Nigeria’s Ministry of Sports has expressed optimism over the return of the national Principals’ Cup as it hopes to discover young talents across the country. The...
South Korean candidate for the World Trade Organisation director-general position, Yoo Myung-hee has withdrawn her candidacy. The announcement was made on Friday morning by the Republic...
The military in Myanmar have effected the arrest of Win Htein, 79, a trusted aide to overthrown leader Aung San Suu Kyi who was arrested on...
The General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman, and the church, have been sued for N2bn by a former Pastor of the...
The Army in Cameroon has been accused of killing no fewer than nine civilians in the restive South West region of the country. This was contained...
There is an outbreak of protests across Angola as the country marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the armed struggle with official acts and...
Ohaneze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-political organisation, has said no Fulani or Northerner has been given a quit notice in the South-Eastern region, contrary to widespread...
The Lagos State Government on Thursday said there are plans to replace yellow buses with blue ones in accordance with its transportation masterplan of the state....
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that the establishment of new polling units in the country will not be treated as constituency projects. This...
The Lagos State government on Thursday sought forgiveness from a journalist, Benjamin Anaja who was brutalised by one of its law enforcement agencies, Kick Against Indiscipline...
After his meeting with bandits in Zamfara State, renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Muhammad Gumi has urged the Federal Government to grant amnesty to repentant bandits. He...
The Osun State governor, Gboyega Oyetola has sacked all political office holders at the Local Government Council level. This was contained in a statement issued on...
Unknown hoodlums on Thursday attacked and razed down the Ebonyi police divisional headquarters in Isu, Onicha Local Government Area of the state. The hoodlums also burned...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, recorded 320 cases of the COVID-19 virus according to the latest update provided by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control,...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you: 1. AMBASSADORIAL POSTS: PDP accuses Buhari’s govt of attempting to shield ex-service chiefs from investigation The...
Nigeria on Thursday recorded 1,340 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
The Abia State government on Thursday banned public gatherings in a bid to check the rising cases of COVID-19 in the state. The Chairman of the...
The management of Nigerian Breweries has rejected the ruling by the Ondo State High Court which directed the company to pay N169 million as haulage fee...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of trying to shield the immediate past service chiefs from investigation for alleged crimes...
The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, said on Thursday ex-President Goodluck Jonathan almost sacked him as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in 2014 for...
The Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, said on Thursday Nigerians would vote out the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the central government in 2023 because of...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, on Thursday described as unconstitutional and questionable the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to extend the tenure of the...
CBO Capital Partners Limited and Blackman & Company Limited have acquired stakes in Nigerian palm oil company, Ellah Lakes. Ellah Lakes disclosed this in a note...
The Lagos State government on Thursday promised to investigate the alleged brutalisation of a journalist with the Guild Press Limited, Mr. Benjamin Anaja, by some operatives...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mrs. Folashade Joseph as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) for another...
A group under the aegis of Concerned Youths Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State has rejected the composition of the registration committee....
Investors’ appetite in the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) remained low for the third consecutive days as deals in the capital market dropped to 4,753 at the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday urged Nigerian youths to participate in politics. The President, who stated this during a virtual meeting with APC youths at the...
The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday offered a N10 million cash reward for information on two suspected criminals. The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, who...
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Caretaker Committee, Mai Mala Buni, said on Thursday the ongoing membership registration and revalidation exercise in the...
It takes just a moment of indignation to destroy; to cast down and cast out. It is easier to destroy than to build. And what is...
A man jumped to his death from the 7th floor of 1004 Housing Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Thursday. The deceased, who was a guest at...
President Muhamamdu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu for another three months Indication to this effect was made known...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday forwarded the names of the immediate past Service Chiefs to the Senate for confirmation as as non-career Ambassadors-Designate. The nominees are:...
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has lampooned the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), accusing it of “engaging in shameful, infantile acts before the international community to...
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari over his silence in the face of the incessant incidences of clashes between Fulani...
Royal Dutch Shell has expressed concern for its Nigerian onshore oil operations following continued theft and sabotage, describing it as becoming a headache. Speaking to Journalists...
Social networking giant, Facebook, Thursday, said it “removed” the account of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu for “repeatedly” violating it rules...
The Northern Governors Forum says it is worried about the recent spate in killings and kidnapping tied to herdsmen belonging to the Fulani ethnic group, thereby...
Justice P. H. Malong of a Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced one Felix Oyegbada to one year imprisonment for offence bordering...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Port Harcourt Zonal Office, has arraigned five suspected fraudsters: Olurunpomi T. David, Fasoyin Ojo, Emmanuel Otemu, Felix G. Sigite...
Edo State Commissioner of Police, Philip Ogbadu has disclosed that its command has arrested five suspected kidnappers around the Benin-Lagos road. The Edo police chief said...
The last six months of 2020 was a bad period for MTN Nigeria, as the company’s telephone subscribers dumped its Y’ellow network within three months. Ripples...
These latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Ghana’s AgroCenta closes $790k pre-Series A funding Ghanaian agro-tech startup, AgroCenta,...
In an effort to bring peace and economic stability to his country, the President of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, has offered amnesty to citizens who joined the...
Late American actor, Chadwick Boseman, who played the role of King T’Challa in the movie, Black Panther, has bagged a posthumous nomination for his role in...
In order to improve investment decisions and identify sectors of Nigerian economy that require government intervention, the Federal Government has partnered with the World Bank to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday told a Federal High Court, Abuja presided over by Justice Okon Abang that Faisal Maina, who is...
The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, rose further on Thursday, trading near $59 per barrel according to data from Oilprice.com. As at 11.00am Nigeria time, data...
South Sudan has imposed a one month ban on religious and political events and shut down most schools following a spike in Covid-19 in the country....
