With just one month to the Ondo State governorship election, fire on Thursday evening razed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Akure, the state...
A court in the United Kingdom on Thursday ordered the British Virgin Islands firm, Process and Industrial Development (P$ID) to pay £1.5m to Nigeria within 21...
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Thursday suspended its nationwide strike to allow the Federal Government time to meet its demands over pay and...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of an additional N8.9 billion for payment of hazard allowances for all health workers in the country. The Chairman...
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, said on Thursday the Federal Government would save over N1trillion annually with the removal of subsidy on petrol....
One person was killed and several others injured during a clash between the supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP)...
A civil servant impersonating the Niger state Commissioner for Agriculture and 79 other civil servants have been dismissed from the Niger State Civil Service for engaging...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said on Thursday, the Federal Government would not negotiate with the British Virgin Island firm,...
A one-storey building collapsed in the Ijora-Badia area of Lagos on Thursday. The spokesman of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Nosa Okunbor, who confirmed...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said on Thursday all the governorship candidates for the September 19 election in Edo...
Mark Zuckerberg-led social media company, Facebook, has reportedly launched a new platform to connect college students, codenamed Facebook Campus. The new offering, according to product analysts,...
The Nasarawa State government said on Thursday it had commenced the testing of civil servants in the state for COVID-19. The Director of Public Health in...
The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has approved the appointment of four permanent secretaries in the state civil service. The Chief Press Secretary to the...
The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday it would not react to criticism from some Nigerians over the killing of Benue’s most wanted criminal, Terwase Akwaza, aka...
Despite criticism from several quarters, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday his administration had recorded “notable achievements” in the last five years. The president, who stated...
Real estate firm Orchard has in a Series C funding round led by U.S. venture capital firm Revolution Growth raised $69 million. The tech-forward residential real...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Akinwumi was re-elected as the...
The Lagos State government said on Thursday only final-year university students would resume school on September 14. The Special Adviser on Education to the state Governor,...
An Islamic cleric, Sheik Murtala Sokoto, has lambasted Nigerians still praising President Muhammadu Buhari. He said that Nigeria had been thrown into disarray under Buhari, describing...
The Federal Government’s plan to concession four major airports in Nigeria has been decried by the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The four airports the government is...
The major players of Mali’s military rulers have launched a three-day “national consultation” with political parties, unions and members of civil society groups, facing questions at...
A Federal High Court which sat in Lagos on Thursday and presided over by Justice Oguntoyinbo has fixed October 6 to hear the no-case submissions in...
The Presidency on Thursday said the recent surge in food prices in the country was gradually evolving into a food crisis, with the ability to threaten...
The joint National Assembly Committee on Ecology and Climate Change has decried the slow pace at which the Ogoni cleanup exercise was being carried out. The...
At least 47,000 candidates have applied for the Oyo State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps job openings. Kunle Togun, a retired officer of the Nigerian...
A former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has described the order issued by the Federal Government of Nigeria to “immediately” commence the use of consultants and...
These latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. TikTok partners Gritti to launch elevator pitch for entrepreneurs Popular short...
At least 20 residents have been abducted by some unknown gunmen in Tunga Maji, a suburb of Abuja, early Thursday morning. According to a resident, the...
Operatives of the Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested a 40-year-old man identified as Usman Isma’il for allegedly killing...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday said there should be no justification for sexual assault and rape. According to a statement by his spokesperson, Laolu Akande, the...
The Nigerian Senate has extended the date for the closure of submission of memoranda for the amendment of the constitution. The Senate, in its review of...
Some leaders from the North-Central have announced the exit of the region from the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and formed a new group, the North-Central Peoples...
The administration of President Donald Trump of the United States of America has cancelled visas for more than 1,000 Chinese nationals under a May 29 presidential...
An attack carried out by a suicide bomber who blew himself up inside a restaurant in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday, has left three people dead...
A fresh N6.5 billion loan request by Governor Nyesom Wike has been approved by the Rivers State House of Assembly. The governor, in a letter to...
The unsettled fight On September 1, Nigerian Senators distanced themselves from an allegation heaped on them by the Director of Projects in the Niger Delta Development...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called for a peaceful conduct of the Edo State governorship election set for September 19 stating that it is...
The candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, for the Ondo State governorship election, Agboola Ajayi, has declared that the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Governor...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning. 1. FG, NARD reach agreement on doctors’ demands The Federal Government and National Association...
The Federal Government and National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Wednesday reached an agreement on some of the issues raised by the health workers. In...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, said on Wednesday the state government planned to acquire 2000 units of 11 and 13-seat microbuses to...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of being hypocritical by criticizing the Federal Government’s decision to end fuel subsidy...
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 176 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases were...
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday inaugurated the National Steering Committee to oversee the development of the Nigeria Agenda 2050, Medium-Term National Development Plan (MTNDP) to succeed Vision...
Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday warned Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, against tampering with the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
A former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswan, on Wednesday asked the Federal Government to investigate the killing of the state’s most wanted criminal, Terwase Agwaza,...
Due to global cybersecurity concerns, the government of Zimbabwe has announced plans to build an indigenous video conferencing and messaging app, TrueConf. The development comes after...
The Osun State government on Wednesday received 15 female indigenes of the state who returned from Lebanon recently. The state’s Commissioner for Women, Children and Social...
There are fresh doubts over the federal government’s claim of full deregulation of the downstream segment of the petroleum industry with the latest admission by the...
The Edo House of Assembly on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure credible conduct of the September 19...
