The Federal Government on Thursday announced the concessioning of the e-ticketing service of the Abuja-Kaduna rail corridor to SecureID for 10 years at the cost of...
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West under the aegis of PDP Youths Congress have kicked against a move by Governor Seyi Makinde...
Worried by rising cases of bandit attacks on communities in Zamfara State, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered his ministers and security chiefs to immediately end the...
The Ebonyi State government led by Governor David Umahi has placed a ban on night clubs, drinking joints and others in the state, in a bid...
A High Court in Akure, Ondo State, Thursday sentenced a pastor, John Abiodun, to two years’ imprisonment for false allegation against a church founder. The convict,...
United States Republican congresswoman and one of former President Donald Trump’s strongest supporters, Marjorie Taylor Greene, has filed articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden on...
The Presidential ambition of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State got a boost on Thursday as the Niger State House of Assembly endorsed him. The Niger...
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has described Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah as a Muslim hater and said that the National Peace Committee (NPC) being...
Traditional rulers in Ondo State, under the aegis of the Ondo State Council of Obas, have called on governors in the South-West to employ relevant laws...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you. 1. Buhari approves N6.45bn for oxygen plants to tackle COVID-19 President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday approved...
The Federal Government said on Thursday it had approved and disbursed the sum of N14.35 billion to the Distribution Companies of Nigeria (DisCos) to procure at...
Nigeria’s stock market returned negative on Thursday, January 21, as the All Share Index depreciated by -0.12% to close at 41,099.15 basis points as against +0.23%...
Armed bandits on Thursday attacked and killed four citizens at Giwa, Chikun and Igabi Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. The State Commissioner for Internal Security...
The Ondo State Police Command Thursday arrested a newly recruited police constable, David Friday, For alleged involvement in armed robbery. David was arrested alongside a soldier...
Residents and pensioners of Rivers State Thursday expressed their displeasure over Governor Nyesom Wike’s donation of N500 million to rebuild the Sokoto Central Market which was...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday issued a warning to residents of the state, especially the market community, to strictly comply with COVID-19 protocols as...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday approved the release of N6.45 billion for the setting up of gas plants in 38 locations nationwide to enhance the treatment...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday revealed that his administration was working on strengthening the nation’s position as regional leader in the oil and gas industry. Buhari...
The Anambra State Government on Thursday shut down Royal Ambassador’s Schools in Onitsha, for flouting COVID-19 safety protocols. This was revealed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry...
The Osun State Police Command has arrested one Musa Mohammed Musa, a 400 level student of the Political Science Department of Oduduwa University, Ipetu Modu, Osun...
The Director-General, All Progressives Congress (APC) Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Salihu Moh. Lukman, on Thursday advocated for the death penalty for kidnappers, bandits and their beneficiaries....
Reports in the Business Standard suggests that ousted President of the United State, Donald Trump, is still very angry at losing the November 3, 2020 presidential...
Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Thursday revealed that 4,000 inmates had been released so far under the Federal Government Amnesty Programme to decongest custodial...
A 26-year-old Nigerian, Davidsmith Chinazaekpere Ejiogo, has been arrested by the police in Patong area, Phuket, Thailand, after he was caught with small amounts of crystal...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) and related government agencies to enforce strict compliance of tax payments by foreign companies...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan says restructuring of the country alone will not help solve the numerous problems bedeviling the country like nepotism, ethnic and religious crisis...
ISIS has been accused of culpability in the deadly suicide bomb blast which ripped through a crowded market in Bagdad on Thursday, with death toll from...
Francisca Ogbu, the widow of the journalist who was shot dead by the police during a protest by members of the Islamic Movement of Nigerian (IMN),...
A former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has reacted to the life-threatening allegation leveled against him by the mother of Don Davis, the assaulted student of the...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Jabi, Abuja, on Thursday adjourned the trial of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir...
These latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Maxula Seed Fund invests in two Tunisian tech startups Newly-launched Maxula...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Hadiza Bala Usman as Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for another five years. The Special Adviser...
A prosecution witness on Thursday narrated how a Deputy Comptroller in the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), Abubakar Mohammed Sani, allegedly defrauded unsuspecting job seekers of N2.8...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday presented its first witness in the trial of former Kaduna State governor, Muktar Ramalan Yero, for alleged...
Police operatives in Adamawa State have arrested three members of a notorious gang popularly known as “Shilla Boys” in the state. The spokesman of the state...
Tunji Balogun aka Teebillz, the estranged husband of music star, Tiwa Savage, has berated the former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, over his support for former...
The Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, on Thursday vowed to protect the state from criminals and members of outlawed groups. Ikpeazu, who stated this when he...
Priesthood, in every mundane and spiritual ramification, is a special calling deserving of respect. Unlike the evangelical new-generation Pastors and ‘Bishops’ and ‘Prophets’ laying claim to...
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has expressed joy over the exit of Donald Trump as the United States President. Soyinka, who appeared on Arise Television Wednesday...
Kano State government on Thursday warned residents of the state against flouting the COVID-19 protocols. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who made the...
The Kwara State police command on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of one of the organisers of a n*de party in the state, Akinsola Babatunde aka “Mr....
The Akwa State High Court, Uyo, on Wednesday sentenced a 23-year-old man, Iniobong Moses, to life imprisonment for defiling his three-year-old step-daughter. Justice Okon Okon, who...
At least two persons were confirmed dead in an accident involving a truck and Toyota Hiace bus along the Ipetu-Ijesha highway in Osun State on Wednesday...
Deborah Okezie, the mother of Don Davis, the student of Deeper Life High School, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, who was allegedly assaulted by senior students of...
At least 28 people were feared dead and 73 others injured as a twin suicide blast ripped through a crowded market in Bagdad, Iraq’s capital in...
A member of the Presidential Advisory Committee (PAC), Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, on Wednesday declared his 2023 presidential bid. Ohuabunwa, who declared his presidential bid during the...
A group of politicians who claimed to be members of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) on Wednesday announced the formation of a new political...
The Mongolian Prime Minister, Ukhnaa Khurelsukh on Thursday proposed the dissolution of the cabinet following the resignation of two of its key members. The Deputy Prime...
Fitch, a credit ratings agency, has sounded the alarm over Federal Government’s reliance on Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) for loans through Ways and Means facility, to...
The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, on Wednesday backed the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on the seven-day ultimatum given to unregistered herdsmen to vacate...
