The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will restart sales of foreign exchange to bureau de change on 31st August ahead of resumption of international flights, according to...
The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday troops of Operation Silent HEAT had rescued 13 foreigners who were abducted in Lome waters in the South South part...
The Federal Government on Thursday formally launched two transparent dashboards to monitor the nation’s COVID-19 expenses and other responses. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force...
Nigerian refineries processed nearly no crude in 13 months, the latest data published by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) showed on Thursday. Within that time,...
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, on Thursday expressed happiness at his re-election as the multilateral lender’s helmsman. In his acceptance...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday evening congratulated Dr Akinwumi Adesina on his re-election as President of the African Development Bank (AfDB). The party gave the...
The National Council of State on Thursday ratified the presidential pardon granted to the late former governor of the defunct Bendel State, Ambrose Alli, and three...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, said on Thursday only a “digital candidate with pedigree” would succeed him in 2023. The governor, who stated this during the...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold another Extraordinary Summit on the socio-political situation in Mali Friday. The ECOWAS Commission, which disclosed this...
The Senate Committee on Special Duties on Thursday called for proper funding of the North East Development Commission (NEDC) to ensure the overall development of the...
The management of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, has reduced the institution’s tuition fees. The Acting Registrar of the institution, Opeoluwa Akinfemiwa,...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, said on Thursday the commission was fully prepared for the September 19 governorship election...
The Federal Government announced on Thursday that it was shifting the resumption of international flights by one week, meaning a new date of September 5. The...
Mark Zuckerberg-led social media giant Facebook has reportedly deleted a local self-declared militia’s page, a decision that followed an event that led to the killing of...
The Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) fighters on Tuesday killed at least 14 people in a Cameroonian island near the border with Nigeria. A...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday congratulated Dr Akinwumi Adesina on his re-election as the President of African Development Bank (AfDB). In a statement issued by his...
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has raised eyebrows over the flagrant flouting of COVID-19 protocols by politicians in Ondo State ahead of the forthcoming governorship election...
Flood has displaced several persons in 15 local government areas in Katsina State. Alhaji Babangida Nasamu, Executive Secretary of the State Emergency Management, Agency (SEMA), made...
Synthego on Thursday secured a $100 million funding round, an investment that is expected to help produce reagents and cells supporting basic research and clinical trials....
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the sacking of Prof Charles Quarker Dokubo as Coordinator, Amnesty Programme with immediate effect. He is to be replaced by Col...
Femi Falana (SAN) has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to provide detailed information on how the N338.6 billion COVID-19 fund was spent. The Lagos-based...
No fewer than 25 officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO), and Motor Vehicle Licensing Authority, (MVLA), have been arrested by...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued 132 victims of human trafficking in Akwa Ibom since the beginning of 2020....
Two people have sustained various degrees of injury after a petrol tanker exploded at the gate of Federal Polytechnic Bauchi in the late hours of Wednesday....
Modestus Nwamkpa, an aide to Governor Hope Uzodinma, has defended his principal over Imo State’s current status as the state with the highest number of unemployed...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar III, has warned Southern Kaduna leaders against making inflammatory comments which have led to wanton killing of innocent people...
Senator Ike Ekweremadu has called for the scrapping of the Executive Order from the constitution. The former deputy Senate president stated this in a paper on...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has disclosed that plans to set up a court to address sexual and gender-based violence are underway in the state. He...
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has lamented the killing of some alleged members of the group by security operatives. IPOB...
Former heads of state, General Ibrahim Babangida; Chief Earnest Shonekan and General Abdulsalami Abubakar on Thursday attended the Council of State meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari....
A popular South African conservationist, West Mathewson has been mauled by two rare white lions as he was taking them for a walk at his well-known...
These latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. Six Nigerian agri-tech startups emerge finalists in EPIC Pitch Six Nigerian...
The appointment of 47-year-old Kaycee Madu, a Nigerian-born lawyer, as the new minister of justice and solicitor-general of Alberta, Canada, has been confirmed. But what gave...
Kevin Mayer, the chief executive of the Chinese-owned video app, TikTok, resigned on Wednesday. Mayer’s resignation is coming after an unending tension from U.S President Donald...
Oil prices were broadly steady on Thursday as a sweeping hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico made a landfall in the heart of the U.S. oil...
Last Sunday in Emene, Enugu State, a massacre on a small scale of unarmed members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) took place tragically. According...
Police operatives of the Zone 2 command, Onikan, Lagos, raided a drug syndicate operating along the Oyo, Ogun and Lagos states axis and arrested a suspected...
Nearly 84% of chief executives in Nigeria believe that the outlook for the real estate sector, particularly for companies involved in the business of office rentals,...
No fewer than 261 Nigerians who were stranded in China have returned home. This was announced by the Nigerians In Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on Wednesday. “261...
No less than three members of the the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shiites were reportedly arrested on Wednesday by security personnel in...
No less than 410 members of the Darul Salam terrorist group have surrendered to the Nigerian Military, the Defence Headquarters said on Thursday. The Coordinator, Defence...
Akinwunmi Adesina was on Thursday re-elected as the President of the African Development Bank for another five-year tenure. Mr Adesina was elected for the second term...
Nigeria’s manufacturing Purchasing Manger Index (PMI), which measures the general direction of economic trends in the manufacturing sector of the economy, stood at 48.5 index points...
Two missiles, including one dubbed an “aircraft-carrier killer”, were fired by China into the South China Sea, in a pointed warning to the United States as...
The governor of Enugu, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has summoned an emergency State Security Council meeting over the killing of some Igbo youths in the Emene area of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has mocked President Muhammadu Buhari for making more promises to Nigerians despite not being able to fulfill the ones he made...
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) on Wednesday declared that the current reform of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) will not induce job loss in the...
That hurried vacation On August 19, the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, made public the suspension of all investigative and committee hearings...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has kicked against state governments and other employers that are indiscriminately sacking their workers using the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic...
The former Senate Majority Leader, Ali Ndume has said the insecurity situation in Gwoza was overwhelming and that people die every day either from attacks or...
