The World Bank has predicted that climate change could force at least 216 million people across the six regions in the world to migrate back to...
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and African Union Commission (AUC) have projected remittances to African countries to fall by 5.4 per cent from $44 billion...
Unknown gunmen have allegedly abducted a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Dickson Imasogie. Ripples Nigeria learnt that the PDP leader was...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) has confirmed the attack on the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC) in Kabba, Kogi State, by unknown gunmen in the early...
The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has expressed concerns over reports that the Federal Government was engaging in a secret programme tagged, Suhlu, positioned to rehabilitate top...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Saturday attacked a community in Benue State that border’s Taraba State, killing one person and abducting many. According to reports,...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to instruct the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, and the Nigerian...
Soldiers attached to Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have reportedly murdered a taxi driver, Sadik Abdullahi Karafa, in Plateau State. Karafa was assaulted by soldiers stationed at...
A court in the Northern District of Oklahoma, United States, has sentenced a 36-year-old Nigerian, Afeez Adebara, to four years in prison for internet fraud. Adebara...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Saturday dismissed reports on the planned conversion of foreign exchange in domiciliary accounts to Naira. Reports emerged during the...
The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, on Saturday directed banks, markets and transporters in the state to ignore the sit-at-home directive issued by the Indigenous People...
Police operatives in Niger State have rescued the abducted traditional ruler of Wawa in the Borgu local government area of the state, Dr. Mahmud Aliyu. The...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa has disclosed that the commission recovered over N72.8 billion, and 30 Real Estates from...
Following the passage of the anti-grazing law in Ondo State, the states local security network codenamed Amotekun, has arrested three herders and 56 cows for violating...
The Lagos State Government has applied to be joined as a co-respondent in the appeal filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) against the judgement...
The court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday stopped the Rivers State government from collecting Value Added Tax (VAT), as it ordered all parties (Rivers...
Two groups known as Global Rights and the African Coalition for Corporate Accountability (ACCA) have decried the poor regulation of artisanal and illegal mining activities in...
The Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has said despite his influence as the Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum to convince his colleagues to stand...
The Edo State government on Thursday threatened to deny doctors that are yet to receive the COVID-19 vaccine access to their patients from next week. The...
Bandits fleeing from the ongoing military operation in Zamfara State killed six persons in Tureta local government area of Sokoto State on Thursday. Tureta which shares...
Telecommunication services have been shut down in 13 local government areas of Katsina State. The affected LGAs are – Sabuwa, Faskari, Dandume, Batsari, Danmusa, Kankara, Jibia,...
Journalists were on Thursday barred from covering President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting with some leaders of the South-East region in Owerri, the Imo State capital, after the...
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has blamed the Federal Government for slowing the efforts of North-West governors to end banditry in the region. El-Rufai,...
Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have allegedly abducted 18 travellers along the Ifira-Akoko/Idoani road in Ondo State. Ripples Nigeria learnt that the victims were abducted...
Again, armed bandits have attacked Ungwan Maje and Ungwan Laka villages in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing a police officer and abducting...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested one suspect and seized drugs worth N6 billion at the Apapa port in Lagos. The drugs were...
The Biafra Nations League (BNL) has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against visiting Imo State on Thursday as planned, saying he should cancel the visit to save...
The Kaduna State Government has disclosed that it has no plans to shutdown telecommunication services in the state, saying any of such report was fake news....
The Commissioner for Information in Zamfara State, Ibrahim Dosara has said the military offensive against the bandits in the state is yielding tremendous success since the...
The leader of the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, who is currently facing trial, has dragged the Nigerian government to an Abia State...
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has dispelled fears of some residents of Tirwun quarters in Bauchi metropolis of Bauchi State, over the situation of five...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has disclosed plans by the congress to review labour laws in the country. NLC’s Head of Research Department, Dr Onoho’Omhen Ebhohinhen...
Less than 24 hours after the family members of lawmakers in the Katsina State House of Assembly were kidnapped in the state, the suspected bandits have...
The Lagos State government has filed charges against Ms Chidinma Ojukwu and one other person, Adedapo Quadri for the murder of the Chief Executive Officer of...
Justice Stephen Dalyop Pam of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, on Monday dismissed an application filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), seeking to...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in the early hours of Sunday abducted a 45-year-old woman and her two daughters at the Pegi community in the Kuje...
The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi has called on the police to fish out the killers of Mr. Olajide Sowore, younger brother of the rights...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has begun the process of securing the freedom of some of its members arrested in Ghana. The Ghanaian police had...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a military officer, Anayo Nwamban, for allegedly planting drugs in his brother’s house to implicate him. The...
Unknown gunmen on Saturday night kidnapped Alhaji Mahmud Ahmed Aliyu, the District Head of Wawa in the Borgu emirate of Niger State. It was gathered that...
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, said on Saturday evening the state government would bring to justice, the suspected killers of Olajide Sowore, younger brother of...
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, said on Saturday would mount relentless pressure on security operatives to track down suspected killers of...
Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted Kabir Muhammad Inuwa, an elder brother to the Secretary to the Katsina State Government (SSG) Mustapha Inuwa. According...
The younger brother of Omoyele Sowore, a human rights activist and the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Olajide Sowore has been allegedly shot dead by unknown gunmen...
The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has warned against the reported approval by President Muhammadu Buhari for the payment of the $418 million suspicious...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it would go on with its Local Government congresses slated for this Saturday despite the court order, directing its...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said on Thursday said 5,890 Boko Haram terrorists comprising foot soldiers and their commanders have surrendered with their families to troops in...
The former Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, has reacted to reports on his absence from home since he was sacked from the Federal Executive Council (FEC)...
The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, on Thursday, called for the upward review of the revenue allocation to states by the Federal Government, to...
The Kogi State government has threatened to take legal action against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged N20 billion salary bailout funds...