Nigeria’s oil rig count has decreased by 38 percent to 80 in the first 11 months of 2021, from 129, recorded in the corresponding period of...
With few weeks left until the start of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Super Eagles striker Paul Onuachu sustained an injury that could rule him...
This week’s stocks watchlist consist of two Nigerian banks, First Bank Nigeria (FBN) Holdings and Guaranty Trust Holding Company. Also on the list are telecommunications companies,...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) last week approved a 20 percent increase in salaries of police officers in the country. We tracked four other stories that...
The Nigerian currency continued its depreciation against the US dollar at the official market due to strong demand by importers and citizens looking to travel out...
The Nigerian Energy Regulatory Commission(NERC) has disclosed that it has yet to be paid for N770m energy supply to the three neighbouring countries and some special...
Last Monday, the Debt Management Office (DMO) revealed that Nigeria’s total public debt rose to N38.005 trillion as at September 30, 2021. DMO in a document...
The Presidency on Sunday revealed the importance of the bilateral ties between Nigeria and Turkey towards the war against the spiralling insecurity in the country. This...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you 1. IPOB labels Garba Shehu ‘king of falsehood’, warns him The outlawed Igbo separatist group, Indigenous...
Ekiti Commissioner for Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Mr Bamidele Faparusi, has resigned his appointment to contest the state’s 2022 governorship election. Faparusi had in a letter...
President Muhammadu Buhari today returned to Nigeria after attending the three-day Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit in Istanbul. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and...
The Operatives of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team, working with the Taraba State Police Command, have arrested a total of eleven notorious kidnapping suspects in...
Despite billions spent and promises of stable power supply from the present administration, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed almost half of Nigeria’s electricity...
Hello, and welcome to Business Roundup this week. Here, we bring you highlights of events that happened during the week -from the capital market to the...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you 1. Gov Uzodinma vows to expose sponsors of insecurity in Imo on January 3 The Governor...
The representative of Ekiti Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, explained on Saturday that Governor Kayode Fayemi has not endorsed any gubernatorial...
French President, Emmanuel Macron, has cancelled his trip to Mali over the growing spread of the new variant of the COVID-19, Omicron. Macron was expected to...
The Emir of Daura, Alhaji Farouk Umar, on Saturday turbaned President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf, as Talban Daura and district head of Kwasarawa community in Katsina....
The Nasarawa State government has banned the use and sales of charcoal in the state in a bid to protect the environment. The Permanent Secretary in...
The leadership of the Education Students Association of Nigeria (ESAN) has taken up the case of Jude Nicholas, by soliciting for funds on his behalf so...
The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of over 70 organizations has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that the African Development Bank’s (AfDB’s) $600 million dollars support fund will boost the digital and creative industry. Osinbajo said...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has accepted Alhaji Ahmad Abdullahi’s appointment as Chairman and non-executive Director of First Bank Holding Plc. This comes after Mr....
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you 1. Insecurity politically orchestrated to deny South-East presidency in 2023 – Ohanaeze The apex Igbo socio-cultural...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed fake drugs and expired products worth N598.08million in Nasarawa State. The Director-General of...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a popular socialite in Ibadan, Oyo State, Oluwabukola Temitope Ajayi, for alleged N25 million fraud. The EFCC’s...
The Benue State Police Command on Friday arraigned five men at the Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged murder and kidnapping in the state. The men...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Friday directed its 36 branches and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to prepare for a nationwide protest if the government...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday he planned to retire to his farm in Daura, Katsina State, at the end of his tenure in 2023. The...
The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, said on Friday a President of Igbo extraction would heal and unite the country in 2023. The group’s President-General,...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the appointment of 64 judges to their respective state governors for appointment as judicial officers in the country. The...
Canada on Friday lifted the travel ban on Nigeria and nine other African countries. The other nations whose travel ban had been lifted were Botswana, Egypt,...
The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Friday presented the 2022 budget proposal of N381billion to the state House of Assembly for approval. Uzodinma, who described...
The Lagos State police command has released the body of the late student of Dowen College in the Lekki area of the state, Sylvester Oromoni, to...
An Upper Area Court in Zuba, Abuja, on Friday, sentenced a dismissed police officer, Benjamin Tanko, to four years imprisonment for fraud. The convict had earlier...
The Nasarawa State police command has placed a ban on the sales and use of fireworks in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police Adesina Soyime...
At least three members of the same family died in a fire outbreak at their family house in Otukpo local government area of the state on...
A businesswoman, Mrs. Chimebere Ahamonu, on Friday told the Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, how she raised $420,000 to secure the release of her husband...
Serie A champions, Inter Milan and Christian Eriksen have agreed to cancel the Denmark midfielder’s contract. The 29-year-old has not played since he collapsed during his...
Few days after finishing from the orientation camp in Taraba state, four Corps members from Yobe state have lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident...
Some Nigerian on Friday surprised President Muhammadu Buhari with a cake decorated in Nigeria’s national colours to mark his birthday in Turkey. The senior special assistant...
The World Bank has revealed it is willing to bankroll Nigeria’s Conditional Cash Transfer programme for the poor and vulnerable to the tune of $800m (N329.53bn...
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has given President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian government a three-month ultimatum to resolve the lingering insecurity in the North...
The 2021/22 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season is set to kick off today (Friday) with just one game to raise the curtain. Lagos-based club, MFM...
The Naira depreciated again against the US Dollar at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window of the foreign exchange (forex) market on Thursday. According to data...
For a number of years communities in Ilorin South LGA of Kwara State have had to live with the menace of erosion washing away their roads...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has slammed a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dakuku Peterside, whom he said spoke ignorantly...
North Korean citizens have been banned from laughing, drinking alcohol, or showing any form of happiness for 11 days as the country marks the 10th year...