At least four persons have been confirmed dead and 189 others treatment for food poisoning. The victims had consumed expired juice drink in Kano. The chairperson...
Four men who gang-raped a married woman in front of her husband whom they had tied up, were executed on Monday at the Mashhad Central Prison...
A former Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology in Ogun State, Mr John Segun Odubela (SAN) is dead. He was a Commissioner during the first term...
Some protesters demanding the withdrawal of a bill seeking life pension for former governors of the state on Tuesday stormed the Enugu State House of Assembly....
A report by a Stockholm-based research institute, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), has named the United States of America of being responsible for 36%...
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has warned traditional rulers and governors in the South-East that his group will deal mercilessly with...
Five miners and two rescuers have died of suffocation after a methane gas fire broke out at a Pakistani coal mine in Balochistan, located in the...
The Federal Government has assured the management and staff of the National Theatre in Lagos that there would be no job losses in the establishment within...
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, was all out defending the Presidency last week over dusts raised by Babagana Monguno,...
Preacher, Laurie Idahosa on Tuesday came down hard on veteran Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie over his comments on how his father took his mother as wife....
Following a warning speech given by President Muhammadu Buhari after bandits abducted scores of students in Kaduna, former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has faulted the...
Nigeria on March 2, got delivered its first batch of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, becoming the third country in Africa to get the shots through the COVID-19 Vaccines...
The Kano State Government has arrested 200 street beggars and Almajiri children for allegedly violating the law banning street begging in the state. The Commissioner for...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested one Usman Hassan, a principal suspect among kidnappers who abducted and killed an Ibadan farm owner, Oluwole Agboola. Disclosing...
Nigeria’s inflation rose to 17.33 percent in February 2021. This is 0.86 percent points higher than the 16.47 percent rate recorded in January 2021 16.47 percent....
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the deadline for submission of interest in the Infrastructure Corporation of Nigeria Limited (InfraCorp). Calls had been made...
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has stated that it realises the increasing concerns of Nigerians about the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, noting that Nigeria has suffered a...
Naira steadied at N485 per dollar on Monday at the black market the same rate it closed on Friday. However, at the Investors & Exporters (I&E)...
Veteran Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie has revealed how women should handle their cheating husbands. In a video he shared on his Instagram platform, the Nollywood icon...
A Nigerian comedian identified as Franklin Ozuruigbo has accused the Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Amara Iwuanyanwu, of allegedly assaulting him. Speaking...
Emirates Airline has been suspended from operating in Nigeria following its refusal to follow the COVID-19 directive issued to the company. Emirate was informed by the...
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has suggested building alternative livestock value chains as a solution to the farmer/herder conflict in Nigeria. Mr Fred Kafeero,...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has warned Nigerians against a third wave of the virus that is already being experienced by some countries. Speaking...
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has sanctioned Electronic Settlement Limited (ESL) with a fine of N5 Million for a data breach. Mrs Hadiza Umar,...
The National Assembly and the organised labour are scheduled to meet today (Tuesday) over issues pertaining to the national minimum wage. Ripples Nigeria gathered that the...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend its agriculture development loan schemes to the state. Wike made the...
A former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, has cautioned against the payment of ransom to bandits. According to the former Vice-President,...
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said Nigeria should improve its trade contribution globally and in Africa. She said Nigeria held a small...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you. 1. 238 new COVID-19 infections take Nigeria’s total caseload to 160,895. Deaths, recoveries updated Nigeria on...
Nigeria on Monday recorded 238 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Monday, thanked President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigerian youths for supporting her candidacy during the...
The Zamfara State Police Command has redeployed the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Kaura-Namoda area of the state for allegedly fraternising and conniving with bandits terrorising...
The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has assigned portfolios to four new commissioners in the state. The commissioners were sworn in on Monday. The governor’s Chief...
The Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi; and his Deputy, Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo; received their jabs of the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday. The state’s Chief Judge, Justice...
The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib, said on Monday at least 8,000 persons have been vaccinated for...
Governors of the 36 states in Nigeria would hold an emergency meeting on Thursday to deliberate on issues relating to the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines...
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Monday announced the dates for the resumption of international flights at three additional airports in the country. The airports...
Investors at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) lost N45.33 billion at the end of the trading activities on Monday. Activities ended at the bourse with equity...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, signed a bill that recommended a 21-year jail term for convicted cultists in the state. The governor, according to...
Ex-militant in the Niger Delta region, Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo made it to the trends on social media on Monday after he reportedly declared himself leader...
An Islamic sect, the Dhariqa Tijjaniyya, denied has denied appointing the former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, as its leader in Nigeria. The Grand World...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved new appointments in agencies under the Ministry of Aviation. The Director of Public Affairs, Ministry of Aviation, James Odaudu, who...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday played an audio recording of some evidence at the resumed trial of the former Senator representing the...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court, Abuja, to challenge the legality of the Companies and Allied Matters...
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai said on Monday evening that three teachers were abducted by armed bandits at the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Primary School...
The Federal Government has developed a strategy for prevention, tracking, testing, and treatment of the COVID-19 pandemic on a medium and long-term basis. The Minister of...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Monday urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the education sector over the increasing cases of...
The family homes of two Paris Saint-Germain players, Angel di Maria and Marquinhos were burgled on Sunday during a game. The burglary happened while the French...
The total number of Nigerians unemployed in the country rose to 23,187,389 (23.1 million) as at the fourth a quarter of 2020 from the 21,764,614 (21.7...
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has revealed that Nigeria’s total public debt as at December 31, 2020 now stands at N32.91 trillion. This represents an additional...
