The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the Federal Government would amend the Act establishing the National Endowment for the Arts....
A further blow has been dealt on the treatment promoted by US President Donald Trump for COVID-19 after European governments on Wednesday moved to halt the...
Rwandan genocide suspect, Felicien Kabuga, who was nabbed while living under a false identity in a flat outside Paris, France on Saturday after 25 years of...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has reacted to the purported endorsement of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as the consensus candidate of a faction of the All Progressives...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Wednesday said it is hopeful that churches in the country may be reopened to worshipers in the first week...
The total number of the novel COVID-19 virus in Kwara State has now increased to 85 according to a fresh update provided on Wednesday night by...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Wednesday announced it was offering a moratorium of 12 months to beneficiaries of its Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) COVID-19 intervention...
Two cases of the novel COVID-19 virus have been recorded in Kogi State (Nigeria’s North-Central) according to figures provided by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Thursday morning. 1. Kano formally abolishes Almajiri system of education The Almajiri system of education...
With the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the country, it has come to light that there are only 5,324 bed spaces in 112 COVID-19 isolation...
The Federal Government on Wednesday said it is suspending the evacuation of Nigerians stranded abroad until a new protocol developed for their evacuation is activated. This...
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Wednesday said three local drugs have been shortlisted for investigation as possible treatment for COVID-19, or its symptoms by...
The Almajiri system of education has been formally abolished in Kano State. This is as the state has completed plans to enroll all Almajiris repatraited to...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to deliver false performance claims, or empty promises in his speech to mark May 29...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night confirmed 389 new COVID-19 cases in 22 states of the federation with Lagos for the umpteenth...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Ahmed Abdullahi, said on Wednesday the state government would continue to create more man-made islands at its waterfront...
The Adamawa State government on Wednesday confirmed three fresh COVID-19 deaths in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Abdullahi Isa, who disclosed this at...
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said on Wednesday the longest viability period of the COVID-19 in a patient...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, Wednesday urged researchers and scientists to investigate and do studies on COVID-19. Mustapha stated this...
A sports journalist in Akwa Ibom State, Kufre Carter, has been released from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Carter, who works with...
The Lagos State police command on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of a dismissed soldier who was caught with 1,200 Kilograms of substance suspected to be Indian...
African Development Bank’s (AfDB’s) head Akinwunmi Adesina Wednesday refuted an indictment for code of ethics breach, dismissing it as a smear campaign intended to ruin his...
The Kano State Joint Action Committee of the organised labour on Wednesday issued a two-week ultimatum to the state government to stop deduction on workers’ salaries...
The Lagos State government Wednesday confirmed the discharge of 87 COVID-19 patients from the state’s isolation centres. The state Ministry of Health, which disclosed this on...
The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, said on Wednesday the Federal Government was considering the idea of sectionalizing classes for primary, secondary, and tertiary...
Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, said on Wednesday the state government was currently evaluating bids submitted by investors for four new rail lines...
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Wednesday directed the resumption of religious activities in the state effective from Friday. Akeredolu, who gave the directive at a media...
A pressure group, the Obaseki Mandate Forum, has purchased the expression of interest and nomination forms for Governor Godwin Obaseki ahead of the All Progressives Congress...
Police in Lagos Wednesday arraigned a 22-year-old woman, Oluwafunmilola Adisa, at the Igbosere Magistrate Court for allegedly drowning her one-and-a-half-year-old daughter in a bucket of water....
The Defence Headquarters said on Wednesday the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji had killed at least 30 bandits and destroyed their logistics store during airstrikes...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has suspended the Spectrum Trading Guidelines 2018 for the Nigerian telecommunications industry. The Director of Public Affairs, NCC, Dr. Henry Nkemadu,...
These 5 latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Ghana’s mPharma raises $17-million Accra-based mPharma has announced its new...
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, an All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Edo State has listed reasons the party wants to replace incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki. Among...
Governor Bello Matawalle has told Almajiris rejected by other northern states that they would be accommodated in Zamfara State. This followed the governor’s decision to drop...
Nigerian singer, J.Martins, has waded into the lingering face-off between Jude Okoye, (the elder brother of warring siblings, Peter and Paul of the defunct group, P-Square)...
The World Bank has announced the approval of $346m for two projects targeted at strengthening resilience and livelihoods in the Lake Chad region, comprising of Nigeria,...
A faction of the Edo State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) supposedly loyal to Adams Oshiomhole, has picked Osagie Ize-Iyamu as its consensus candidate for...
Embattled writer, Toni Kan has unceremoniously declined the role of spokesperson offered to him by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya...
The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the discovery of the bodies of three decomposing men inside a bush along the Illah-Ugbolu road in the Oshimili...
Amnesty International has described as unlawful the arrest and detention of a journalist for criticising the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. The rights group...
Senator Buruji Kashamu has accused Chief Bayo Dayo, the suspended former Ogun State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of selling out because of pecuniary...
Two children, aged five and 10 who were abducted at gun point after their mother was robbed of a huge sum of money have been rescued...
President Donald Trump of the United States has accused Twitter of trying to stifle free speech and meddling in US election matter. Trump made the accusations...
The Kaduna State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday, reviewed the dismissal of Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, suspending him for six months. Hunkuyi represented...
Ahead of the 2020 Edo State governorship election, Governor Godwin Obaseki is optimistic he will get a second term in office. His optimism is coming amid...
A once booming venture, Nigeria’s coal industry has been stripped of life and laid bare with its potential for wealth creation greatly diminished. A cursory observation...
African countries have been asked to look inward for home grown solutions as a way of overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic that has continued to ravage the...
A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Isaac Kekemeke has vowed not to step down for incumbent Governor Rotimi Akeredolu...
There was unrest in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, when a group of Ogoni women protested semi-n*de over the continued detention of one Dr...
Four Minnesota police officers linked to what was a gory killing of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, have been dismissed, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo...