I know he is an academic, a Professor and former Rector of Borno State College of Agriculture. He was also Commissioner for Reconstruction under the immediate...
The abducted wife of the Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, and six other persons have reportedly regained their freedom. The victims which included...
Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye has expressed his excitement over his win of Sparta Rotterdam’s Player of the Year award. Okoye clinched the club’s best player...
The Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday sworn in 18 new commissioners as members of the State Executive Council. Okowa, who performed the ceremony at...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested four suspects for attempting to lynch its personnel while carrying out their lawful duty in Oyo...
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has implored the Federal Government to ensure a fair judicial hearing in the trial of the leader of the Indigenous...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has stated that the Federal Government’s decision to acquire a 20 per cent equity stake in all...
Veteran Nollywood actor and movie maker, Jide Kosoko has taken to his Instagram platform to clarify his statement at the recent press conference organized by the...
Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo has issued a public apology to the Theater Arts and Motion Picture Producers Association of Nigeria, (TAMPAN), several days after she initially...
Both chambers of the National Assembly on Thursday passed the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) after careful consideration of each of the clauses. Ripples Nigeria had reported...
Christene Mboma has broken Falilat Ogunkoya’s African 400m record after running 48.54 seconds at an athletics meeting at the Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak Stadium in Bydgoszcz in Poland...
The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ejike has voiced his disapproval of the re-arrest of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People...
The Defence Headquarters has disclosed that troops of Operation AWATSE, have arrested a suspected member of Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) in the Sango Otta...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Thursday, alleged that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, lived a five-star...
Last week, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, gave a somewhat late reminder to his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC),...
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has expressed concern over the inability of the police to arrest alleged perpetrators of the June 26 attack on worshippers in...
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has slammed widespread reports about an impending implosion of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) due to the gale of defections...
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The former Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Michael Usifo Ataga, (50) was recently murdered inside an Airbnb service apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos....
Britain’s Methodist Church on Wednesday announced that it will now allow same-sex couples to get married on its premises. The decision came after debates on the...
The Federal High Court has approved the merger between paint manufacturers, Chemical Allied Products (CAP) Plc and Portland Paints and Products Nigeria Plc. The approval by...
Businesses operating in Kano State have been ordered not to use mannequins, a form representing the human figure, to market their products in the Northern part...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you. 1. Lawyers give Nigeria 48 hours ultimatum to release Kanu, threaten to sue Kenyan government A...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday moved to increase the retirement age and years of service for legislative workers in the country. The House Chief Whip,...
The United States comedian, Bill Cosby, was released from prison on Wednesday after the country’s highest court overturned his conviction for sexual assault. Cosby, 83, had...
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Oyo State, Mutiu Agboke, said on Wednesday at least 700,000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) have not been collected in the...
The House of Representatives Committee on Finance on Wednesday grilled the National Examinations Council (NECO) over failure to remit the sum of N636,778,000 to the Federal...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the payment of pensions for retirees in the Federal Civil Service. The National Pension Commission (PenCom) disclosed this in a statement...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday the citizens and not the ethnicity or religion are the major cause of the country’s problem. The President, according to...
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday fixed October 13 for the arraignment of the Managing Director of Dana Air, Hathiramani Jacky...
The Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to ensure strict adherence to the rule of law in handling the case of...
Rivers State House of Assembly on Wednesday approved the ban on contractors and private consultants collecting personal income tax in the state. The measure followed a...
A former Vice Chairman of Lagos Island Local Government Area, in Lagos State, Asekun Kehinde, was on Wednesday remanded in prison custody following his arraignment in...
The Nigerian bourse continues to appreciate as investors gained over N140 billion at the end of Wednesday’s trading after the market capitalisation ended with N19.76 trillion....
The Senate, on Wednesday, approved the passage of the Firearms Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2021, increasing the fine for illegal importation and sales of firearms to...
Investment bank, JPMorgan Chase, have informed bitcoin investors that the most popular cryptocurrency will still crash below the $30,000 mark, and other analysts support this forecast....
The proscribed Igbo secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, was abducted on the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari, and has...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, escaped death on Tuesday night when gunmen suspected to be bandits reportedly attacked his convoy. According to the state Commissioner of...
The Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN) has debunked the reports that made the rounds in some sections of the media that Evelyn Joshua, wife of...
Yet again, Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also know as Sunday Igboho has reiterated plans to hold the mega rally scheduled for Saturday in Lagos while dismissing...
The Senate has stated that the Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNOC) Mele Kyari, will address the Senate on the Petroleum Industry Bill, 2021...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has clarified that it has not fixed another examination for any category of candidates on July 3 as being...
Veteran Nollywood actress, Iya Rainbow has disclosed in a recent interview with BBC Africa that she urged her colleague, Princess to drop the rape charges against...
Top members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday staged a protest at the National Assembly complex over the nomination of presidential media aide, Lauretta...
The Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) has revealed that insurance companies have paid over N5 billion in claims to businesses affected by the aftermath of the EndSARS...
Three senators on Wednesday formally announced that they had dumped the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The senators who...
Former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has insinuated that the Federal Government used ex-Niger Delta militant and leader of the Niger Delta People Volunteer...
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has shut down two steel plants in Ikorodu area of Lagos State for producing substandard iron rods. On Tuesday, the...
A member of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Mohammed Ahmed, has been reportedly killed by suspected bandits along the Sheme-Funtua highway in Katsina State, while...
The weekly Federal Executive Meeting for this week has been called off. No reason was given for cancellation of the meeting which has been held virtually...
Special Adviser on Drainage and Water Resources to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Joe Igbokwe, has revealed why he is happy with the re-arrest of leader...
