The Nigerian Navy, NNS Jubilee has confirmed the destruction of 15 militants’ camps and the arrest of 17 suspected pirates within its operational areas of Akwa...
The Minister of State, Works, and Housing, Mr Aliyu Abubakar, says the Federal Government will ensure the speedy completion of the ongoing reconstruction of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano...
The Super Falcons will land in Antalya on Monday to participate in the fifth edition of the Turkish Women’s Cup taking place 15th – 24th February....
The Federal Government has approved the National Policy on Ageing for Older Persons in Nigeria, said an official of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management...
Ned Nwoko, the billionaire husband of Nollywood actress, Regina Daniels has announced during a press conference in Abuja that certain people are organizing his assassination. Ned...
The Federal Government on Thursday said that the National Identity Number (NIN) is now compulsory for the opening of bank accounts, payment of taxes and voter...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed came to the defense of arms bearing Fulani herdsmen, saying they carry AK-47 for self defence. According to the governor, who...
The repatriation of more than 46,000 Nigerian refugees, mostly from Borno who fled to Cameroon due to insurgency, is to begin on Feb. 27. Malam Isa...
At a time when farmers-herdsmen conflict is threatening to tear the South-West region apart, and sow ethnic tension across Nigeria, prominent political office holders are speaking...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you 1. EFCC closes case in ‘Mama Boko Haram’s trial for alleged N40m fraud The Economic and...
Nigeria on Thursday recorded 938 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Thursday closed its case in the ongoing trial of Aisha Alkali Wakil, aka “Mama Boko Haram,” for alleged...
The Nigerian stock market rebounded from three consecutive days’ losses as investors gained N170 billion at Thursday’s trading. At end of the day’s trading, equity capitalisation...
The United Nations International Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday at least 16 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX would arrive in Nigeria very...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has ordered the country’s airlines to stop the airlifting of passengers from Nigeria to Dubai as part of its COVID-19 measures....
The late former governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, will be buried on Friday. Jakande, who ruled the state from October 1, 1979, to December...
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said on Thursday the criminal herdsmen currently holding Nigerians to ransom in various parts of the country are foreigners who...
Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have reportedly invaded a community in the Yewa-North local government area of Ogun State. The herdsmen also killed two people during...
Former United States President, Donald Trump, is reportedly not showing any remorse for the riot that broke out at the Capitol Building on January 6. Trump...
The following trends on Thursday garnered the most reactions from social media users across Nigeria: Obalende, NURTW Nigerians on social media called out the Lagos State...
For the umpteenth time, the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday expressed doubt if President Muhammadu Buhari is still controlling the country’s affairs. The playwright...
A twin blast rocked the Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday. The explosion, which was suspected to be...
The first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, is dead. He died on Thursday at the age of 91. “Baba Kekere,” who ruled Lagos...
The Senate on Thursday summoned the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over the ban of cryptocurrency transactions in the country. The upper legislative...
The House of Representatives has pledged its commitment towards curtailing the proliferation of arms and ammunition in the country. Rep. Akinremi Olaide, Chairman, House ad hoc...
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has declared that no protest will hold at the Lekki Tollgate on Saturday, February 13, 2020. Recall that...
Veteran Nollywood actress, Victoria Inyama and Sandra Iheuwa, one of the baby mamas of Nigerian music executive, Ubi Franklin have drawn their swords on social media...
Nollywood actor, Uche Maduagwu has alleged in an Instagram post that a large percentage of actresses in the movie industry receive financial gift from married gay...
The Lagos State Government on Thursday warned youths against any form of protest at the Lekki tollgate on Saturday, February 13. The state Commissioner for Information,...
Israel Afeare, one of the aides of Nigerian recording artiste, Davido has received a letter from DJ Cuppy’s lawyer following his alleged defamatory statement a couple...
The capital inflow to the financial sector in 2020 Full Year was largely dominated by foreign-owned banks, with Nigerian-owned banks playing second fiddle in the quest...
The military junta in Myanmar has moved to tighten its grip on the country after arresting one of the closest aides of deposed leader Aung San...
A 31-year-old cleric, Pastor Anietie Inyang, has been arrested by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command for allegedly sodomising a 12-year-old boy in Ikot Ebak village,...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised commercial banks to always accept the Machine Readable Convention Travel Document (MRCTD) issued by the Nigeria Immigration Services,...
These latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Nigerian startup Xend Finance increases net raiser to $2M Nigeria’s decentralised...
There was pandemonium and mayhem as two rival groups of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), clashes in the Obalende area of Lagos State...
A Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, on Wednesday, ordered that a fisherman, Fatai Yussuf, be remanded for allegedly drowning his six-week-old daughter in the Lagos lagoon. The...
The reported killing of 20 soldiers of the Nigerian Army by Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the North-East Theatre of Operation Lafiya...
DMO reveals approval of new debt management strategy 2020-2023 by FEC The Federal Executive Council (FEC) at its meeting on Wednesday, February 10, approved a new...
The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has revealed that the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to potentially field a person of Igbo extraction...
The South-West zone of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare the Miyetti Allah Castle Breeders Association of Nigeria...
The long arm of the law has caught up with a middle-aged man identified as Ibrahim Raymond for allegedly killing a tricycle rider named Micah Luka,...
The government of South Africa has hinted that the ‘less effective’ Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine against the dreaded COVID-19 virus may be swapped or sold to countries in...
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara says dialogue remains the only option to end banditry in the country. Matawalle said this while fielding questions from newsmen on...
The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, on Wednesday said that the cows that strayed into the compound of Professor Wole Soyinka, belongs to a...
The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has vowed that his government will “comb every forest” in the state to flush out killer herdsmen and other...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has berated those he described as ethnic champions and politicians for stoking the herdsmen crisis rocking parts of the country. He...
The immediate past Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has hit at those opposed to the membership revalidation exercise of the ruling All Progressives Congress...
Sunday Adeyemo, a self-acclaimed Yoruba rights activist, better known as Sunday Igboho, has appointed a spokesperson. The yoruba ‘warlord’ says he will no longer grant interviews...
The Osun State Police Command has revealed that it will soon begin to sensitise resident of the state on COVID-19 safety protocols in compliance with the...
