The Imo State Police Command has arrested a serving soldier, and an army deserter amongst others for the killing of a 22-year-old undergraduate, Micah Isiah, after...
The order by many governors in the country for worship centres to reopen has been frowned at by the Federal Government. It said the order by...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Friday morning. 1. FG to dispatch experts to engage Kogi govt on COVID-19 The Minister of...
The Kano State government led by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has arrested no fewer than 45 vehicles inbound from other states for allegedly defying the lockdown order...
The Federal Government on Thursday said it would prosecute Nigerian citizens who fail to pay tax on their properties in foreign countries. The Attorney-General of the...
Kaduna State recorded 18 more cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, of which 10 were members of the same family. This was announced by Governor Nasir El-Rufai...
Allies of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State have called on a former National Chairman of the party, Chief John...
The Kaduna State Police Command Thursday confirmed the arrest of suspected killers of peasant farmers during the recent attacks on communities in Kajuru local government area...
The primacy of the media in any society is indubitable. The media is the iron curtain between tyranny and democracy. It is the bastion of the...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Thursday night confirmed 339 new COVID-19 cases in the country. In the daily update on the pandemic situation in...
The Chairman of Maradun local government area of Zamfara State, Alhaji Ahmad Abubakar and his deputy, Alhaji Shehu Muhammad Faru have been impeached by councillors in...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has arrested 14 Togolese and 10 Nigerians at Ajilete and Ilase border posts in Ogun State. The Comptroller, Ogun State Command...
The Federal Government said on Thursday the first and second batches of Nigerians evacuated from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United Kingdom had completed...
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Thursday, charged state governments to intensify sample collection and testing for COVID-19....
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said on Thursday the Federal Government would dispatch a ministerial team of experts to engage the Kogi State government on...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Thursday rescheduled its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting slated for next week due to the public holidays declared by the...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Thursday that 13 more COVID-19 patients had been discharged from various isolation facilities in the state. The governor, who...
The Ekiti State government said on Thursday a 75-year-old woman had died from complications arising from COVID-19. The government said on its Twitter handle that the...
The Federal Government Thursday appealed to traders and transport operators not to hike prices of food items and transportation fares following the outbreak of COVID-19 in...
Buy pressure in blue-chip stocks lifted the market higher Thursday as market capitalisation expanded by N159.553 billion The Insurance Index posted the biggest sectorial gain, going...
The Lagos State Police Command Thursday confirmed the arrest of one Insp. Charles Okoro attached to the Ikotun Division for allegedly killing one Fatai Oladipupo along...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said on Thursday the state government has conducted about 16, 000 COVID-19 tests at a cost of...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 Thursday urged all essential workers to go about their legitimate businesses unhindered. The Chairman of the PTF, Boss Mustapha,...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said on Thursday the World Bank had proposed the disbursement of $1.5 billion to states as...
The United Nations (UN) Population Fund (UNFPA) says Nigeria records 12,000 new cases of Vesicovaginal Fistula (VVF) yearly. The Country Representative of UNFPA, Mrs. Ulla Muller,...
The Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, Damian Opara, has quit the party. Opara, who resigned from the party on Thursday,...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Thursday presided over the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The forum, which was anchored from the Yellow...
The Kogi State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) lamented on Thursday that testing for COVID-19 had remained a huge challenge in the state. The...
The Nigerian Correctional Service said Thursday said at least 3,751 inmates of correctional facilities had been released in compliance with the presidential directive on the decongestion...
The Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano State said on Thursday that at least 40 COVID-19-infected health workers had been discharged after they recovered fully from...
The Bayelsa State House of Assembly Thursday passed three amendment bills on Public Procurement, Fiscal Responsibility, and the Debt Management Office 2020. The bills, when assented...
The Lagos State government on Thursday approved the reduction of the state’s 2020 Budget by 21 percent. The state Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr....
The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has relaxed the lockdown in the state and ordered churches and mosques to open for religious gatherings. The state...
Gospel vocalist, Chika Chidi is of the opinion that the recent appeals made by some clerics in Nigeria to reopen worship centres amid the outbreak of...
The governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade, on Thursday revealed the reason the state had not recorded any COVID-19 case yet. Nigeria as at Thursday...
The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it recorded four more COVID-19 deaths. The state Commissioner of Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, disclosed this on his Twitter...
Nigeria’s inflation touched its two-year high of 12.34% in April, the statistics office said on Thursday, propelled by rise in food prices as Africa’s biggest economy...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Deputy National Chairman (north), Lawal Shuaibu has described the party as a “nest of lawlessness”. He also said that the party...
Two Chinese citizens accused of bribing an official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have both been granted bail by a High Court sitting...
A former staff at the White House, Wilson Roosevelt Jerman has died of Covid-19 Wednesday at the age of 91. Wilson Roosevelt Jerman, who was one...
Disc jockey cum musician, Florence Otedola, popularly known in music circles as DJ Cuppy, has dropped the biggest hint yet that she is keen on joining...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed it is considering the now controversial Madagascar’s COVID-19 Organics cure for a clinical observation process as soon as possible....
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello, on Wednesday insisted that mosques in FCT will remain shut. The minister also vowed that he...
The man, Yunusa Dahiru, who abducted and impregnated a teenager, Ese Oruru has been convicted. A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital...
No less than eight medical doctors have contracted COVID-19 in Zamfara State. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in the state confirmed this to Channles Television on...
The Rivers State Police Command on Thursday said it has began community policing in the state with the launch of the Community Policing Advisory Committee (SCPAC)....
The Iraqi authorities have reportedly arrested an ISIS commander, Abdulnasser al-Qirdash, chosen successor to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi who was killed in an air raid in 2019...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Lagos has suspended its “sit-at-home” action barely 24 hours after it embarked on it, the association said in a statement...
Now that Gambari is on the saddle No recent appointment into President Muhammadu Buhari’s kitchen cabinet had drawn so much suspense. First, were the unconfirmed reports...
Muslim faithfuls across the country have been advised to observe the forthcoming Eid-al-fitr celebrations at their various homes to prevent a further spread of the COVID-19...