Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, on Tuesday, launched a unified curriculum for Islamic schools on Tuesday, aiming to combat violent extremism and prevent youth radicalization...
Sweat dripped down Kasim Yusuf’s brow as he surveyed his land. A year ago, the scorching sun beat down on a meagre one-hectare farm, barely enough...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Hafsat Bakari as the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU). She replaces Modibbo Tukur...
The Federal Government threatened to open the country’s borders for cement importation over the high cost of the product. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development,...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has resolved to distribute confiscated food items to alleviate the current hardships faced by Nigerians. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale...
The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has suspended its planned nationwide strike. The suspension of the strike followed Monday’s meeting with the Federal Government...
Armed bandits on Tuesday afternoon reportedly abducted 26 travelers along the Gusau-Sokoto highway in Zamfara State. A resident of the area told journalists the bandits blocked...
Armed men suspected to be bandits on Sunday killed six people at Nasarawa village in Faskari local government area of Katsina State. The spokesman for the...
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the alleged mismanagement of the Amassoma Community Shoreline Protection Project in Bayelsa State by the Niger Delta Development...
Troops of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Monday arrested a notorious kidnapper identified as Isah Abdul in Durbunde, Takai local government area of Kano State....
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, said it had uncovered 32 routes through which food items are smuggled out of Nigeria. This was disclosed by Vice President...
Senator Ekong Sampson, representing Akwa Ibom South senatorial district at the National Assembly, has alleged that the activities of illegal miners are fueling serious security threats...
Proscribed Igbo separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has warned Nigerians of Igbo extraction not to join Nigerians from other regions of the country...
Employees of the Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria (DIBAN) staged a protest on Tuesday at the Lagos office of the National Agency for Food and...
The Nigerian government has taken steps to address its mounting debt burden, announcing an audit of the N23 trillion Ways and Means debt and a planned...
The Nigerian government says plans are afoot to install biometric clearance gates for the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at all the international airports in the country...
The Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has directed Ndigbo all over the country not to join any protests against hardship. In a statement signed by the...
The Aso Rock Presidential Villa, the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Defence Headquarters, amongst other government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) are owing the Abuja...
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has asked illegal occupants of the proposed Abuja Technology Village site along the Airport road in Abuja...
The Ogun State Assembly has summoned a former Commissioner for Information and Strategy in the state, Alhaji Waheed Odusile, for clarification on the ministry’s audit reports....
A former member of the House of Representatives, Usman Bugaje, on Monday faulted President Bola Tinubu’s decision to remove fuel subsidy without adequate plans to cushion...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers reportedly abducted nine travellers along the Kabba/Obajana/Lokoja Road in Kogi State on Saturday. Eyewitnesses told journalists on Monday that the victims...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday quizzed the former Kwara State Governor, Abdulfattah Ahmed, for alleged misappropriation of N3 billion while in office....
Police operatives in Rivers on Saturday killed Gift Okpara aka 2 Baba, prime suspect in the murder of a Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada Division, Bako...
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday returned home from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he attended the 37th Ordinary Session of the African Union’s Heads of State and...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday that Nigeria’s unemployment rate surged to 5.0 percent in the third quarter of last year. The NBS...
The Lagos State government has lifted the ban on activities of Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in the state. The state government suspended RTEAN...
Hundreds of angry Nigerian youths on Monday, took to the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to stage a peaceful demonstration over the unbearable hardship,...
Nigeria’s Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, has said that the country will overcome India as the net global exporter of technology talents....
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Sunday, delivered a scathing assessment of the nation’s state at their...
Minister of Works, David Umahi, on Sunday, gave the contractor handling the rehabilitation work on the Abia section of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Highway a 14-day ultimatum...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned that rising prices of fuel and other commodities could lead to social unrest in Nigeria. The bank also warned...
The much awaited students loan scheme of the Federal Government will be disbursed directly to the institutions of the scheme’s beneficiaries, Akin Sawyerr, the Executive Secretary...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Mr Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to “promptly account...
In a bid to curb the growing cases of sexual harassment in schools, especially higher institutions in the country, teachers and lecturers in various institutions of...
The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that students from no fewer than 155 institutions may be barred from processing Direct Entry admissions owing to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 26 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. The EFCC’s Director of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said in...
The Lagos State government will begin the full enforcement of the ban on the usage and distribution of styrofoam food containers on Monday. The state’s Commissioner...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Friday killed six people and abducted several others in Kwassam and Sabon Layi Kan Makama communities of Kauru local government...
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe have uncovered 14 illegal refineries in Rivers State. The Commander of the OPDS, Rear Adm. John Okeke,...
In response to the surging cost of cement, Minister of Works David Umahi on Saturday summoned major cement manufacturers for a meeting. This development raises questions...
Minister of Works, David Umahi, has ignited a debate by publicly contradicting the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on the legality of using tax credits for...
The Defence Headquarters claimed on Friday that troops in the various theatres of operations across the country killed 254 suspected terrorists and arrested 264 others in...
The Pan-Yoruba Socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Friday, asked Nigerians to hold former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration liable for the current hardship in the country. Protests over...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate upgrade of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and 15 others in the country. The Special Adviser on Media...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has resolved to hold a two-day nationwide protest over insecurity and economic hardship in the country. The NLC President, Joe Ajaero,...
The police on Friday arraigned two women at the Zonal Chief Magistrates Court in New Karu, Nasarawa State, for allegedly fighting during the Valentine’s Day celebration...
Despite the deployment of technology by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to check fraud in the ongoing e-auction process, the process has been hit with fraud...
Gunmen reportedly shot dead a middle-aged man, Sule Gwamnati, in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State on Friday. The attackers also went away with the...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday, ordered the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF) Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), to re-open...