The Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri, on Tuesday, appealed the state election petition tribunal’s nullification of last year’s governorship election in the state. The panel on...
The Lagos State government on Tuesday arraigned a truck driver, Sodiq Okanlanwan at the State High Court, Igbosere, for allegedly crushing three people to death at...
The Niger State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the killing of a foreign national by suspected bandits in Rafi local government area of the state. The...
Rebellious soldiers in Mali on Tuesday reportedly detained President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse. One of the leaders of the group confirmed the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting, according to presidential sources,...
The Bayelsa State House of Assembly on Tuesday confirmed the 24 commissioner-nominees appointed by Governor Douye Diri as members of the state executive council. The governor...
The Director of Financial Policy and Regulation at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Kevin Amugo, said on Tuesday Nigerian banks recovered about N50.32million bad...
The Oyo State government on Tuesday announced the postponement of the Common Entrance examination into the state’s schools of science. The test which was initially slated...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, said on Tuesday he would give priority attention to the power sector if re-elected on September 19. Obaseki, who is the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday filed fresh money laundering charges against a Briton linked to the alleged contract scam in the Process...
President Muhmmadu Buhari, held another closed-door meeting with former President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday. Jonathan was accompanied by members of the...
The amnesty granted to the “repentant Boko Haram members” under the disguise of “Operation Safe Corridor” amidst the atmosphere clouded with killings, bombing, malnutrition of victims...
Internet personality, Ismaila Mustapha, aka Mompha, on Tuesday, asked the Federal High Court, Lagos, to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to pay him...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Tuesday the late former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, leaked the information of his pending arrest for alleged...
These 5 latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today: 1. Pinterest gets first black board member Former Harpo Studios...
The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria has thrown its weight behind the death sentence handed a Kano based singer, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu after a court in...
The Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), on Tuesday, opted out of the opposition by the staff of the institute to the...
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu has described the allotment of 30 out of the 1000 slots per local government to each...
A group of Ijaw women known as Ijaw Women Connect (IWC), have said that they would resist attempts at victimising a former Minister of Petroleum Resources,...
The Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) Director General, Salihu Lukmam has responded to being described as a pig by the former national chairman of the All Progressives...
The Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, presided over by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, has convicted and sentenced one Abiona Akinyemi Festus to two years imprisonment for...
A 30-year-old teacher, Thomas Joshua has been sentenced to 28 months in prison by an Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos for stealing...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned the imposition of N5 million fine on Nigeria Info radio stationby the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over an...
The digital national identification project of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has come under attack as a civil society organisation, Laws and Rights Awareness Initiative,...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has been sued in court for allegedly arbitrarily amending the Broadcast Code and increasing the fine for hate...
Oyo State government has confirmed the discharge of 73 patients who have recovered from the deadly COVID-19 virus after treatment. This was confirmed in a Twitter...
Ikedi Ohakim, a former Governor of Imo State is currently engaged in a bitter feud with an ex-mistress of his, one Ms Chinyere Amuchienwa. Premium Times...
Abducted wives and a one-year-old son of slain member of Bauchi State House of Assembly representing Dass constituency, Musa Mante have regained freedom. The Chief of...
‘Bop Daddy’ crooner Folarin Falana aka Falz ‘the bad guy’ has called out the Federal Government of Nigeria over its continued closure of cinemas and night...
A former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha on Monday labelled the administration of Governor Hope Uzodinma as All Progressives Congress (APC) in name but Peoples...
The political unrest in Mali is threatening to boil over after Mali’s opposition said it will intensify anti-government protests starting Tuesday. Representatives of the June 5...
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has likened the Progressives Governors Forum’s Director General, Salihu Lukman, to a pig. The immediate past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress...
The House of Representatives on Monday accused Nigerian government officials of too much desperation in signing loan agreements at any condition. The Chairman of the House...
The Police command in Niger State has confirmed the abduction of a foreign national and a Nigerian by suspected bandits on Monday. They were abducted in...
The Federal Government has been urged not to distort the fragile peace in the Niger Delta region over the rumoured scrapping of the Presidential Amnesty programme....
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that young people across the globe are accelerating the spread of the deadly COVID-19 disease. This was revealed on...
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State on Monday revealed that his administration was installing close circuit television (CCTV) in the southern part of the state in...
Members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG) have halted...
Editor’s Note: This months-long investigation was led by Ripples Nigeria’s Muhammad Al-bashir with the support of locals. Sources include community members and leaders, as well as...
“Sorry about your man” “Thank you” “You know I used to think that this COVID-19 thing is a kind of scientific joke, but now I am...
Hajiya Ummi El-Rufai, the wife of Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai is clamouring for a law that would ensure the castration of any person found guilty...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha has suggested that Nigeria is struggling to contain the COVID-19 disease over its failure...
Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila on Monday convened a meeting of some African Speakers of Parliaments where it was agreed that there...
Governor Nyesome Wike has announced the reopening of worship centres in Rivers State. He said that churches were free to now hold services with 50 per...
A human rights activist, Comrade Adeniyi Sulaiman has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Adamu Mohammed to compel the Commissioner of Police in Oyo...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government of favouritism in the allocation of Federal Government’s 774,000 jobs. In...
The Akwa Ibom State government has recorded no fewer than eight COVID-19 deaths and has conducted 1,721 tests for the deadly disease which has fast spread...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning. 1. Over 20,000 Nigerians engaged for Lagos-Ibadan rail project —Amaechi The Minister of Transportation,...
Nigeria on Monday night recorded 417 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh...
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said on Monday over 20,000 workers were engaged for the ongoing construction of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project. He said the...
