A retired Nigerian Army Captain, Prince Adeniran Owen Alao and four others were on Thursday arraigned for alleged land fraud before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the...
2021 BUDGET SPEECH: Budget of Economic Recovery and Resilience Delivered By: HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE JOINT SESSION OF...
Revenue mobilisation remains the biggest challenge to funding annual budgets in the country including the proposed 2021 budget just presented to the National Assembly, President Muhammadu...
The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has kicked against the appointment of Proffessor Eyitope Ogunbodede, the Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University,...
The House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila on Thursday assured that the National Assembly would collaborate with Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDA’s) to deliver a budget...
Feisty Big Brother Naija 2020 ‘Lockdown’ housemate, Erica Nlewedim has revealed the cost of the just concluded reality TV show on her mental health. The disqualified...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has vowed that it would in six weeks time launch Radio Biafra in President Muhammadu Buhari’s hometown, Daura, Katsina State....
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has paraded suspected persons supplying fuel to Boko-Harm in parts of Borno and Adamawa states. The suspects were...
The trial of the former governor of Kebbi State, Usman Sa’idu Dakingari for alleged N450 million fraud has been adjourned till October 26, 2020. This followed...
The National Assembly has promised that the 2021 Appropriation Bill would be passed before the end of this year. The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan...
These latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Gmail unveils new logo Google has launched a replacement for its...
A former Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro, has warned against a ban being placed on the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed...
The number of casualties from the early morning gas explosion within Baruwa in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State has hit eight. The Eight...
A Port-Harcourt based lawyer, Bisola Paulette Ajayi, who was kidnapped over the weekend has regained her freedom. This was confirmed on Thursday by Rivers State Police...
Oil prices climbed on Thursday, bolstered by production outages in the Gulf of Mexico and potential of higher supply losses in Norway and by optimism regarding...
Following the removal of his cap by thugs on Wednesday the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has alleged that some persons within...
President Muhammadu Juhari on Thursday presented the 2021 budget estimates of the federal government to a joint sitting of both chambers of the National Assembly. Buhari...
Nigeria requires an outlay of $2 billion to provide electricity to 80 million people or roughly 39% of its population, who do not have access to power,...
The Nigeria Customs Area Command in Kano has apprehend one Sanusi Abdullahi Labaran for attempting to smuggle 5,342 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards out of the...
At least five persons have been confirmed dead while three were rescued in the gas explosion that occurred at Baruwa, Alimosho area of Lagos on Thursday....
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned three Osun State civil servants in court for alleged N83.5 million fraud. The trio, Adegoke Johnson...
Within the first week of October, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has recovered 179.090 kilograms of various hard drugs in the Federal...
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has been handed a seven-day ultimatum to pay primary school teachers N30,000 minimum wage or have them proceed on strike....
The United Nations has warned politicians in Guinea to curb hate speech rising in the lead-up to general elections, warning the situation iwas “extremely dangerous” and...
Commuters in Nigeria may have to brace up for difficult times ahead as transport fares could increase by up to 500 per cent in the coming...
The Senator representing Adamawa-North, Elisha Abbo, has appealed the N50 million compensation to Osimibibra Warmate, which was ordered by a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama....
Nigeria, Africa’s biggest country by population with more than 200 million people, now has the largest concentration of the most indigent people in sub-Saharan Africa at...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has advised the Federal Government to take actions that would help withstand impacts of further shocks from the resurgence of COVID-19...
A huge fire is currently raging in Baruwa, Ipaja area of Lagos State. The fire station started in the early hours of Thursday from a gas...
A former Ondo State Governor, and the national leader of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Segun Mimiko, has condemned the lingering violence in the state ahead...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning 1. Akeredolu deserves re-election for his good works in Ondo —Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari...
Blowing hot! The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on September 29 vowed that the House would take action against Ministries, Departments and Agencies...
The Ogun State police command on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of a prophetess with the Celestial Church of Christ (CCC), Oluwakemi Sotonode, for alleged fraud. The...
Traders rushing to recoup investments by leveraging the recent uptrend in the equity segment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) spurred the cessation of the 12-day...
The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) has served warning notices to residents of 30 buildings across the state over alleged contravention of the state’s environmental...
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 155 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases were...
The Senate on Wednesday mandated its Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions to investigate the alleged illicit and excess charges by commercial banks in...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Tuesday abducted the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gamji ward, Bakura local government area of Zamfara State,...
The Borno State government on Wednesday ordered all the schools in the state to reopen October 25. The Director of Schools Management in the state, Usman...
The Federal Government said on Wednesday a section of Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos would be completely closed for three-day repair works. The Federal Controller of...
The Ondo State Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, said on Wednesday he was sure of victory in next weekend’s governorship election in the state. Ajayi, who stated...
Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Nigeria’s former minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, has made the cut for the last voting round for the position...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday applauded the Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, for his massive developmental projects in the state, saying he deserved to be elected...
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Wednesday warned politicians against actions and utterances that would compromise next weekend’s governorship election in Ondo State. The...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renewal of Freeborn Okhiria’s appointment as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC). The Director of Press and...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to heed calls for urgent restructuring of the country to save it from total collapse....
Four suspected fraudsters were on Wednesday arraigned before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on a nine-count charge bordering on...
The Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to scrap redundant agencies in order to save the cost of governance in the country. The Senate President,...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Eastern Narrow Gauge. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed...
The Niger State police command said on Wednesday four men had been arrested with a human head in Sabon Pegi, Mashegu local government area of the...
