The positive trend in the Nigerian Stock Exchange continued on Thursday with equity capitalisation rising from N20.44 trillion to N20.55 trillion at the close of trading....
Police operatives in Lagos have arrested a man who allegedly stole a motorcycle from a police post in Mushin during last year’s #EndSARS protests in the...
A petitioner, Mr. Kolawole Owoade, on Thursday told the Oyo State judicial panel of inquiry how operatives of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) shot dead...
Lagos State House of Assembly has approved the purchase of 355 vehicles for Permanent Secretaries, Senior Civil Servants and Heads of Parastatals in Ministries, Departments and...
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, on Thursday held a closed-door meeting with the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, at the State Secretariat...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) recorded ₦24.19billion trading surplus in December 2020. The figure, according the Corporation’s Monthly Financial and Operation Report for December 2020...
Justice Yemi Fasanmi of the Ondo State High Court, Akure, on Thursday, sentenced two brothers, Issac Sunday and Isaac Lucky, to death for armed robbery in...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday re-appointed the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Alex Okoh, for another term of four years. The Senior Special...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday identified a lack of employment prospects and opportunities in most rural communities as a major cause of insecurity in the country....
The Sokoto State government on Thursday confirmed the discharge of 30 students of the Government Girls College (GGC) struck by a strange illness from a hospital...
The House of Representatives on Thursday held a public hearing on the Police Service Commission Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill 2020 and the National Institute for...
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Melee Kyari, said on Thursday the corporation pays N120 billion monthly to subsidise Premium Motor...
The island nation of Comoros will be participating in an Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) for the first time in history. Comoros, with less than one...
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, said on Thursday the state would stop relying on federal allocations by 2025. El-Rufai disclosed this to journalists shortly after...
Prof. Akin Abayomi, Commissioner for Health in Lagos State, has warned those ineligible for the Phase One COVID-19 vaccine to stay away from the 88 designated...
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has accused former Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika (Rtd), of working for the All Progressives Congress (APC), against the...
The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday arraigned a 67-year-old cleric, Abdul-Fatai Gbadamosi, before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lagos, for allegedly destroying the Aje shrine...
The parents of Leah Sharibu, the Christian school girl who was abducted by Boko Haram alongside other students from he Government Girls Science Secondary School in...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the international community to further collaborate in tackling some of the major threats to peace and human survival across the...
It was with shock that the world of football has received the news of the death of 19-year-old Lazio midfielder, Daniel Guerini. Guerini died following a...
No fewer than 19 suspects have been arrested by the Police Command in Niger State, for allegedly vandalising rail tracks in Katcha and Bosso Local Government...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has restated his call for a power shift to Southern Nigeria in the next administration. Zulum made this statement on Thursday,...
Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of the Living Faith Church, aka Winners Chapel, has added his voice to the raging hijab controversy in Kwara State by asking...
Following a supposed press release by the United States Embassy, announcing a new work permit for Nigerians between the ages of 40 and 55 years, the...
Here are updates on developments and events going on around the tech world today. 1. Nigerian fintech startup Bankly raises $2m seed funding round Bankly, Nigerian...
A former Senator who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial district in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has called on Nigerians and the government to listen to the...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has restated that there is an urgent need to ensure the reformation of the Nigerian Police Force...
Chrissy Teigen, the wife of American singer-songwriter, John Legend has deactivated her Twitter account due to negative comments from social media trolls. According to Teigen, the...
The Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday, March 25, adjourned a suit filed by the Ekiti State governemnt against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP)...
The Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), Maj.-Gen Samuel Adebayo, has called for collaboration with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Intelligence sharing in view of the...
Professor Peter Ogban was on Thursday sentenced to three years imprisonment by a High Court in Akwa Ibom State. He was found guilty of fraudulent manipulation of...
Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, remains one daring Senator who is always eager to bare his mind on perceived failings of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration....
The Delta State Police Command has arrested two suspected cultists for allegedly killing a suspected member of a rival cult group, identified as Ebeni Jelekun. In...
A 200-level student of the department of History and Diplomacy at the Federal University Otuoke (FUO) in Bayelsa State, Lucky Arikekpar, has committed suicide by hanging...
The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency has warned against impending floods in 2021 and advised residents of riverine areas to relocate. The Director-General of the agency, Clement...
The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore (MAKH), one of the umbrella bodies of Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria, says the bandits currently wreaking havoc in many parts of...
Security experts in the country, operating under the auspices of Coalition of Concerned Nigeria Security Experts (CCNSE) have slammed the nation’s security chiefs for the worsening...
A Kogi high court in Idaho on Wednesday, sentenced one Ocholi Edicha to 12 years and six months in prison for his involvement in the killing...
The police in Niger State have arrested a 24-year-old woman, Amina Aliyu, for allegedly beating her co-wife, Fatima Aliyu, to death and setting her corpse on...
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has mocked the Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim...
Kenya government has warned importers that they face jail terms and substantial fines for importing phone with poor battery performance. Draft regulations published Wednesday by the...
Stanbic IBTC recorded a lower fourth quarter revenue last year when compared to the corresponding period of 2019. The lender, however, managed to grow its revenue...
Governing Council of the University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom has approved the return of a Benin bronze depicting an Oba of Benin. The Benin bronze was...
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has sacked the contractor in-charge of the rehabilitation of the Ibadan Circular Road, due to alleged slow pace of work....
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to speak up on the worsening insecurity in the country and to call his...
The Niger State Government has announced the outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) in a cluster of poultry farms in the state leading to the loss...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has accused the Lagos State government of deviating from the action plan being incorporated into the COVID-19 vaccination programme....
Super Eagles goalkeeper, Daniel Akpeyi says he is not surprised that his name was missing in Nigeria’s squad for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers....
The United States government is set to make its second bitcoin sales in a month, as it plans to sell off 6.79 bitcoin worth about $353,000...
