I thought military coups ended with the 20th century but to my greatest surprise, about six military coups have taken place in West and Central Africa...
The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, on Saturday, announced a donation of N36.4 million, 100 bags of rice, 10 cows, 10 bags of beans, and...
President Bola Tinubu has accepted an invitation to meet with the President of the United States, Joe Biden, to discuss measures to take in settling the...
The Federal Government on Saturday dismissed a report on the expulsion of Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Niger Republic, Mohammed Usman. President Bola Tinubu has spearheaded moves...
President Bola Tinubu said on Saturday the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) would not allow the Niger military junta to “insincerely” buy time. Tinubu,...
The Defence Headquarters claimed on Friday troops attached to the various theatre commands have killed 23 suspected terrorists, arrested 109 criminals across the country in the...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Cross River State has suspended its strike for two weeks in the state. The association declared an indefinite strike in...
The Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Opu-Nembe over the crisis in the community. One person was killed and several others...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Friday night abducted the All Progressives Congress (APC) Organising Secretary in Kaduna State, Kawu Yakassai. An eyewitness told journalists on...
The House of Representatives Ad hoc committee investigating alleged job racketeering and mismanagement of Integrated Payroll and Personnel information System (IPPIS) by the agencies of Federal...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has given reasons why Nigeria did not apply to join the economic bloc made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa,...
The novel Omicron subvariants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, EG.5 and BA.2.86, have not yet been discovered in Nigeria, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has again issued a stern warning to leaders of Niger Republic military junta that no harm must come...
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mojoyinoluwa Dekalu-Thomas as the new managing director of the Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Company (NELMCO). NELMCO was established by the Federal...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, said on Friday the Port Harcourt Refining Company would resume operation by December. The minister, according to...
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, vowed on Friday the military would hunt down and bring to justice all terrorists, bandits and other enemies...
The Nigerian Armed Forces on Friday buried the 20 military personnel killed in bandits’ attack and helicopter crash in Niger State. The ceremony which took place...
President Bola Tinubu on Friday promised a comprehensive reform of the criminal justice system in the country. The president, according to a statement issued by his...
Arise TV and its programme anchor, Rufai Oseni, have come under fire from Reno Omokri, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for alleged incorrect...
In Nigeria, it is evident enough that employment opportunities cannot get to every citizen in a country with a large population. Even though governments at different...
Despite finishing 6th in the 100m Hurdles final at the World Athletics Championships holding in Budapest, Hungary, Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has expressed her gratefulness. Amusan, who...
Usman Barambu, the president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has urged members of the House of Representatives to modify the Student Loan Act...
The National Working Committee (NWC), of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has suspended two of its founding members, Dr Boniface Aniebonam and the National Publicity...
A House of Representatives ad hoc committee on Thursday demanded the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday ordered the immediate resolution of the aviation dispute between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The diplomatic row between Nigeria...
At least 12 people died in a boat mishap at river Kogi Kungra Kamfani, Lafia local government area of Nasarawa State on Sunday. The Speaker of...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday met with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting took place...
Troops of Operation Delta Safe have destroyed an illegal refinery site in two communities of Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State. The Director of...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday sent a delegation of Islamic leaders to Niger Republic for another round of talks with the leaders of the country’s military...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nyesom Wike, has ordered the immediate identification and arrest of the owner of the two-storey building that...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has requested that, in the interest of industrial peace and harmony in Nigerian universities, the Federal Government, through the office...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has denied reports of plans to demolish slums in the city, saying they were mischievous publications aimed...
The elevator that killed Vwaere Diaso at the General Hospital, Lagos Island, according to the Lagos chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), was not fit...
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has pledged that there will not be maintenance of Federal Roads for 50 years, once total rehabilitation has been completed,...
The Katsina State government on Wednesday confirmed receipt of N2 billion out of the N5 billion palliative approved to the states by the Federal Government. The...
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the face-off between Super Falcons and the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday re-invited the federation’s president, Ibrahim...
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, said on Wednesday the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) would soon take delivery of 18 attack helicopters to...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Wednesday urged citizens using prepaid meters to update them before November next year. In a post on X, formerly...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, gave an eight-month ultimatum for the completion of rehabilitation work on the Abuja light...
Garki, Jabi, and 28 other slums that were previously assessed by the Federal Capital Development Authority before this government have been recommended for demolition by the...
The Kogi State Government has charged residents of the state, and travellers to ignore an alarm that the state has been inhabited by criminals. Governor Yahaya...
The Delta State government has approved a three-day working week for civil servants in a bid to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal by President...
Immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has appealed to Nigerians still preoccupied with him to allow him enjoy his new ‘found freedom’ now that...
The Federal Government has been given a 21-day deadline to comply with the demands of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, or there would...
The Edo State government has settled benefits and gratuity owed the late former governor of the defunct Bendel State, Prof. Ambrose Alli. Alli ruled the former...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Saturday abducted eight graduates travelling to Sokoto for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp. The Director of Press...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State on Tuesday decried the silence of Governor Hyacinth Alia on the distribution of palliatives released by the Federal...
Troops of the 34 Artillery Brigade, 82 Division Nigerian Army, have foiled an attack by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Imo...
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Aliyu Aziz, to proceed on a pre-retirement leave. In a statement issued...
Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) maintaining deployed to Plateau and two other states in the North have arrested 39 suspected bandits, kidnappers, and armed robbers...
