The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Friday described the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) as another ploy by the Federal Government to undermine the oil-producing states...
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday leave Abuja for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to attend the inauguration of the country’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed. Ahmed will be...
Gunmen on Friday abducted the Permanent Secretary in the Niger State Ministry of Transport, Dr. Ibrahim Garba, and his son. The duo were kidnapped from their...
Police operatives in Zamfara have arrested a notorious bandits’ commander, Bello Rugga, and killed five others during a raid in Gummi local government area of the...
Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to adequately compensate ENaira Payment Solutions Limited for...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you 1. 2023: I am not interested in Nigerian presidency – Okonjo-Iweala The Director-General of the World...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Anambra, Andy Uba, has postponed his campaign flag-off following the upsurge in violent attacks and killings in parts...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Anambra State, Mr. Valentine Ozigbo, on Friday suspended his campaign rallies over the killings in the state. In...
The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) on Friday faulted the Nigerian constitution, saying the document has entrapped some ethnic groups in the country. In an independence message...
Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested a 52-year-old man, Adebayo Akinrinoye, for alleged sexual abuse of his daughter in the state. The spokesman of the...
Nigeria would turn 61 on the first day of October this year. Sixty one years of flag independence from the Great Britain. Ordinarily, a 61-year old...
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday urged former President Goodluck Jonathan to shun entreaties by the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023...
The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, said on Friday the state government would employ at least 5,000 workers by January 2022. The governor stated this at...
The United States government has arrested and charged a 31-year-old Nigerian man, Tochukwu Edeh, for allegedly laundering the proceeds of an online investment fraud scheme through...
It was not surprising that the Nigerian Diaspora community would gather in New York City at the 76th session of the UN General Assembly to protest...
Nollywood actress and movie producer, Funmi Awelewa could not hold back her excitement when she discovered that Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese and Manchester United football legend, was...
The city of Abuja on Friday witnessed protest from ‘Buhari Must Go’ groups who voiced their opposition to the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. This came...
Following up on the heels of the attention and accolades that greeted his recently released and trending songs, talented gospel singer, Jayclef is set to release...
AUTHOR: Mary Beth Leonard, U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria As Nigeria celebrates its national day, we celebrate our enduring bilateral partnership with the continent’s regional, political, and...
Nigeria’s former Central Bank governor, and erstwhile Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on Friday blamed the rising incidence of corruption on the appointment of incompetent...
INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S SIXTY FIRST INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, FRIDAY 1ST...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you 1. Ebonyi will not obey IPOB’s sit-at-home order – Umahi The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi,...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday granted a request by the Lagos State government to join Rivers State in the appeal filed by...
The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the attack on its Ajali divisional headquarters in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state by heavily armed...
Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin on Thursday sentenced a self-styled Alfa to 28 years in prison for N30million fraud. The convict...
The outgoing German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, on Thursday, thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for his government cooperation with Berlin during a telephone conversation between the two leaders....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended the sale of expression of interest and nomination forms for the Ekiti State governorship election by two weeks. The...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said on Thursday the late former Premier of the old Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, composed the Yoruba nation’s anthem....
Unknown gunmen on Thursday afternoon attacked Ajali Police Station in Orumba North local government area of Anambra State and killed several policemen. Eyewitnesses said the criminals...
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday signed the state’s anti-open grazing bill into law. The state House of Assembly had on July 8 passed...
President Muhammadu Buhari will make an independence day address to Nigerians at 7:00 a.m. on Friday. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President,...
The Defence Headquarters on Thursday dismissed the report on the killing of 20 fishermen in a military airstrike at Kwatan Daban Masara in the fringes of...
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 secured the conviction of one Akinluyi Damilola Gabriel, a...
Author: Chido Nwakanma It is important to examine the critical submissions of the governor of one of our A-list states amid the din over the control...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you 1. 2023: Northern governors not opposed to power shift – El-Rufai The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan said on Wednesday the electronic transmission of elections results would help the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct free and fair...
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, said on Tuesday his colleagues in the north did not oppose the shift of power to the South in 2023....
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Tuesday killed at least 30 people in Kachiwe and adjourning villages in Munya local government area of Niger State. Residents...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday expressed sadness over the gruesome killing of Dr. Chike Akunyili, widower of the late Director-General of the National Agency for Food...
The global network for remote technology talent, Andela has raised $200 million in Series E financing. The fundraising, which was led by Japanese multinational firm, Softbank,...
The spate of insecurity in the Southeast region is something that should worry not just the state governors in the region, the Federal Government, but every...
The Kogi State High Court, Lokoja, on Wednesday sentenced a middle-aged man, Danladi Ichado to death by hanging for stabbing two women to death. Justice Nicodemus...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a 14- day paternity leave for public servants in the country. The Head of Service of the Federation,...
The Senate on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits wreaking havoc in the North-West part of the country as terrorists. The call followed the...
The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) has been berated for what was described as lackadaisical attitude towards the predicaments of the Fulani tribe in the country. The...
Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao has finally made up his mind to go into fulltime politics as he announced his retirement from professional boxing. The multi-division world...
Former Big Brother Naija contestant, Uriel Oputa has revealed in an Instagram post that she is being pressured to get married. The 33-year-old reality TV star...
Nigerian currency continued its recovery at the official foreign exchange market as it closed stronger against the dollar for yet another session on Tuesday. Data from...
Dr. Chike Akunyili, the husband of the late Director General of NAFDAC, and a former Minister of Information, Prof. Dora Akunyili, has been reportedly shot dead...
