As Nigeria continues to struggle with high unemployment and poverty rates, aggravated by the public health challenges from COVID-19, experts in the country’s business sector have...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Thursday, March 4, stated its commitment towards ensuring the non-infiltration of sub-standard COVID-19 vaccines...
The Federal Government has stated its plan to ensure the construction of one oxygen plant in every state in order to increase medical supplies to curb...
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and other strategic leaders, would receive the...
In addition to nasal or throat swab tests, foreign travellers into China would now undergo mandatory anal swab testing, the state media said. The Chinese Center...
Two All Progressives Congress (APC) members of the Bauchi State House of Assembly have defected to the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The members...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has slammed the Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, accusing the governor of taking the state 20 years backward...
There was drama on Wednesday as the reunion ceremony of the 279 abducted students of Government Girls Junior Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara state, at the...
Nigeria’s currency on Wednesday signaled a return to the green at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) forex as Naira close at N411 per dollar, a marginal...
The North East Governors Forum has appealed to the Federal Government to fast-track work on the Mambila Hydroelectric Power Project. Making the appeal in a communique...
The Nigerian Army has revealed that 12 officers and 86 soldiers absconded from the frontlines in the aftermath of last week’s Boko Haram attacks on Marte...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said African airline business has gone from bad to worse as African airlines recorded 66.1 percent decline in passenger traffic...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari’s silence over a statement by Ahmad Gumi, an Islamic cleric allegedly profiling Christian soldiers of...
A former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, has criticised the Federal Government for rewarding political thugs more than professors in tertiary institutions. Obi made...
The nominee for United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has described bitcoin as a catalyst for change. Gensler said while SEC under his...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended its forbearance on intervention loans obtained from the apex bank. A new regulatory directive was issued following the...
On Wednesday, March 3, veteran Nollywood actor, Sadiq Daba lost the battle to prostate cancer. The report of his death was confirmed by moviemaker, Kunle Afolayan....
The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Wednesday, March 3, said that no part of Nigeria has been deliberately marginalised in the promotion of officers of the...
Former Nigerian international footballer, Obafemi Martins has revealed in a recent chat on Instagram that there is no bad blood between himself and two-time Grammy nominee,...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has revealed that corruption and abuse of office by civil servants and political public office holders remained a major enabler...
The governors of the 36 states in Nigeria, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), will on Thursday, March 4, meet over the COVID-19...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N6.04 billion for the provision of potable water in the four local government areas of Ogoniland. Minister of the...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you. 1. Buhari orders security agents to shoot anyone in possession of AK-47 rifle, others President Muhammadu...
Veteran actor, Sadiq Daba, is dead Daba, who was also a broadcaster, died on Wednesday evening after a long battle with leukemia and prostate cancer. The...
Jumia recorded a 12.9 percent revenue shortfall in 2020. In the company’s financial report for the year ended December 31, 2020, obtained by Ripples Nigeria on...
The highlights of Wednesday’s social media trends were centered on issues from the Nigerian political space that got Nigerians talking for the most part of the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the military and other security agents to shoot any individual found in possession of an AK-47 rifle and other sophisticated weapons....
The Federal Government on Wednesday extended the work-from-home directive to civil servants till the end of this month. The government had earlier this year ordered civil...
The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) on Wednesday challenged the Federal Government to declare the statements credited to an Islamic scholar, Sheik Abubakar Gumi, on the...
The Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, said the over 300 students of Government Girls Science Secondary School, Jangabe, were abducted by armed bandits of Hausa and...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has declared his support for the “no fly- zone” put in place by the Federal Government. The federal government had on...
The abducted pastor of EYN Church of the Brethren in Borno State, Bulus Yikura, has been reportedly freed by Boko Haram. Yakuru was abducted by Boko...
The Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has sacked some political appointees in the state. Akeredolu, however, appointed new persons to replace the sacked government officials. The...
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, said on Wednesday suspected hoodlums took away $2 million and N17 million from his palace during last year’s #ENDSARS protests...
Investors in the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) lost N91.85 billion as the bearish run in the market continued on Wednesday. At the end of trading, the...
The pan-Northern socio-political organization, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to declare no-fly zones in a few states in the region currently...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday accused the Federal Government of plotting to take over Zamfara State with the declaration of a no-fly zone in...
Hollywood actor, Will Smith, has subtly revealed his intention to run for the United States’ presidency in the near future. Smith, however, did not specify the...
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has denied media speculations that it has indicated interest to host the 2021 edition of the FIBA Afrobasket Championship. In a...
The leadership of the Northern traders’ group under the aegis of Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria has agreed to resume the movement...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday, March 3, tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to embark on constituency delineation in the country. The resolutions of...
The Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum has again reiterated his call for the use of mercenaries to fight against insurgency and banditry in Nigeria. He made...
The Federal Government has signed a 1.4 billion dollar agreement with OCP Group of Morocco to produce ammonia and diammonium phosphate in the gas industrialisation strategy....
American tech giant, Google, has introduced Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin as legal tenders on its finance platform. Like the case of Tesla, throwing its weight behind...
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the allocation of crude oil under the Direct Sale Direct Purchase (DSDP) scheme. This followed the adoption of...
The Senate on Wednesday, March 3, mandated its Committee on Power, to liaise with the Federal Ministry of Power and develop on necessary steps for immediate...
The World Bank, Adolescent Girls Initiative and Empowerment, will construct 90 junior secondary schools, 69 senior secondary schools and renovate 69 others in Kaduna to foster...
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has re-echoed calls for the establishment of state police in order to effectively tackle the menace of terrorism and insurgency....
The Muslim Rights Concerns (MURIC), has called on Nigerians to praise Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, instead of villyfying him for putting his life at risk...
Nothing gives more pleasure than the fact that one sees through some of these opaque initiatives to hoodwink and continuously keep the masses at bay. The...
