The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has equipped local hunters in Hawul Local Government Area of the state to take on Boko Haram insurgents. The insurgents...
The President-elect of the United States of America, Joe Biden has slammed the administration of incumbent US President, Donald Trump over the pace of the COVID-19...
He shot from the hips as he is wont to do. He never minces words and I think the believe in his infallibility or inability to...
A court in China has sentenced 10 Hong Kong activists who had been detained after fleeing the territory by boat to between seven months and three...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged churches across the nation to comply with set COVID-19 protocols and additional directives by state governments during crossover...
As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic persists, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has predicted a sharp spike in cases of COVID-19 in...
The incidence of default on secured credit aggravated between October and December, with lenders expecting no improvement in the trend in the first quarter of 2021,...
The Osun State government has issued fresh guidelines to churches across the state concerning the New Year crossover to stem second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. This...
The year 2020 was a year that had a potpourri of highs and lows for Nigerian politics, with some unforgettable scandals sipping into the media space....
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you. 1. ‘Stop blaming God for Nigeria’s challenges,’ Obasanjo tells leaders Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday...
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 749 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
Nigerian stocks are on track for their biggest annual yield since 2013 after the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) bounced back on Tuesday from a loss posted...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday counselled Nigerian leaders to stop blaming God for the myriad of challenges confronting the country. The ex-president, who stated this...
A member of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Femi Odekunle, is dead. Odekunle died at the COVID-19 isolation center in Gwagalada, Abuja, on...
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the state’s 2021 budget of N1.163 trillion. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu presented N1.155 trillion as 2021 budget proposal...
Oyo State Government has banned street carnivals of any form across the state with immediate effect over spike in COVID-19 cases. The Coordinator of Oyo State...
The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, said on Tuesday the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 would focus on the procurement of vaccine in the...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Tuesday, charged business owners in the city to comply with the COVID-19 guidelines. The Head of Media and Public...
The Federal Government said on Tuesday 100 returnees would be sanctioned for failing to undergo the compulsory COVID-19 test after returning to the country. The Chairman...
Police operatives had arrested 16 suspected members of the Eiye Confraternity in Lagos. The spokesman of the state police command, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who disclosed this in...
Nasarawa State government on Tuesday confirmed seven fresh COVID-19 cases in the state. The Director of Public Health, Ministry of Health in State, Dr. Ibrahim Adamu,...
The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has traced a €500,000 COVID-19 fraud to Nigeria. Interpol, which disclosed this in a statement on its website titled: “Unmasked:...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday adjourned the alleged certificate forgery case involving the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, till December 30. The All Progressives...
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Tuesday issued fresh guidelines for the National Identification Number (NIN) registration exercise. The NIMC spokesman, Kayode Adegoke, who announced...
The Ogun State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the state’s 2021 budget of N338.6billion. However, the Assembly made slight adjustments in recurrent and capital expenditures...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday said his administration would continue to encourage Nigerians to go back to agriculture as a source of livelihood. The president,...
The Special Adviser to Cross Rivers State Governor on Presidency and National Assembly Matters, Divine Arong, has resigned from the position. Arong forwarded her resignation letter...
Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification of the...
A court in Egypt on Tuesday sentenced at least 168 militants to life imprisonment over links with the Wilayat Sinai terror group. The group was accused...
The former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, on Tuesday advised Northern youths to leave the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Kukah, alone...
The Benue State government has banned motorcycles and illegal revenue checkpoints in order to stem the rising spate of insecurity in the state. This was contained...
The Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri, Imo State, Most Rev. Moses Chikwe has been kidnapped. It was learnt that the 53 year-old priest...
The South-West zone of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has reinstated suspended chieftains of the party in Ondo State. The Zonal Caretaker Committee in a statement...
The Rivers command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has threatened to shut down motor parks in Port Harcourt and its environs if they continue...
Oil prices climbed on Tuesday, the third time in four trading sessions, on hopes of fuel demand recovery, as the U.S. drew closer to expanding its...
A Nigerian man identified as Fulgens Quadio, also known as Kristopher Wilmer, has been arrested by the Cyber Crime Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB)...
Russia has announced that its coronavirus death toll was more than three times higher than it had previously reported, making it the country with the third-largest...
A businessman identified as Babatunde Olubasa, has been killed by assailants who had allegedly trailed him to a hotel where he lodged in Ondo State. The...
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), has claimed responsibility for multiple attacks that happened on December 24, 25 and 26 in some communities in Borno,...
Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Sen, said on Tuesday that the kingdom’s first community outbreak of COVID-19 was over after no locally transmitted cases had been detected...
The Bishop of the Sokoto Diocese of the Catholic Church, Matthew Hassan Kukah has reacted to the criticisms that has continued to trail his Christmas message...
The gridlock at Lagos ports has deteriorated to a level that it can cost over $4,000 to truck a container 20 kilometres to the Nigerian mainland...
The Edo State government led by Governor Godwin Obaseki has informed that it has reactivated isolation centres and contact tracing network to stem the outbreak of...
At least 476 FCT health workers have contracted Covid-19 so far, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said. The health workers include doctors, nurses, pharmacists,...
Health authorities in India have confirmed that the country has recorded six cases of the mutant COVID-19 virus variant which was originally identified in the Eastern...
The Arewa Telecom Operators Agents and Simcard Dealers Association (ATOASDA) has raised the alarm that no fewer than two million Nigerian youths have now been rendered...
Two suspected hoodlums were on Monday set ablaze by an angry mob at Asas, Molete and Oke Ado areas of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. One...
An Ekiti businessman kidnapped on Christmas day in Oye Local Government Area of the state has been rescued by Operatives of the Ekiti State Security Network...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it would charge investors protection fees on its non-interest asset-backed securities. In its recently issued draft framework of...
Former Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari against growing calls to arrest the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Kukah, over...
