Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers reportedly abducted nine travellers along the Kabba/Obajana/Lokoja Road in Kogi State on Saturday. Eyewitnesses told journalists on Monday that the victims...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday quizzed the former Kwara State Governor, Abdulfattah Ahmed, for alleged misappropriation of N3 billion while in office....
A male lion on Monday killed a zookeeper at the Zoological Garden of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. The university’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olarewaju, confirmed...
Police operatives in Rivers on Saturday killed Gift Okpara aka 2 Baba, prime suspect in the murder of a Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada Division, Bako...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives have arrested 11 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, disclosed...
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, adjourned the suit seeking the disqualification of the Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, and his...
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday returned home from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he attended the 37th Ordinary Session of the African Union’s Heads of State and...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday that Nigeria’s unemployment rate surged to 5.0 percent in the third quarter of last year. The NBS...
The Lagos State government has lifted the ban on activities of Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in the state. The state government suspended RTEAN...
President Bola Tinubu and governors of the 36 states last week resolved to look at the establishment of state police in the country. The same week,...
Hundreds of angry Nigerian youths on Monday, took to the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to stage a peaceful demonstration over the unbearable hardship,...
Senator Shehu Sani has raised concerns about the potential misuse of the proposed state police system in Nigeria. He made his fears known in an online...
CLAIM: A viral video purportedly shows a foreigner physically assaulting a Nigerian worker in Nigeria. VERDICT: Misleading FULL TEXT An X user, UCHECHUKWU (@Yucee), recently posted...
Global credit rating agency, Fitch Ratings, has cautioned the Federal government over the proposed establishment of the foreign currency gateway bank recently announced by the Central...
After a trading week characterized by four days of gaining and a day of loss, Seplat, Airtel Africa, Geregu, and Bua Foods are some of the...
The Presidency has described the attack by former Nigeria’s Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on the economic policies of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu led administration as...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Tinubu’s forex policy responsible for poverty, hardship in the country – Atiku A former...
The much awaited students loan scheme of the Federal Government will be disbursed directly to the institutions of the scheme’s beneficiaries, Akin Sawyerr, the Executive Secretary...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Mr Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to “promptly account...
In a bid to curb the growing cases of sexual harassment in schools, especially higher institutions in the country, teachers and lecturers in various institutions of...
Economic indices gathered by RipplesMetircs indicate that an average Nigerian spends more than he earned in 2023. This would mean that, if a working Nigerian earns...
The Federal Government has once again announced that the Third Mainland Bridge will be closed to the Iyana Oworonshoki-Lagos Island-bound traffic from midnight on Sunday February...
The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that students from no fewer than 155 institutions may be barred from processing Direct Entry admissions owing to...
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has thrown its weight behind calls for the creation of a state policing system that will help in tackling insecurity in...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Idahosa wins APC governorship primary in Edo A governorship aspirant, Dennis Idahosa, on Saturday...
The Labour Party chairmen in the 36 states on Saturday asked the party’s national chairman, Julius Abure, to step aside for proper and fair investigation into...
Police operatives have arrested a lawyer, Mrs. Adachukwu Okafor, over the alleged abuse of her 10-year-old househelp. The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Uju...
The Lagos State government has ordered the immediate closure of Mandilas Market in Lagos Island for two days over the traders’ failure to remove illegal structures...
The Senator representing Edo Central, Monday Okpebholo, on Saturday won a parallel All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in the state. The Returning Officer, Stanley...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 26 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. The EFCC’s Director of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said in...
Three persons died in an auto crash near Mowe on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State on Saturday. The spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps...
The Lagos State government will begin the full enforcement of the ban on the usage and distribution of styrofoam food containers on Monday. The state’s Commissioner...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Friday killed six people and abducted several others in Kwassam and Sabon Layi Kan Makama communities of Kauru local government...
A serving officer of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Commodore John Ijudigal, on Wednesday foiled a “one-chance” robbery attempt in Abuja. The Director of NAF...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum on Saturday slammed the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the current economic hardship in the country. They were reacting...
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe have uncovered 14 illegal refineries in Rivers State. The Commander of the OPDS, Rear Adm. John Okeke,...
A governorship aspirant, Dennis Idahosa, on Saturday emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Edo State. The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, announced...
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a banker, Soberechukwu Inya Ewa and a Point of...
The Naira continued its yoyo movement to close the week on a losing note; it declined against the US Dollar in the official market, data from...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Fraud claims mar Customs e-auction process as one person allegedly gets over 300 vehicles...
This year, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) celebrated Valentine’s Day with a unique expression of love, reaching out to hundreds of visually impaired students and adults...
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the judgment of the Court of Appeal which nullified the takeover of the landed property of Suru Worldwide Ventures Nigeria...
The Defence Headquarters claimed on Friday that troops in the various theatres of operations across the country killed 254 suspected terrorists and arrested 264 others in...
Police operatives in Nasarawa have arrested 10 suspected members of a child theft syndicate in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Shehu Nadada, who paraded...
The Pan-Yoruba Socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Friday, asked Nigerians to hold former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration liable for the current hardship in the country. Protests over...
The German government has agreed to join a European Union military mission to protect shipping in the Red Sea. The deputy government spokesman, Wolfgang Büchner announced...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday warned political parties and their aspirants to pull down campaign billboards, posters, and jingles on television and Radio...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate upgrade of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and 15 others in the country. The Special Adviser on Media...
Investors at the Nigerian capital market went home with N887 billion at the close of trading on Friday. This followed the rise in the market capitalization...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has resolved to hold a two-day nationwide protest over insecurity and economic hardship in the country. The NLC President, Joe Ajaero,...