Nollywood actor, Obinna Nwafor aka Saint Obi, is dead. The movie star’s colleagues told journalists on Saturday that he died on May 7 at his sister’s...
Gunmen on Friday shot dead a police officer at a checkpoint along the East-West Road in Rivers State. An eyewitness told journalists on Saturday the deceased...
Another batch of 125 Nigerians living in Sudan turned to the country on Saturday. The returnees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, aboard a...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has alleged that the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, is scheming to hand over large expanses of land to the...
Not less than 75,000 Nigerian nurses and midwives left the shores of the country in the last five years following the sweeping wave of “Japa’ syndrome,...
The charges of human rights crimes against the Nigerian military made by Reuters on Friday were not only surprising, but also unfounded, Chief of Defence Staff,...
A Joint Task Force comprising personnel of the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Navy on Thursday destroyed illegally refined petroleum products in Akwa Ibom State. The...
President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha, have moved into the Glass House, a temporary abode for outgoing leaders, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Buhari is...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said on Friday the Federal Government will stop feeding state offenders in correctional centres across the country from January next...
Twitter owner, Elon Musk, on Friday, named NBC Universal’s former head of advertising, Linda Yaccarino, as the microblogging platform’s new chief executive. Musk, who confirmed the...
The Federal Government has disclosed that 2,167 repentant insurgents had completed the Federal Government-sponsored Deradicalization, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration (DRR) programme under Operation Safe Corridor (OPSC). This...
The Federal High Court’s ruling prohibiting the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) from fining broadcast stations “is ill-conceived and dead on arrival due to legal encumbrances.” This...
The Federal Government, on Thursday, said states in the country will now shoulder the responsibility of accommodating and feeding prison inmates convicted for state offences. The...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) said on Thursday that Nigerians hoping for improved electricity supply may have to wait a...
Alhassan Ado Doguwa, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, has been charged with “culpable homicide, criminal conspiracy, unlawful possession of a firearm, inciting disturbance...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday counseled the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on measures to take in a bid to regain its dominant position in Nigeria...
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has given the Federal Government an 18 days ultimatum to fish out and prosecute the suspected killers and abductors of...
Another batch of 126 Nigerians studying in Sudan returned to the country on Thursday. The returnees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, aboard the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) national leadership has rejected the suspension of the senator representing Benue North-East, Barnabas Gemade, by the party’s chapter in the state....
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Garba Umar, as a Senior Security Adviser on International Police Cooperation and Counter-terrorism. The Senior Special...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Thursday described as “unguarded and concocted” claims by the apex Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on the attack of...
The equity capitalization in the Nigerian capital market was down by -0.09 percent at the close of trading on Thursday. The loss was the capital market’s...
The National Industrial Court on Thursday fixed May 30 for a ruling in the suit filed by the Federal Government against the Academic Staff Union of...
The Indigenous People of Biafra {IPOB}, on Thursday, denied burning down the house of the late President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Prof. George Obiozor. The Vice...
Workers in Plateau State have embarked on an indefinite strike to force the state government to meet their demands. The commencement of the strike was announced...
The Federal Government revealed on Wednesday that Nigeria’s oil production is currently roughly one million barrels per day below its technically permissible potential. It blamed problems...
Nigeria’s low debt-to-revenue ratio, according to the Budget Office of the Federation, has resulted in a “limited borrowing space,” and the country faces “trouble” if its...
A Court of Appeal in Britain has given the family of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, the go-ahead to...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N449.9 million for the development of a master plan for 17 airports in the country. The Senior Special...
Security agents in Anambra on Wednesday killed five suspected notorious kidnappers in the state. The Press secretary to the Governor, Christian Aburime, who disclosed this in...
Police operatives in Osun have arrested a 24-year-old woman for allegedly posing as a police officer to steal from Point of Sale (POS) operators in the...
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has expressed concern at the zoning of the National Assembly leadership by the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party had...
President Muhammadu Buhari has requested Senate’s approval for a $800 million loan from the World Bank. The president made the request in a letter read by...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the former Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, over an alleged N22 billion fraud, TheCable reports. Sources told...
President Muhammadu Buhari will induct new warships, gunboats and helicopters for the Nigerian Navy on May 22. The Chief of Policy and Plans, Nigerian Navy, Rear...
The Federal Government has issued a directive to airlines operating at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) to relocate their...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday closed its case in the trial of one Onarike Onagoruwa for alleged N5 million fraud at the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned one Opeoluwa Sennaike at the Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, for alleged $5 million and N800...
At least 15 girls were confirmed dead in a boat accident at Dandeji village, Shagari local government area of Sokoto State on Tuesday. Residents of the...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly abducted a management staff of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Stanley Okwekwe, at Eket Local Government Area...
The president of the Benue Youth Volunteers for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Comrade David Aper Nyor, has announced his intention to go by foot from Makurdi,...
The Nigerian Navy, on Monday, declared that a rogue vessel, MT Heroic Idun and its 26 crew members will not be released until penalties imposed on...
The Anambra State government has dismissed as unfounded a report on the planned sale of the Anambra Newspapers and Printing Company (ANPC), publishers of the state-owned...
The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Monday, approved the payment of the 13th-month salary for civil servants in the state. Obaseki gave the approval during...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced extradition proceedings against three young men wanted in the United States at the Federal High Court, Abuja....
The Ebonyi State Police Command on Monday charged the people of the state to ignore the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday night invaded the palace of the Emir of Kagarko in Kaduna State and abducted nine children. Residents told journalists...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Abia State has directed workers in the state to commence an indefinite strike on Tuesday over a backlog of unpaid...
The 134 persons abducted by criminals have regained their freedom in Kogi State. The victims were kidnapped by gunmen in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and...
Another batch of 129 Nigerians stranded in Sudan returned to the country on Monday. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), which confirmed the development in a...
