The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa said on Tuesday there are currently 2.2 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the continent. The United Nations...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday urged members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to sustain the current peace in the party. The president, who made the...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday granted waivers for new members of...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that only public health measures and not vaccines can prevent a new surge of Covid-19 cases. WHO sounded the...
The Nigerian Embassy in Germany has on Tuesday, sacked its senior security staff, Mr Martin Oni, after findings confirmed that he was guilty of the charges...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with governors of the 36 states behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting is believed to be...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has claimed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has become defunct and should no longer be recognised as a political party...
Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye has cautioned the federal government against threatening #EndSARS protesters. Melaye who was reacting to the outbreak of a second wave...
The family of a teenager who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a Lagos-based Islamic cleric has withdrawn the case. The case was withdrawn due to several...
Three men identified as Aderemi Adegoke, Adekunle Adegoke and Rasaq Okemakinde, who allegedly assaulted a policeman to evade arrest, were on Tuesday arraigned at the Ikeja...
The administration of President Donald Trump has been told by US pharmaceutical company, Pfizer that it will not be able to provide additional Covid-19 vaccines to...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday extended the tenure of the caretaker committee led by Governor Mai Mala Buni by six months. The party extended...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has rejected the listing of the country by the United States amongst Countries of Particular Concern (CPC) with violations of religious...
A housewife has reportedly set her husband ablaze in Benue State after she suspected that he was having extra-marital affairs with other women. A Facebook user,...
A House of Representatives member from Benue State, Herman Hembe, has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Hembe’s defection to the APC during Reps...
The Federal Government announced on Monday that five million smallholder farmers are to get fertiliser subsidy. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, and...
A 24-year old man, identified as Chiemezie Aligu who narrowly escaped lynching over motorcycle theft has been arrested by police in Anambra state. The suspect, a...
These latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Egypt’s Dsquares banks funding to scale business Eight years old Egyptian...
Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism: Advancing a free press in Africa The Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism (RCDIJ), a non-profit sister organisation...
Oil prices declined on Tuesday, compounding losses recorded at the previous session that came as California made its pandemic lockdown measures stricter through Christmas and coronavirus...
Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a suspected highway robber in a gun duel. The police in a statement on Monday said the...
One of the once well-loved wives of Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo, Queen Badirat Olaitan has declared that she will never make the mistake...
The United States Consulate General, Lagos, in conjunction with Global Air Drone Academy and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Monday announced a call for applications for...
The President-elect of the United States of America, Joe Biden is to appoint Lloyd Austin, who played a major role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq,...
An 18-year-old girl, Ujunwa Offiah has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly conniving with her boyfriend, Blessed Ifesinachi, to stage a fake...
The amount of money lost to corruption in Africa every year is substantial enough to supply the continent with 24-hour unflinching electricity for three years, the...
The United Kingdom has started rolling out the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, making it the first Western country to begin vaccinating its population...
Zamfara State doctors have revealed that they would embark in a one-week warning strike from Thursday. The State Chairman of the chapter of the Nigerian Medical...
Some farmers who fled the Gudu and Tangaza local government areas of Sokoto State to seek refuge in Niger Republic, have narrated how constant attacks and...
A health crisis looms in Kenya as no fewer than 30,000 nurses and health workers have embarked on a nationwide strike. In a statement issued on...
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Imo North by-election held on Saturday, Emmanuel Okewulonu, has kicked against the outcome of the senatorial...
The Supreme Court management has ordered the ban of family members, friends and other well wishers from the inauguration of 72 lawyers to be sworn in...
The Nigerian government has begun an assessment of the country’s investment policy with a view to promoting investments especially in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises...
Amnesty International (AI) has indicted Boko Haram insurgents and the Nigerian Army of indiscriminately killing many older citizens due to their inability to flee attacks. The...
The Kaduna State government has commenced the screening of youths in the state for community policing. This was revealed in a statement issued on Monday by...
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has stated that desperate people dubiously made efforts to politicise his handling of the #EndSARS protests in his domain....
The Governor of the embattled state of Borno, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, is a perfect gentleman who knows that the task before him, past and present,...
The Federal Government on Monday said it would go ahead with its planned airport concession despite widespread opposition to the plan. The Minister for Aviation, Hadi...
Nigeria’s trade deficit, which gauges the value at which the country’s imports exceeds its exports, stood at N2.388 trillion at the end of the third quarter...
To say that Boko Haram has become an albatross hanging on Nigeria’s neck could be a worn out cliche. Through their unrelenting pursuit of a terrorist...
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has said that most Almajiris seen roaming the streets in Kano and other northern states came from neighbouring countries. According to...
The Nigerian government on Tuesday morning announced a reduction in the pump price of premium motor spirit, also known as petrol, from N168 to N162.44 per...
The Nigerian government deregulated the downstream petroleum sector with effect from March 19, 2020. The key argument was that the fuel subsidy regime which gulps billions...
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State on Monday distributed foodstuffs and N24 million cash to 1,200 returnees in Ngoshe, during a visit to areas formerly under...
The Federal Government, on Monday said it is making plans to fully automate patients’ records and hospital finances in the country. This, according to the Minister...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you 1. Ngige rejects composition of Ohanaeze electoral committee, says panel filled with PDP members The Minister...
The United States on Monday included Nigeria in its religious freedom blacklist. This is the first time Washington would put Nigeria on the list which would...
The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) on Monday announced the commencement of train services on the Lagos-Abeokuta-Ibadan standard gauge. The NRC District Manager, Jerry Oche, who disclosed...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed trade in the negative territory on Monday as investors put up a huge volume of shares up for sale, causing...
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday sentenced one Chimah Daniel Iweregbu to 18 months imprisonment for $15,000 fraud. The Economic...
