The Bayelsa State government and two regulatory agencies investigating the November 5 oil spill in the Nembe community in the state have disagreed on the cause...
What does Nigeria mean to me? It means hope and promise of a greater now and future; it means resilience and courage to rise from dust...
One in five African children is engaged in child labour, according to the latest global estimates, more than in the rest of the world combined. More...
The Zamfara Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, Hajiya Rabi Shinkafi, has resigned from the position. She had since taken up another appointment as commissioner in...
Three people reportedly died in a boat accident along the Badagry waterways in Lagos on Wednesday. However, 17 others were rescued by Marine Police from the...
The Federal Government on Thursday pegged religious gatherings to 50 percent of the capacity ahead of the annual crossover services by worship centres across the country. The crossover...
The Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Kennedy Ibeh, on Thursday declared vacant the seat of the lawmaker representing Ngor Okpala State Constituency, Tochi...
The African Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) on Thursday confirmed that the new variant of COVID-19, Omicron, has spread to 22 countries on the continent....
Police operatives in Katsina have arrested a 45-year-old man, Sani Mamuda, for allegedly supplying arms and ammunition to bandits in the state and Zamfara. The spokesman...
At least two persons were confirmed dead on Thursday after a gas-laden truck lost control and crushed two taxi cabs and four motorcycles in Ibadan, Oyo...
About five persons have been confirmed dead and many injured after multiple explosions suspected to have emanated from the Boko Haram insurgents rocked Maiduguri, the Borno...
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has disclosed that only 17.4 percent of its N2.99 trillion revenue from January to November was paid into the federal...
On Wednesday, the Nigerian currency gained significantly against the US dollar in the black market and stayed unchanged at the official market. Ripples Nigeria spoke to...
The political crisis that recently engulfed Gombe state chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a new dimension as the two factions within...
Former United States President, Donald Trump, resumed his outburst on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, warning of an explosion in the decentralised finance community. Trump said he...
Due to difficulties recovering its N5.9 billion debt, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has shut down Globacom’s (Glo) facility in Wuse 2 Abuja leaving many...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you 1. ‘Doing nothing after Buhari’s decision not an option, act fast,’ Saraki rallies National Assembly on...
The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Wednesday ruled out the disbandment of the South-East security network, Ebubeagu. Umahi, who addressed journalists during the inauguration of...
The Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu, said on Wednesday the internal squabbles in the All Progressive Congress (APC) would not affect the party’s chances in the...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has predicted the year 2022 as the end of the COVID-19 pandemic across the world. The WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,...
Digital tokens will replace the old National Identification Number slip and polycarbonate card as means of identification in Nigeria from January 1, 2022. The Minister of...
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the House of Representatives on Wednesday demanded the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari over the worsening insecurity...
The Osun State government has suspended indefinitely a secondary school teacher in the state, Mr. Akinyemi Phillip, for allegedly disrespecting Governor Gboyega Oyetola. Phillip, who is...
Nigeria on Wednesday destroyed 1,066,214 doses of expired AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines in Abuja. The exercise was carried out by the National Agency for Food and Drug...
The Senate on Wednesday failed in their bid to override President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The senators had on Tuesday rallied to garner...
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday confirmed the promotion of 117 senior officers in the country. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who...
A truck on Monday crushed an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to death along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Road in Ogun State. The FRSC...
The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, on Wednesday signed the state’s 2022 budget of N323.2 billion. The state House of Assembly passed the budget on Tuesday....
The Federal Government has declared Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th December 2021 and Monday, 3rd January 2022 as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day and New...
The Federal Government has revealed that it had secured a $700 million (N287.65bn) loan from the World Bank to help with specific water projects in the...
At resumption of plenary on Wednesday Senators went into a closed-door session to deliberate on the letter of President Muhammadu Buhari withholding assent to the 2021...
The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) involving the sum of N621...
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has criticised the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the amendment in the Electoral Bill while noting that he...
The all-commodity group import index rose by 0.52 percent between July and September 2021, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). According to NBS Commodity...
Today, December 22 makes it exactly 200 days since the administration of President Muhammdu Buhari blocked Nigerians from accessing twitter and this has cost the economy...
The average cost of refilling a 12.5kg Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) in Nigeria has spiked by 78.99% in the last one year according to data...
Dangote Sugar, BUA Sugar and other operators in the sugar backward programme will benefit from the Federal Government’s $73 million intervention fund for the sector. The...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you 1. Judge orders Malami to discipline NIS lawyer for snubbing court’s order on Odili Justice Inyang...
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Tuesday signed the state’s 2022 budget of N221.2 billion. The governor presented the 2022 budget proposal of N196.3 billion...
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of two Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to their next rank of Deputy Inspectors-General of Police. The PSC’s...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday requested the Senate’s approval for the virement of N276.7 billion to fund expenditures in the 2021 budget. In a letter addressed...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Tuesday, created a new ministry known as Homeland Security and Vigilante Affairs in a bid to check the worsening insecurity...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received the COVID-19 booster shot in Abuja. The President’s Chief Personal Physician, Dr. Suhayb Rafindadi, administered the Pfizer Biontech vaccine on...
Armed bandits on Sunday killed seven people and injured 11 others in Kajuru and Chikun Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. The State Commissioner for Internal...
As I move across the length and breadth of Nigeria, I see things that we possess as a people, some visible, others invisible to the common...
The newly turbaned Talban of Daura, Yusuf Buhari, bears striking resemblance to his father. President Muhammadu Buhari’s look-alike son had been in the news for few...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has maintained its ground on the deployment of technology in managing Nigeria’s complex electoral system, saying it is better than...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has withdrawn over $485.4 million from Nigeria’s external reserves since the start of December. The money was withdrawn between December1st...
The Police in Nasarawa State has confirmed the killing of 45 people with 27 injured following what it described as reprisal attacks in renewed hostility between...
