recent data support the claim that organ harvesting is on the rise in...
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has called on Nigerian authorities to hold the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, responsible...
The Naira continued to strengthen against the dollar at the parallel foreign exchange market on Thursday. However, while uncertainty continues to trail the discontinuation of FMDQ...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country today. 1. National Assembly passes landmark ₦54.9tr 2025 budget The National Assembly on Thursday passed...
The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday troops have recovered two calibrated aircraft engines from a longtime unidentified aircraft crash site in the North-East. The Director of...
Nigeria’s Super Eagles are set to face Russia in a high-profile international friendly match this June. According to the Russian Football Union (RFU) website, the match...
An angry mob on Tuesday killed two suspected kidnappers in Delta State. The spokesman for the state police command, Bright Edafe confirmed the incident in a...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Thursday the caretaker committee led by Dr. Tony Aziegbemi remains the leader of...
We Cannot Take Over Nigeria Like This Obviously, I’m a Nigerian youth, and like many aggrieved others, I am deeply frustrated by the failures of our...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court on Thursday dismissed a suit filed by a Nigerian, Lovina Adonor, seeking compensation from the Federal Government...
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, adjourned the hearing in the N228.4 million forfeiture case against the former Abia State governor,...
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said on Thursday that Nigeria’s average daily crude oil production increased significantly to 1.53 million barrels per day (bpd)...
The Lagos State government has increased the fare for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) by 18 percent. The Lagos State Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) disclosed...
The Nigerian equities market extended the bullish trend on Thursday with investors gaining ₦842 billion at the close of the day’s trading. This followed the growth...
At least 14 persons were injured in an auto crash on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, on Thursday. The General Manager of Lagos State Traffic Management...
Justice Folashade Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, discharged and acquitted the former Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Ishaq Kawu of...
On Thursday, the Kano State High Court adjourned a hearing in all pending preliminary objections in the ongoing case of alleged bribery and misappropriation involving the...
Russia has launched a massive night-time aerial attack on Ukraine, with 140 drones. Sources from Kiev said on Thursday morning. The Ukrainian military said 85 of...
The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed reports on the missing 3,907 arms as inaccurate. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the clarification in...
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, has distanced himself from reports on the 2027 presidential race. Reports in some sections of the...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has threatened to penalise banks that compel customers to withdraw amounts lower than N20,000 per transaction from Automated Teller Machines...
Following widespread outrage that trailed a 200% increase on MTN Nigeria 15GB package, the telecommunication company has apologised to its customers. The telecommunications provider had drawn...
No fewer than 1,000 entrepreneurs drawn from across Africa are set to benefit as The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has signed a $6 million agreement with...
For several weeks after his inauguration, the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, stopped the activities of the United States Agency for International...
It has been a frustrating 24 hours for Nigerians in major cities in most states in the northern region over the inability to gain access to...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country today. 1. NLC fumes over telecom tariff hike, threatens shutdown by March 1 The Nigeria...
The Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has approved the appointment of the Chairman and seven permanent Commissioners for the State Independent Electoral Commission (NSIEC). Bago disclosed...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has restored the Omotosho-Ikeja West Transmission line after it tripped on Wednesday. The TCN’s General Manager for Public Affairs, Mrs....
Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed notorious bandit leaders and their foot soldiers in Zamfara and Sokoto States. The Coordinator of the Joint Media Coordination...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has arrested a suspected human trafficker, Sirajo Illela, and rescued two female victims in Sokoto State. The Comptroller of Immigration, Illela...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has affirmed a former National Youth Leader, Sunday Ude-Okoye, as the party’s National Secretary. The PDP National...
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has summoned the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi. The Head of Media, Public Petitions Committee,...
The Lagos State government has marked shanties and other illegal structures in Itu-Mara in the Mainland local government area of the state for demolition. The General...
The Nigerian equities market extended the bullish trend on Wednesday with investors taking home N779 billion at the close of the day’s trading. This followed a...
The suspended Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Cyril Ndifon, on Wednesday, denied allegations that he solicited for nude photographs of a female...
A Joint Committee of the House of Representatives investigating alleged certificate racketeering in tertiary institutions on Wednesday urged the Ministry of Education, National Universities Commission (NUC),...
The Ghanaian government has declared the country’s former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, wanted for alleged corruption. The country’s special prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, disclosed this in...
The Federal Government has signed an agreement with the African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim Bank) for Nigeria to host the bank’s 32nd Annual Meetings (AAM). The agreement...
The Taraba State government has dismissed rumours of bankruptcy. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Hajia Zainab Usman, made the clarification on Wednesday in Jalingo....
A former Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Chief George Moghalu, has picked the Labour Party governorship forms in Anambra State. Moghalu, who...
Nigerians are outraged as telecommunication companies proceed with a controversial 50% tariff hike, despite an ongoing review by a government-appointed committee. In response, the Nigeria Labour...
Nigeria’s electricity grid collapsed just before noon on Wednesday, leading to widespread power outages across the country. The development was confirmed by the official X handle...
Veteran journalist and longtime associate of the late human rights lawyer, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, SAN, Richard Akinnola, has strongly refuted allegations made by retired Brigadier-General Kunle...
The Founder of Living Faith Church, also known as Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has dismissed speculations that his aircraft was purchased using church members’ offerings....
Fresh from fashion school in 2022, Onuka Kalu planned to convert one of his father’s two shops, where he formerly sold beverages inside Elu, a community...
Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals has reduced the cost of its diesel product to N1,020 per litre, down from N1,075 per litre at the gantry price....
The Onitsha Traditional Council has vehemently denounced the killing of Justice Azuka, the lawmaker representing Onitsha-North 1 Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, describing...
Monday, February 10, 2025, made it exactly five months since Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj. Gen. Chris Musa made a vow that the military...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country today. 1. El-Rufai rejects exile rumors, vows to spend more time in Nigeria Former Kaduna...
The PDP National Working Committee (NWC) Tuesday night nullified the purported suspension of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Senator Adolphus Wabara. The party’s State...
