The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) said on Wednesday it would henceforth profile herdsmen entering the country through the border with the Niger Republic in Jigawa. The...
The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation said on Wednesday night the £4.2 million recovered from ex-Delta State Governor, James Ibori, has not been...
Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) on Wednesday demanded the creation of a new state from the present Kaduna State in order to stop the bloody violence...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately suspend the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr....
Investors in the Nigerian stock market lost N12.02 billion on Wednesday due to the dip in market capitalization. The market capitalization dropped from N19.940 trillion to...
The Aare onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, said on Wednesday some prominent politicians in the South-West are frustrating the quest for the Yoruba nation. Adams, according...
Presidetial Spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu was trended yet again following the reason he gave for President Muhammadu Buhari’s absence at the burial of the late Chief...
The Presidency said on Wednesday the increasing fire incidents in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offices and attacks on police stations in some parts of...
The Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Sarki Auwalu, said on Wednesday the agency is expecting the first crude oil production from some of...
Borno and Yobe States have rejected calls for the creation of additional states, local councils and state police in the country. The two neighbouring states made...
Despite winning the Italian Serie A title with Inter Milan, Antonio Conte has terminated his contract with the club. The manager, who joined Serie A club...
At least 140 people were feared dead in a boat accident in Ngaski local government area of Kebbi State on Wednesday. There were 162 people in...
The former governor of Cross River State Donald Duke, has returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Chairman of the PDP Caretaker Committee in the...
The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide on Wednesday shut down the office of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Warri, Delta State, following the expiration...
The Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE) in Port Harcourt, has expelled six of its students for various offences, including gang-raping a female colleague in one...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for more stability in the Lake Chad Basin areas as that will hold serious implications for countries around the area including...
Unknown gunmen on Wednesday attacked a police patrol van along Otulu Akwukwu Igbo road area of Delta State, killing a policeman. Ripples Nigeria gathered that the...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) has signed an agreement with its partners on OML 118, home of the Bonga field for deepwater operations. The deal...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has recommended the retention of the national minimum wage on the exclusive legislative list. Alhaji Kabiru Minjibir, the Kano State Chairman...
The Katsina State Police Command has said it neutralised five suspected bandits, arrested 16 others, and recovered about 69 rustled cows. The spokesman of the state’s...
Troops of Operation ”Hadin Kai” in conjunction with local vigilantes, on Tuesday, raided a suspected Boko Haram logistics stockpile in Kurkareta town, Yobe, and arrested some...
The Nigerian Army has stated that investigation is ongoing into the alleged involvement of its personnel in extortion and the gruesome murder of a woman in...
The National Assembly (NASS) has approved the appointment of Abimbola Ayo-Yusuf as the Chief Public Complaint Commissioner of the Federation following the provisions of the law...
An American journalist working in Myanmar has been arrested and detained as he was trying to fly out of the country which has seen mass protest...
What fuels an insurgency? The combustible mixture of ideology and ignorance. If a clump of uninformed people has an ideology they can die for, they will...
The United Nations has warned of serious famine in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region as a result of the ongoing conflict. UN’s top humanitarian official, Mark Lowcock,...
Two zookeepers have been killed by tigers at separate zoos in China, between Tuesday and Wednesday. Chinese State media reports that in the first incident, a...
The United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, has arrived in Egypt on Wednesday on the second day of a regional tour to bolster a ceasefire...
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai on Wednesday announced the termination of the appointment of 19 political aides in a move aimed at reducing the cost...
Nationwide calls for the discontinuation of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have elicited a response from the federal government who reiterated its commitment towards ensuring the...
Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday offered reasons why he thought the president did not show up...
The Delta State government has denied reports that it has received the £4.2 million seized from a former governor of the state, James Ibori. The British...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State has cautioned the governor of the state, Okezie Ikpeazu, not to run the state as a hamlet, where...
Nigeria’s currency depreciated to a six-month low against the U.S dollars on Tuesday. According to Abokifx data, at the parallel market the unofficial forex market, Naira...
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The pace of Africa’s economic growth is insufficient to produce the one million new jobs a month to match the labour demands of young people. This...
Following the incessant killing of security operatives and attacks on its formations in the South-South region, the Nigeria Police Force has disclosed plans to checkmate activities...
Twenty people have reportedly died due to cholera outbreak in Bauchi State in the past one month, according to the state Commissioner of Health, Dr. Aliyu...
The Federal Government has been advised to borrow funds from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) or Sukuk bond to finance major parts of the Calabar-...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on those agitating for the break up of the country to have a rethink as separation will not...
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said Africa needs more fiscal stimulus to engender economic growth and recovery. Okonjo-Iweala spoke...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, has called on the Federal Government to declare to Nigerians how much of the country’s looted funds had...
The federal government has provided N2.04 billion to at least 7,057 youths in the country through the Nigeria Youth Investment Fund (NYIF), a programme under the...
The proscribed Igbo separatist group, Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has reportedly engaged a lobbying firm in the United States, BW Global Group (BWGG LCC), to...
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has vowed that the planned rehabilitation of grazing reserves by the Federal Government will not work in his state....
Payment System operators have received a new license requirements to operate in Nigeria. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) set new eligibility criteria which includes capital...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has disclosed that several precautions are being instituted to ensure Nigerians are protected from the B.1.617.2, also known...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) might lift the ban placed on cryptocurrency after the governor, Godwin Emefiele, hinted at allowing the digital currency in the...
The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris on Tuesday disclosed that the £4.2m looted by ex-Delta State Governor, James Ibori, has been returned to the...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Tuesday urged anti-corruption agencies to redouble efforts on public awareness against corruption and ensure transparent dealings on...
Mr Peter Obi, a former Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2019, has disclosed that restructuring will boost the nation’s economy and end...
