Governor Abdulahi Sule of Nasarawa State has denied reports that he is in the United States on a medical trip, adding that he was in the...
Gunmen that abducted a female councillor in Rivers State, Hellen Alasomuka, have demanded N50 million ransom from her family to aide her release from their custody....
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you 1. National Assembly transmits 2021 budget to Buhari The National Assembly on Monday transmitted the 2021...
Nigeria on Monday recorded 397 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19...
South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has announced the country would re-impose the COVID-19 lockdown effective from Monday night. Ramaphosa, who disclosed this in a nationwide address...
Gunmen on Sunday night abducted 20 people in two communities in Bosso and Munya local government areas of Niger State. Scores of others were also injured...
A notorious bandit terrorizing residents of Kaduna State, Nasiru Kachalla, was on Monday killed during a clash between his group and a rival gang in the...
Suspected bandits on Monday killed an uncle to a member of the Katsina State House of Assembly simply identified as Rufa’i. The hoodlums also killed a...
The Bayelsa State Police Command said on Monday four members of rival cult groups died in a shootout at Lobia community, Southern Ijaw local government area...
A former lawmaker representing Fagge Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Alhaji Danlami Hamza, has died from complications resulting from COVID-19 complications. He was 70....
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said on Monday the agency has shut down six pharmaceutical...
At least 23 persons died on Monday when a truck fully loaded with cows and 45 persons skidded off the road and somersaulted into a bush...
Founder of the Ressurection Praise Ministries Worldwide, Archbishop Samson Benjamin has called on the Federal Government to reconsider the curfew imposed on parts of the country,...
The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Monday the state government would take over the traffic management from the presidential taskforce in order to restore...
The National Assembly on Monday transmitted the 2021 budget of N13.5trillion to President Muhammadu Buhari. The National Assembly passed the 2021 budget on December 21. The Federal...
Lagos State government claimed on Monday the opening up of the economy, the re-opening of schools and lifting of restrictions on religious and social gatherings caused...
The Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu, on Monday signed the state’s 2021 budget of N141.6 billion. Bagudu had on November 27 presented the budget to the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State on Monday advised the state’s Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, to leave out the party’s former National Chairman, Adams...
Last week, the Nigerian bourse reported gains Monday through Wednesday but saw a marginal loss on Thursday, with the week’s corporate actions and some technical factors...
Fire on Monday morning razed 20 shops at the Potiskum main market in Yobe State. The fire which started at about 12:00 a.m. destroyed goods worth...
Singer David Adeleke aka Davido has threatened to quit music after reports emerged that he engaged in fisticuffs with one of his rivals in the industry,...
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has demanded the immediate arrest and prosecution of Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Rev. Fr. Mathew Hassan Kukah, over his...
Game of Thrones (GoT) game maker, Lin Qi, has died of “poisoning.” The Chinese tycoon, according to Shanghai police, died on Christmas Day. Qi, 39, was...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old woman, Comfort Innocent, for allegedly trafficking teenage girls to her Italy-based husband for prostitution. The state Police...
Nigeria’s House of Representatives, on Monday, refuted reports that it had apologised to President Muhammadu Buhari over the furor that followed his recent invitation to the...
The Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), has thrown its weight behind Bishop Matthew Kukah, saying it aligns with comments by the Bishop on the state of...
Lagos Oxygen centres are set to launch in 10 Local Government Areas, in order to “support patients with oxygen before they are transferred to care centres.”...
The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Most Reverend Father Mathew Hassan Kukah has been accused of exploiting religion to cause disharmony and facilitate further emasculation of...
These latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Kenya’s MarketForce launches its “Troops” project Kenyan retail-tech startup MarketForce has...
No fewer than five suspects were on Monday arrested by the Oyo State Police Command, in connection to the attacks on some residents of Ibadan, the...
Trump, whose administration is about to wind down, had initially said he would block the $2.3 trillion aid and spending package. Europe, in the meantime, teed...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has accused the Presidency and the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) of twisting the Christmas message delivered by Bishop of Sokoto...
The Indian government on Monday inaugurated the country’s first-ever driverless train on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line. Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the disclosure via video conferencing...
Terrorism in Northern Nigeria will certainly go down in history as one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2020 major nightmares in Aso Rock. The year has seen...
A court in China has sentenced a citizen journalist identified as Zhang Zhan, 37, to four years in prison for live streaming a report from Wuhan...
Health authorities in South Korea have confirmed that they have recorded the first case of the mutant COVID-19 virus variant which was originally identified in the...
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said it would apply a fine of $3,500 on airlines for every passenger violating the new protocols on inbound flights...
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu has accused South East Governors of plotting to instigate their respective vigilante groups against the...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has disparaged what it said is the sensationalism in the media attached to the death of 20 doctors in one week...
Five persons, including a couple, their child and two others have been reportedly killed in separate attacks in Katsina-Ala and Gwer West local government areas of...
A 30-year-old man, Abdulkadir Segi, has been stabbed to death in a Mosque in Ilorin, Kwara State, following the detonation of a firework popularly known as...
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has flayed Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fr. Hasan Kukah, for suggesting in a statement that there would have been a...
The double whammy of coronavirus pandemic resurgence and sharp volatility of oil prices are the biggest impediments to Nigeria’s comeback to economic growth in the year...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ogun State chapter, on Sunday appealed to the state Governor, Dapo Abiodun, to allow Christians in the state, observe its...
The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators (ABCON) has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to make Bureau De Change Operators payout agents for foreign...
Residents of communities in Borno State that were attacked by Boko Haram insurgents on the night of Saturday, December 26, have told Governor Babagana Zulum, during...
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has finally signed the controversial Covid-19 relief and spending package bill into law, thereby averting a partial government...
The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, says those calling Nigeria a failed state are ignorant of what the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is doing to...
South Africa has become the first country in Africa to record one million Covid-19 cases which has forced President Cyril Ramaphosa to call an emergency meeting...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you. 1. SERAP tasks Buhari, 36 govs to disclose security votes spending for 2021 Socio-Economic Rights and...
