The Plateau State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told Governor Simon Lalong to apologise to farmers and the people of Plateau State for...
Father of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker, Jose Becker, drowned in a lake near his holiday home in southern Brazil on Wednesday, local police said. The 57-year-old...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) panel has ordered the police to produce operatives of the disbanded Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in Benue. Ripples Nigeria had...
The former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, on Wednesday, February 24, implored a federal high court in Abuja to vacate an...
The terrorists who kidnapped the 27 students and 15 workers of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, have threatened to starve them to death if the...
Last week, Senator Muhammad Enagi Bima, speaking on the floor of the National Assembly (NASS), in Abuja, lashed out at the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. Bima...
Several shops and goods have been gutted as a midnight fire razed the Timber market in the Marine Base axis of Port-Harcourt. No fire fighters had...
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) on Wednesday called on the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to put its “disorganised” house in order. The pro-Buhari group, made...
The proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), has dissociated the group from the purported killing of six children in Anambra State, describing the allegation as not...
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has frowned at the role Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, has been playing by acting as the mediator-in-chief between terrorists and...
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and governorship candidate on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State, Prof....
The Nigerian army has disowned a viral video making the rounds that it ordered its men to kill all the residents in Orlu local government area...
One of the news item that was reported by a good number of media houses across the country on the 2oth of February, 2020 was the...
The spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described Senator Smart Adeyemi’s attack on Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, as one borne out of jealousy...
Former Big Brother Naija contestant, Ka3na has come under intense scrutiny following her snide remarks towards a fan who inked her name on her thigh. Ka3na...
Activist and co-convener of the #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) movement, Aisha Yesufu, has accused the Nigerian government, Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, religious leaders and some governors...
“The pen is mightier than the sword.” Written by the famous author Edward Bulwer-Lytton, the maxim holds great significance with simple yet profound meaning. The proverb...
Nigeria’s external reserves have declined by 408.2 million in one week or 1.34 percent to $35.27 billion as of February 22, 2021 from $35.75 billion in...
Despite reconstructing its total shares to look appealing to investors, existing shareholders are dumping their holdings in Lasaco to protect their losses – this shows the...
The war of words between Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, and his Benue counterpart, Samuel Ortom, will not go away in a hurry as Mohammed...
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has issued a scathing critique of the National Assembly over the confirmation of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur...
The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has cautioned militants under the auspices of the Supreme Egbesu Liberation Fighters (SELF) to jettison violence under the guise of the...
The House of Representatives has reassured that it will pass the Electoral Bill before the end of June. The spokesman for the House, Rep. Benjamin Kalu...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, has stated that the Finance Bill 2020, was designed to reduce import duties on some...
The Lagos State Government has announced that there would be a total closure of the third mainland bridge from midnight Friday to midnight Saturday. The Commissioner...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you. 1. Nigerian govt to begin trial of 5,000 suspected Boko Haram fighters The Federal Government will...
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 655 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said on Wednesday Nigeria may start taking delivery of its COVID-19 vaccine supply from March. The Federal Government had...
The Portuguese government has officially nominated the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, for the second term in office. The UN spokesman, Mr. Stephane Dujarric, disclosed this...
Two policemen were on Wednesday shot dead in separate incidents by unknown gunmen in Anambra State. The shootings occurred just a day after the state’s new...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will conduct the by-election into Ekiti East State Constituency 1 of Ekiti State on March 20. The INEC National Commissioner,...
The Federal Government will soon begin the trial of 5,000 suspected Boko Haram fighters held in various detention centres across the country. The Director-General of the...
The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) said on Wednesday Lagos Blue and Red rail lines would be operational by December 2022. The agency’s General Manager,...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to lift the embargo on employment into Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). This followed the adoption...
Nigeria’s bourse continued to bask in its bull zone on Wednesday as investors closed the stock market with a N27 billion gain. Trading on the floor...
Police operatives in Abia State have killed four suspects and arrested eight others over an attack on a police station in the state. Suspected hoodlums had...
Armed bandits have killed at least 18 persons in attacks on soft targets in Igabi and Chikun local government areas of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner...
Justice Jude Aneke of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has ordered the freezing of bank accounts and shares of an oil firm, Rainoil Limited, and 13...
A former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, on Wednesday, described his detention at the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja...
The Senate on Wednesday approved N11.35 billion as the Nigeria Police Trust Fund budget for the 2020 fiscal year. The approval followed the analysis of the...
The Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, said on Wednesday he owes no one an apology for defending Fulani herdsmen carry AK-47 rifles across the country. The...
A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulasalmi Abubakar (retd), on Wednesday warned the Federal Government against negotiating with the Boko Haram terrorists and armed bandits in...
The following conversations garnered high engagements across social media platforms in Nigeria on Wednesday. OSINBAJO THE PACESETTER Some Twitter users are singing the praises of Nigeria’s...
One of Bitcoin promoters, Microstrategy, has purchased more holdings as Bitcoin trade sideways in the past one week following a bullish run which saw the currency...
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Abdulrasheed Bawa as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Bawa’s confirmation came after over two hours...
The Federal High Court Abuja, on Wednesday, February 24, adjourned until March 16, a suit seeking for the removal of the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed...
The Chief of Defence Staff, Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, has pledged to ensure that the armed forces of Nigeria upscales its operations to ensure adequate protection of...
The Federal Government on Wednesday, February 24, in Bauchi declared that Nigeria is now the largest producer of cassava in the world. Mrs Karima Babangida, Director,...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday, fixed March 5 for judgment in a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the ruling of the lower...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has stated that a total of 8.734 million Megawatts-hour (MWh) of electricity was generated in the second quarter of 2020....
