In the first part of this three-part investigative story, DAMILOLA BANJO exposed a string of extortion, bribery and intimidation by the agents and keepers of the...
Lawmakers from South-East, both at the Senate and the House of Representatives, have decried alleged non-inclusion of the region among those to benefit from the $22.7...
The Presidency has reacted to the video of an alleged attempted attack on President Muhammadu Buhari in Kebbi State. A video currently circulating on social media...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Friday morning, March 13, 2020 1. Presidency reacts to alleged attack on Buhari in Kebbi...
The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has stated why his administration has failed to conduct local government council elections. Governor Bello while inaugurating three commissions,...
Katsina state Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has attempted to provide reasons for the recent spate of killings in some rural communities across the state by marauding...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday dismissed reports on the impending devaluation of Naira, saying the speculation by unscrupulous players in the foreign exchange...
Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta has tested positive for coronavirus, and following the disclosure, the Premier League has scheduled an emergency club meeting for Friday. Several Gunners...
Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Thursday restrained the All Progressives Congress (APC) from going ahead with the March 17 National Executive...
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Thursday reversed the requirements for compulsory possession of the International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP) otherwise known as...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State on Thursday suspended a former Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Heineken Lokpobiri, a former member...
The bear run in the Nigerian bourse continued today as sell pressure on blue-chip equities caused key performance indicators to close in the negative territory. A...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday appealed to striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to accept the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System. The university teachers embarked...
The deposed Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, on Thursday filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja, seeking an order for his release from the...
The Senator representing Imo West Senatorial district, Rochas Okorocha, on Thursday, gave the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and one Barr. K. M....
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday promised to review its four-day-old warning strike following the intervention of the Speaker of the House of...
A former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, on Thursday described dethronement of the immediate past Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, as a bad omen for...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Cross River on Thursday embarked on an indefinite strike over the abduction of the wife of their colleague, Mrs. Christian...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said on Thursday the Federal Government is not considering the imposition of a travel ban on any country due...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arrested 48 suspected cyber fraudsters in Abeokuta, Ogun State. A statement issued by the Acting Head of...
The Senate on Thursday passed for second reading, a constitution amendment bill which prescribes Higher National Diploma or its equivalent as the minimum educational qualification requirement...
Popular 80′s/90′s singer Daniel Wilson has expressed his thoughts over the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus also known as COVID-19 which has quickly spread across the...
A bill that will strip the president, his vice, governors and their deputies of immunity in criminal matters have passed second reading in the Senate. The...
Senator Ifeanyi Ubah’s hope of being reinstated as a senator has suffered a setback. This followed the decision of the Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja,...
The minister of equality in Spain, Irene Montero, has tested positive to the deadly coronavirus also known as COVID-19 which originated in Wuhan, China and has...
A bill seeking for an act to set up state police in Nigeria has scaled through second reading in the Senate. Senator Bashiru Surajudeen Ajibola, who...
Bashir Ahmad, a Personal Assistant on New Media to President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the incumbent president should be praised because he ordered the recent...
One Olugbenga Obiyomi, said to be a prophet, was on Wednesday arraigned before Ogba Magistrate Court 5, Lagos State, for alleged defilement of a three-year old...
These 5 latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. SpotOn secures $50 million in Series B Funding after a...
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to the bill seeking the ban on the importation and use of all kinds of generators which passed first...
China’s National Health Commission said on Thursday that the country has passed the peak of the coronavirus epidemic with the number of new cases falling to...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has okayed the order of interim forfeiture of some properties linked to Shamsudeen Bala, son of the Bauchi State governor,...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent complaint to the United Nations (UN) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention over what it said, was...
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday said the global falling price of crude oil should be a challenge for Nigeria to devise other means...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N13.9 billion for the purchase of insecticides in states affected by quelea birds and grasshoppers. This was made...
Mansur Mohammed, a 300-level student of the Federal University, Gusau has been arrested for allegedly supplying hard drugs to bandits that have been terrorising the state....
Billionaire mogul, Aliko Dangote, will launch a foray into crude oil production come July this year, a feat that will mark the latest addition to an expanding...
A War Power Resolution aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s ability to wage war against Iran has been approved and passed by the United States House...
A policemen attached to the Ondo State Police Command has allegedly shot his wife after which he took his own life, over alleged infidelity on the...
A woman, believed to be a student of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State has been arrested for throwing a newborn baby from the first floor...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Thursday morning. 1. New Emir of Kano gets letter of appointment Kano State Governor, Abdullahi...
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Wednesday gave restraining orders against the disruption of the National Executive Committee meeting of the All...
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has declared that the damage unleashed on the domestic economy of Nigeria since 2015 by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led...
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed has declared that the country’s budget will suffer severe strain due to the impact that the outbreak of the...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, said on Wednesday the replacements for banned motorcycles and tricycles would be made available across the...
Policemen on Wednesday rescued four National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members abducted by unknown gunmen along Funtua-Gusau Road, Zamfara. The corps members were kidnapped on Monday...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, on Wednesday declared the two-week warning strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)...
Williams Obiora, the first prosecution witness in the trial of a former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), said on Wednesday, he was part...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday, presented a letter of appointment to Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, as the 15th Emir of Kano. Until his new...
The Kano state Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday dismissed allegations that the presidency was behind the dethronement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as Emir of Kano. Ganduje’s...