The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, said on Tuesday that 148 local government areas across 31 states are at risk of severe...
A commercial bus driver died in an accident on the Eko Bridge of Lagos on Tuesday. The Director of the Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of...
Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir has advocated for a review of some of the operational guidelines of Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in order to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will arraign the Cubana chief priest, Pascal Okechukwu, for alleged abuse of the naira at the Federal High Court,...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Monday night killed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretary in the Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Musa Ille....
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) to...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed 12 suspected bandits and destroyed their camp in Maru local government area of Zamfara State. The Army Director of...
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has cracked down on unauthorized commercial operations by private jets, suspending the permits of three jet operators. The announcement, made...
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has weighed in on the debate surrounding capital punishment, calling it an ineffective solution that ignores the root of societal problems....
In a move aimed at honoring the sacrifices and contributions of law enforcement officers, President Bola Tinubu, has declared April 7 as National Police Day. Tinubu...
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has faulted the ruling by the Coroner Inquest sitting in Ogba Magistrate Court examining the death of a 12-year-old student of...
The acting chairman of the Benue State Internal Revenue Service (BIRS), Emmanuel Agena, has said that the service is targeting N16b collection for the 2024 fiscal...
The Coroner Inquest sitting in Ogba Magistrate Court examining the death of a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Sylvester Junior Oromoni, has blamed his death...
Many homes across Nigeria have been thrown into darkness after the nation’s national grid suffered another collapse. The latest incident was the second in just one...
Members of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if the Federal Government does not rescind the recently...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that it has so far recovered N32.7 billion and $445,000 in it’s probe of the Humanitarian Affairs...
The Nigerian Army, on Sunday, declared that at no time did it enlist repentant Boko Haram members into its fold, saying a report to that effect...
The Human Rights Writers Association has described the planned issuance of a new National Identity Card as a misuse of the commonwealth of Nigerians, and a...
In a development that brings to the fore the persistent threat of piracy facing the nation’s publishing industry, pirated books worth N300 million in three containers...
The Nigerian Army has ordered an immediate investigation into the death of the manager of a hotel in Umuahia, the capital of Abia State who was...
As Nigeria marks the 10th year commemoration of the abduction of 276 female students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, a community in Borno State,...
The Federal Government says despite the recent increase in electricity tariffs, around 85 per cent of Nigerians still enjoy electricity subsidy across the country. Minister of...
President Bola Tinubu on Saturday assured Nigerians that his administration would continue to promote Open and Distance Learning (ODL) to improve access to higher education in...
A senator representing Edo South, Matthew Uroghide, on Saturday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Uroghide was formally accepted to...
Gunmen on Friday attacked an All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Benue State, Mr. Terwase Orbunde, and abducted his wife and house help. The spokesperson...
Police operatives in Oyo State have arrested 20 suspected Yoruba nation agitators over Saturday’s alleged invasion of the State Government Secretariat in Agodi, Ibadan. A group...
Gunmen on Friday night killed 10 persons in two communities of Plateau State. The hoodlums also set ablaze houses and injured several persons in the attacks...
The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Funsho Adegboye, has ordered an orderly room trial of a police constable identified as Prince Chima for allegedly threatening...
Police operatives on Saturday arrested two suspected Yoruba Nation agitators over their alleged role in the invasion of the Oyo State Government Secretariat in Agodi, Ibadan....
Nigeria’s government-owned enterprises, ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) witnessed a significant boost in revenue collection, remitting a staggering N835.7 billion to the federal government in February...
The South-West security network, Amotekun Corps, has arrested a 25-year-old security guard for allegedly stealing nine air conditioners in Osun State. The Commander of Amotekun in...
Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out a new meningitis vaccine (Men5CV). The vaccine recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO)...
President Bola Tinubu on Friday assured Nigerians of a turnaround of the country’s economy by December. The president, according to a statement issued by his Special...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the recovery of the body of a male passenger who drowned in the Lagos Lagoon. Two passengers –...
A staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Monday Osazuwa, on Friday, told the Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, how the apex bank’s former...
The Defence Headquarters said on Friday troops operating in various theatre of operations killed at least 188 suspected terrorists and arrested 330 others across the country...
The Anambra State police command said on Friday three more bodies have been recovered from the scene of a boat mishap in the state. Nollywood Actor,...
Popular Nigerian crossdresser Idris Okuneye, known in social circles as Bobrisky, caused a mild drama in court when he confessed to being a man. On Friday,...
Adebayo Adelabu, minister of power has expressed optimism that electricity tariff will reduce if the foreign exchange (FX) rate drops below N1,000\$1. This follows the increase...
Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamma, has attributed the escalating crime and insecurity challenges in Nigeria to the high rate of out-of-school children who he said...
Two major university staff unions in Nigeria, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), have expressed outrage at the...
A report put together by a security consulting firn, Beacon Security and Intelligence Limited, has revealed that in the month of March, a total number of...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), has confirmed that at least 150 persons died from Lassa fever in the country in the last...
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said on Thursday the country would generate 6,000 Megawatt (MW) of electricity in the next six months. The minister, who...
The Anambra State Police Command said on Thursday seven people were rescued from the boat accident in the state, in which actor, Junior Pope lost his...
Former President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday expressed sadness over the death of a former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Ogbonnaya Onu. Onu died in an...
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said on Thursday the fire that engulfed Dosunmu Market on Lagos Island led to the collapse of six buildings....
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested 43 suspects in a raid on criminal hideouts in Lagos. The spokesman for the state police command,...
The Nigerian Navy has arrested two persons and seized one tank truck over alleged crude oil theft in Bayelsa. The Commander of the Nigerian Navy Ship...
The first civilian governor of Abia State, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, is dead. Onu died in an Abuja hospital after a brief illness on Thursday. He hailed...