The Minister of Solid Minerals Development Dele Alake on Wednesday inaugurated an eight-member panel to investigate the circumstances surrounding the sealing off of Segilola Resources Operating...
The Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) has announced a 10-member squad, predominantly featuring junior players, for the 2024 ITTF African Championships in Addis Ababa from October...
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has emphasized the necessity for Nigeria to return to true federalism in order to fulfill its economic potential, stating that...
The Plateau State Government has announced an extension of the public holiday for local government elections to today, Thursday. This decision comes after delays and technical...
A note of warning has been sounded that, with the way things are going in Nigeria, particularly the neglect of Youths in the scheme of things,...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Amaechi blasts Nigerians for ‘doing nothing’ about corruption, hardship under Tinubu The former Minister...
The Kaduna State House of Assembly on Wednesday ruled out the amendment of the state Local Government Electoral Law ahead of the October 19 election in...
Police operatives in Enugu have arrested one Dr. Emmanuel Ugwumba for alleged child trafficking and forgery in the Udenu local government area of the state. The...
The Ebonyi State government on Wednesday arraigned a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Mr. Augustine Nwazunku, at the Abakiliki Magistrate’s...
The former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, on Wednesday, expressed disappointment at Nigerians’ response to the current economic challenges in the country. Amaechi, who spoke in...
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, said on Wednesday the upper legislative chamber is fully in support of the Supreme Court judgement which granted financial autonomy to...
Police operatives in Lagos have arrested a bouncer, Kingsley Oti, for allegedly stabbing a yet-to-be-identified man to death in the state. The spokesman for the state...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said on Wednesday the latest increase in the pump price of petrol would further deepen poverty as production capacities dip. Nigerian...
The Naira lost N63 against the Dollar at the official foreign exchange market on Wednesday. Data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) showed that...
The University of Calabar has suspended one of its lecturers, Joseph Akpan, for alleged misconduct. The University’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi, disclosed this to journalists on...
The Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has dismissed his Special Assistant on Forestry, Adeboye Ewenla, for alleged bribery. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr...
The Nigerian equities market sustained its bearish trend on Wednesday as investors lost N56 billion at the close of the day’s trading. This followed the dip...
The Nigerian Army has commenced the probe of the immediate past Commander of 3 Brigade, Kano, Brig.-Gen. MA Sadiq, for alleged misconduct. The army alleged administrative...
The Japanese Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, on Wednesday dissolved the lower house of parliament to set the stage for the country’s general election. Japan will hold...
The absence of Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, stalled the ruling in a fresh bail application filed by the detained...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has again increased the price of premium motor spirit, popularly known as petrol, across its retail outlets. The price...
The Federal government of Nigeria has revealed that plans are afoot by a consortium of investors from South Korea to build four 100,000-barrel capacity refineries in...
A Facebook user with the name Unión Patriótica Córdoba (translates to: Patriotic Union Spain) is promoting a suspicious crypto project online. To trick many Nigerians into...
Domestic airlines under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have turned their attention to Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Plant for their supply of JET...
As the sun set on a typical Friday morning in Gidan Yaro Community School, Wamakko Local Government, Yusuf, an 11-year-old primary school student, strolls aimlessly through...
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), has called on the Federal Government to take decisive action in addressing critical economic challenges bedevilling the country....
A devastating incident has shaken the community of Atayese Street, Gaga area in Akure, Ondo State, leaving a family of five dead under mysterious circumstances. Mrs....
Farmers in Old Kuyello and neighboring villages in Kaduna State’s Birnin Gwari Local Government Area are living in fear, abandoning their crops unharvested as bandits continue...
The Labour Party’s (LP) caretaker committee, led by Nenadi Usman, has vowed to appeal the federal high court verdict validating Julius Abure as national chairman. This...
The crisis in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deepened on Tuesday as leaders of the main opposition party clashed in Abuja over who is responsible...
The minister of state for petroleum resources (oil), Heineken Lokpobiri has denied directing the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to hands off operating refineries and...
The Naira recovered against the Dollar at the official foreign exchange market on Tuesday, October 8, 2024. The local currency traded at N1561.76/$1 at the official...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Rivers LG chairman removes Wike’s name from secretariat building, dares arsonists to act Former...
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of the manager of a ferry that capsized in Lagos State. The Lagos Area Manager...
Suspected bandits have killed the abducted District Head of Kanya in Kebbi State, Alhaji Isah Daya. The district head was abducted alongside eight others in Kanya...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 28 suspected internet fraudsters in Akwa Ibom and Edo States. The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity,...
The Ebonyi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said on Tuesday two persons have died in the flood that ravaged the state. The agency’s Executive Secretary, Mr....
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has presented the 2024 supplementary budget of N79.337 billion to the State House of Assembly for approval. The Speaker of...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday blamed the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, for the crisis in the state. The...
The Oyo State government on Tuesday confirmed 23 cases of cholera in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Oluwasherimi Ajetumobi stated this while briefing...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed October 22 for the hearing of a suit filed by state governments challenging the establishment of the Economic and Financial...
The Rivers State government has set up a panel of inquiry into the violence that trailed last weekend’s local government election in the state. Suspected political...
At least five people were feared dead in the collision of two boats in Lagos State on Monday evening. The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) confirmed...
Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, claimed on Tuesday the 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery was built without a single incentive from the Federal Government. The billionaire industrialist has...
The House of Representatives has commenced an investigation into alleged environmental pollution by Agip Oil and Aiteo Exploration and Production in host communities of Bayelsa State....
Police operatives in Katsina have foiled kidnap attempts by suspected bandits and rescued eight victims in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Abubakar...
There is a fire and ballot revolution in Rivers state and the main victim that I can see for now in the burning fire is Nyesom...
Investors in the Nigerian Equities Market lost N70 billion at the close of trading on Tuesday. This followed the dip in the share prices of stocks...
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ONE of the strengths demonstrated one week ago, on October 1, by Nigeria’s president, Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu, while he addressed the country on its 64th...
Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Ikeja, on Tuesday sentenced a head teacher, Benjamin Ogba, to two life imprisonments...
