The Federal Government has launched a military campaign against the bandits terrorising states in the North-West. The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, disclosed this...
The Kano State government has confirmed 10 persons dead following the outbreak of diphtheria in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran, confirmed...
Four persons died and 20 others were injured in an auto crash along the Ilesa-Akure express road in Osun State on Wednesday. The Sector Commander of...
At least three persons were feared dead in a boat accident in the Zindiwa River, Gamawa local government area of Bauchi State on Saturday. Eyewitnesses told...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Saturday, warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors against interfering in the Rivers State political...
The management of the University of Ibadan (UI) has ordered students of the institution to vacate the campus for three weeks following recent protests against a...
The Lagos State government has set up a medical panel to review the circumstances leading to the death of the Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police,...
The Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (JOHESU/AHPA) on Saturday decried the prolonged abduction of a Registrar at the National Eye Centre...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed 185 fatalities from floods in various parts of the country. The NEMA spokesman, Manzo Ezekiel, disclosed this in...
Flood triggered by days of torrential rain has destroyed 1,650 houses in Jajere and Yunusari towns of Yobe State. The Executive Secretary of the State Emergency...
Police operatives in Lagos have arrested a man for allegedly pushing his 47-year-old younger brother to death. The spokesman for the state police command, Benjamin Hundeyin,...
Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, took to social media on Saturday to share his thoughts on what he termed “envy” among Nigeria’s political...
The federal government has taken a significant step towards addressing Nigeria’s longstanding electricity meter shortage. In a partnership with Chinese firms, the government aims to install...
Investors in Nigerian equities market recorded bullish trading sessions on the floor of the Nigerian Xchange Group (NGX) gaining N348.34bn as market capitalization increased to N55.47trn...
Donald Duke, the former governor of Cross River State, has denounced the recent acquisition of a new presidential aircraft as a “failure of leadership” amid Nigeria’s...
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in Nigeria’s 2023 election, on Friday, strongly denounced recent “hate speech” attributed to Amaka Patience Sunnberger, a Nigerian woman...
The naira slumped against the American dollar on Friday, August 30, 2024. The local currency traded at N1,598/$1 at the official window according to data from...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Police summons Ajaero on fresh allegations, to appear September 5 The Nigeria Police Force...
The Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Special Offences has arrested 25 suspected hoodlums for allegedly attacking motorists along the Lekki-Epe Expressway. The agency’s spokesman,...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Ogun State on Friday suspended its 27-day-old strike for four weeks. The strike which began on August 3 paralyzed activities...
The Kano State government has pushed election into the election into the 44 local government areas in the state by four weeks. The chairman of the...
Police on Friday arraigned a 37-year-old driver, Mohammed Hamza, at a Gwagwalada Magistrates’ Court in Abuja, for allegedly defrauding his client of N420,000. He was arraigned...
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has promoted the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fayoade Adegoke, and seven others to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors- General...
The Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, has dismissed over 200 soldiers from the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF). The RDF said in a statement on Friday the dismissed...
At least seven persons were declared missing and about 100 houses and farmlands were submerged by flood in Niger State on Friday. The Director-General of Niger...
The Nigerian equities market closed the week on Friday with a profit of N98 billion for investors. This followed the growth in the share prices of...
The Managing Director of Financial Derivative Company, Bismarck Rewane, said on Friday the $1 trillion economy target set by President Bola Tinubu’s administration would not happen...
Police operatives in Kaduna have arrested three suspects involved in Automated Teller Machine (ATM) swap in the state. The police also recovered 54 ATM cards with...
The Nigeria Police Force has invited the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, for questioning over alleged criminal intimidation. He will appear at...
The Ondo State government has fixed January 18, 2025, for election in the 18 local government areas in the state. The election was initially fixed for...
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents on Friday attacked the Faudiya Islamic boarding School in Geidam, Yobe State, and killed three students. The spokesman for...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed nine suspected bandits and recovered dangerous automatic weapons and ammunition in Kaduna State. The army said in a post...
The Federal High Court on Friday granted an order to the Department of State Services (DSS) to freeze 20 bank accounts linked to Aisha Abdulkarim, a...
The Chairman of BUA Group the parent company of BUA Cement Plc, Abdulsamad Rabiu has related how cement dealers frustrated his company’s plan to sell cement...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has unveiled plans to engage private oilperations and Maintenance companies, to operate and maintain the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company...
Oguntade Nafisat, an HND2 student of Accountancy at Federal Polytechnic, Ede, stated that during her ND1 days, her classes used to be held on the first...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. New report reveals that Nigerians paid N1.04bn as ransom to kidnappers in 12 months...
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Thursday gave traders and other business owners one month to reduce prices of commodities. The Executive Vice-Chairman...
A soldier on Wednesday shot dead the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Wusagu Police Division in Kebbi State, Halliru Liman, in Zamfara State. The spokesman for...
The Labour Party has resolved to boycott the September 28 local government election in Anambra State. The LP Publicity Secretary in the state, Mr. Theo Egbe,...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday urged the newly appointed Brazilian ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Carlos Areias, to prioritise the establishment of direct flights between the two...
The naira recovered against the American dollar at the official window on Thursday. Data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) showed that the local...
Troops of the Nigerian Army on Thursday killed eight suspected bandits during a fighting patrol in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State. The state’s...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested four members of a syndicate for allegedly impersonating its chairman, Ola Olukoyede, in a $1 million fraud....
The Nigerian equities market recovered from trading losses on Thursday as investors gained N117 billion at the close of the day’s trading. This followed the increase...
A new report released by a security intelligence gathering and strategic consulting firm, SBM Intelligence, has revealed that Nigerians paid ₦1.04 billion as ransom to kidnappers...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) claimed on Thursday troops deployed to various theatres of operation killed 1,166 suspected terrorists in 29 days across the country. The Director...
All the 16 political parties taking part in the Edo State governorship election will sign a peace accord ahead of the exercise on September 12. The...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has threatened to drag the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) to court for failure...
Akwa Ibom State Police Command has killed one Ubong Effiong Archibong, also known as ‘Condiment,’ a notorious kidnapping kingpin and leader of the Bling Bling Marine...
