In a bid to discourage health professionals from leaving the country in what is popularly called the ‘Japa Syndrome,’ the Nigerian government has placed a blanket...
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Saturday, visited Kaduna State where he met with the leaders and representatives of the Kuriga community in Chikun Local Government Area...
Apex Northern socio-political group, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has described the abduction of school children in different parts of Northern Nigeria by bandits as an...
The Senate on Saturday dismissed reports on the padding of the 2024 budget by over N4 trillion. The Senate passed the 2024 budget of N28.7 trillion...
Police operatives in Anambra on Friday rescued four men abducted by kidnappers in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this...
Gunmen on Friday killed a middle-aged man identified as Danjuma Emokpaire in Edo State. A resident of the community told journalists that Emokpaire was attacked by...
The Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has sacked the District Head of Sauwa, Muhammad-Sauwa. The Chairman of the Local Government Service Commission, Mansir Shehu, disclosed this...
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, on Saturday decried the escalating insecurity in the country. He was reacting to the...
The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Saturday, urged politicians to stop politicising the security situation in the state. The governor made the call when he...
Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have arrested some suspects in connection with the murder of the Ardo of Kamuru, Zangon- Kataf local government area of...
Armed men suspected to be bandits in the early hours of Saturday abducted 15 students of Tsangaya School at Gidan Bakuso, Gada local government area of...
The Nigerian government, on Saturday, issued a strong message condemning the recent kidnappings in Borno and Kaduna states, vowing to secure the safe return of all...
The Kaduna State Government, on Saturday, strongly refuted media reports claiming it hired a private negotiator to secure the release of students recently abducted from the...
The National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) said on Friday over 6.1 million Nigerians were displaced by insecurity and natural disasters in...
Amnesty International on Friday urged the Federal Government to rescue the over 600 people abducted by terrorists in Borno and Kaduna States. Suspected Boko Haran insurgents...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have destroyed the supreme headquarters of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) at Orsu local government area of Imo State. The...
The Ebonyi State government has banned the use of tinted car glass across the state. In a statement on Friday in Abakaliki by the Chief Press...
Police operatives in Abia have rescued 16 pregnant women and eight children at a baby factory in the Aba area of the state. The spokesperson for...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Friday reportedly attacked the Anguwar Makera mosque in the Kwasakwasa community of Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State...
Gunmen in the early hours of Friday killed four police officers at a checkpoint in Ebonyi State. Eyewitnesses told journalists that two ladies were killed by...
President Bola Tinubu on Friday condemned the abductions of internally displaced persons and students by terrorists in Borno and Kaduna States. Suspected Boko Haran insurgents on...
The remains of the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, as well as those of his wife Chizoba, and son, Chizi have...
The House of Representatives on Friday summoned the Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) over the alleged unlawful detention...
A human rights lawyer and activist, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has called on the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to carry out a comprehensive probe of...
ActionAid Nigeria, a leading civil society organization, on Friday, issued a strong condemnation of the recent abductions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Borno State and...
The Department of State Services (DSS), on Friday, cautioned Nigerians to be vigilant against public dangers, especially Improvised Explosive Devices. IEDs are locally made bombs used...
The United Nations Children Fund has condemned the abduction of students by bandits in Kaduna State, describing the frequency of such abductions as alarming and requiring...
Those calling for coup may have the Federal Government to contend with, as the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle has directed the Defence Intelligence...
Nigeria’s House of Representatives, on Thursday, directed the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to recover a staggering N5.19 trillion owed to the federal government in unpaid...
Following the rot in the power sector in Nigeria, the presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) Malik Ado-Ibrahim has blamed former President Muhammadu Buhari...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated an 11-member committee to implement the approved recommendations of the Stephen Oronsaye report on the restructuring and rationalisation of government...
The Kano State House of Assembly has approved the constitution of interim management committees for the 44 local government areas in the state. This followed the...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the release of funds for the rehabilitation of the Eko Bridge in Lagos. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the indefinite suspension of the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad, and three Executive Directors of...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said on Thursday its Super Mushshak trainer aircraft was involved in a minor accident in Kaduna State. The NAF’s Director of...
The House of Representatives on Thursday called for the inclusion of security education as a core subject in school curriculum in the country. This followed the...
The presidency on Thursday revealed that President Bola Tinubu sleeps late everyday due to concern for Nigerians who are groaning under the weight of his government’s...
A forensic document examiner seconded to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Bamaiyi Haruna, has revealed that the analysis conducted on the documents used to...
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, called on security agencies to rescue about 300 women kidnapped in Borno State last week. According to reports, the women...
Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFund), Dr. Akintunde Sawyer, has disclosed that beneficiaries of the Nigeria Education Loan Scheme would begin the payment...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Thursday, demanded N794,000 as the new minimum wage for workers in the South-West region. The South-West NLC chapter, through the...
Former Nigerian Minister of Agriculture and President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, believes the future of Nigerian youths does not lie in...
The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to direct security agencies to intensify their operations to end the rising criminal activities...
There was mild drama on Wednesday in front of the headquarters of the Economic and Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Jabi District of Abuja, the Federal Capital...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has disclosed that it would create a Youths Entrepreneurship Investment Bank in a bid to address the Japa Syndrome where vibrant...
The funeral rites of the former Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe continued in Lagos on Wednesday with another night of...
The Zamfara State government has confirmed the arrest of 10 suspects in connection with the murder of an Islamic scholar in the state, Sheik Abubakar Mada....
The Jigawa State House of Assembly has suspended four local councils’ chairmen in the state for alleged misconduct. This followed the adoption of the report of...
President Bola Tinubu has signed an executive order to improve the investment climate for the oil and gas sector in Nigeria. The Special Adviser on Media...
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, on Wednesday, threatened to revoke the licenses of power distribution companies (DisCos) over persistent poor power supply in the country....