The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has accused his Niger Stare counterpart, Abubakar Bello, of refusing to take his advice to negotiate with bandits in...
Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has appealed for the release and safe return of the 27 students of...
The number of millionaires have increased, thanks to Bitcoin, following the surge in the most popular cryptocurrency, which started in mid-December 2020. The increase in bitcoin...
Kannywood is the Hausa-speaking segment of the Nigerian movie industry. It is synonymous with the India movie spectrum. They have some of the most talented thespians...
The Nigerian government, through its National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday announced that it had approved the use of Oxford/AstraZeneca...
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to go on strike in states where schools are being attacked and students and teachers abducted in the...
The Niger State government has released the names of students and teachers kidnapped by bandits on Tuesday night from the Government Science College, Kagara in the...
The youth wing of the Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), under the aegis of APC Youth Stakeholders, has called on President Muhammadu...
Veteran Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde on Wednesday announced that she had `trademarked’ her first name, Omotola. She disclosed this on her Instagram handle @realomosexy: “OMOTOLA-Trademarked. When...
The Federal Government has explained that the $1.2 billion to be borrowed from Brazil will help boost Nigeria’s agricultural sector under what it called the Green...
The mandate of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) seems relatively straight-forward to achieve on the surface —to make and enforce the rules of the road for...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you 1. Nigerian govt’s capacity to rescue abducted Kagara students not in doubt – APC The All...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday dismissed reports that members of its National Working Committee (NWC) were plotting the removal of the National Chairman, Prince...
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 869 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday granted an interim Mareva injunction known as a freezing injunction directing commercial banks to block...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola said on Wednesday the Federal Government has so far completed 29 road interventions in various tertiary institutions...
The Naira depreciated against the dollar to close at N478/$1 at the black market on Wednesday, data posted on abokiFX.com, a website that collates parallel market...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) said on Wednesday the Federal Government’s capacity to end criminals’ attacks on soft targets was not in doubt. The Chairman of...
Investors lose over N15.19 billion at the close of trading on the floor of the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday. The equity capitalisation closed at...
A member of President Muhammadu Buhari’s economy advisory team, Bismarck Rewane, has faulted the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ban cryptocurrency transaction...
The former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, declared on Wednesday that former governors elected on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform to would bring new members to...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has reopened the 18R/36L runway at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. The agency ordered the closure of the...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has deployed 150 police operatives in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in a bid to check kidnapping and other crimes...
The new Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said on Wednesday her performance in office would open doors for more Africans, particularly women...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday described the abduction of students of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, as an abuse of child’s rights....
Nigerian singer, David Adeleke aka Davido, has been listed among the 100 most influential people by TIME magazine. Davido, who was born in Atlanta, United States,...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Wednesday blasted the Federal Government for failing to provide adequate security for its citizenry. The civil society group...
The Minister of Defence, Major Gen. Bashir Magashi (retd), on Wednesday, challenged Nigerians not to leave the fight against insecurity to the military alone. The minister,...
Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned till March 10, 2021 for continuation of cross examination in the ongoing trial of...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said on Wednesday the Federal Government would deploy all available resources to ensure the safe release of the...
Social media users in Nigeria on Wednesday reacted massively to the latest abduction case in the country, decrying the worsening security situation. The recent attacks unleashed...
When God created the heaven and earth according to the credible account in Genesis found in the Holy Bible, He had made a man, Adam, in...
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company Limited and Ikeja Electric Plc on Wednesday confirmed the partial collapse of the national grid. The incident left some areas under...
The Federal Government will soon commence the evacuation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon, Niger Republic, and Chad back home. The Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decried the deteriorating security situation in the country. The party was reacting to Wednesday’s abduction of an unspecified number of...
Lasaco Assurance Plc is undergoing share reconstruction, and the process has taken longer than planned for. The delay in completing the share reconstruction and the exercise...
For two days straight, Bitcoin has shown that breaking the $50,000 mark is no longer a hard task, as it matched and surpassed its Tuesday effort...
Justice C.A. Balogun of a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday adjourned till February 23, 2021 to rule on the admissibility or otherwise...
Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 arrested a 28-year-old medical practitioner, Chijioke Precious...
Placard-wielding residents of Akpabuyo Local Government Area of the Rivers State on Wednesday, marched to the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company in Calabar, to protest a...
The Senate has implored President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency due to the deteriorating state of security across the country. Ripples Nigeria had...
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned in very strong terms the abduction of students and teachers at the Government Science College, Kagara in Niger State, by bandits...
The government of Niger State says only 27 students and 12 teachers of Government Science College, Kagara, may have been abducted by bandits who stormed the...
Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has taken to social media to celebrate Bimbo Coker, the first ex-wife of her estranged husband, Olakunle Churchill. Olakunle Churchill who is...
The screening of the new Service Chiefs appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on January 26 has commenced in the House of Representatives. The chairman of the...
The House of Representatives and the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday, February 16, had a mild disagreement over the processes involved regarding the payment of the...
A Democratic congressman, Bennie Thompson, representing Mississippi, has sued former United States President, Donald Trump, for allegedly inciting the January 6 riots at the Capitol Building...
These latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Jeff Bezos displaces rival Elon Musk to reclaim world’s richest man...
Shawn King, Widow of the late American broadcaster, Larry King, has gone to court to contest his amended will on Tuesday. The late TV personality who...
