President Bola Tinubu has appointed Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu as the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC). He also appointed Prof. Salisu Shehu as Executive...
Gunmen on Thursday attacked a police checkpoint at Ajali, Orumba North local government area of Anambra State, and injured two security operatives. The spokesman for the...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has described the claim by Amnesty International that over 10,000 civilians died in military detention as mischievous. The rights watchdog had earlier...
A New Haven, Connecticut, United States Court has sentenced a 39-year-old Nigerian, Okechukwu Valentine Osuji, to eight years in prison after he was found guilty of...
The Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi, on Friday, presented the N698.3 billion 2025 Appropriation Bill to the state House of Assembly for consideration. The appropriation bill...
The Ekiti State Police Command have announced a comprehensive ban on all forms of protests, gatherings, and demonstrations in the state, citing intelligence reports of potential...
Two stories published by Ripples Nigeria have won awards in three categories at the Next-Gen Alfred Opubor Awards for campus journalists in Nigeria held in Abuja....
In a bid to restore discipline and professionalism within the Nigeria Police Force, the Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal of 18 senior police...
The Presidency has explained that France has no plans to take over Nigeria’s mining sector, solid minerals or security rights, contrary to speculations circulating on social...
Reports have it that heavily armed policemen and operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) have surrounded the Kano Emir’s Palace at Kofar Kudu, restricting movement...
The World Bank has announced a historic financial commitment to aid the world’s most vulnerable countries, unveiling nearly $24 billion in donor contributions that will be...
Dele Farotimi’s book, ‘Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System, has risen to bestseller status on Amazon following his arrest over a defamation petition filed by senior...
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has emphasized the importance of girl child education, stating that Islam is not against it. He made this...
The House of Representatives has encouraged security agencies to reduce the excessive number of security checkpoints on the Onitsha-Enugu expressway. This resolution followed a motion presented...
Amnesty International has reported that at least 10,000 people have died in military custody since the outbreak of the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria. The...
Justice Bello Kawu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to submit a Certified True Copy...
The Senate on Thursday described the privatization of the power sector as a failure. The upper legislative chamber also threatened to initiate measures to reverse the...
The House of Representatives has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to submit relevant documents on its current public-private partnership (PPP) arrangements....
The Defence Headquarters claimed on Thursday that troops to theatres of operations have killed 8,034 suspected terrorists in the last 11 months. The Director of Defence...
A bill seeking to check gas flaring in the country scaled second reading in the House of Representatives on Thursday. The proposed legislation is seen as...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, on Thursday urged Nigerian youths to join forces with the commission in the fight...
Journalists were barred from covering the 2025 budget presentation by the Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, at the State House of Assembly on Thursday. The incident...
The ECOWAS Court on Thursday ordered the Federal Government to pay N5 million in compensation to one Oluwatimilehin Adebayo for violation of his rights. The court...
The Senate on Thursday reshuffled the membership of the 10-man committee that will meet with the presidency to discuss grey areas of the tax reform bills....
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Taraba State University chapter, on Thursday embarked on an indefinite strike over unresolved demands. The ASUU chairman in the...
On Thursday, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) warned the federal government against replacing the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) with the Nigerian Education Loan...
The eldest son of the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-rufai, Bello El-rufai, has vowed to make a blogger, Sabina Nkiru, pay heavily for posting...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has introduced sweeping measures in a bid to curb the menace of harassment of travelers by government agencies at...
A pro-democracy group, the Take-It-Back Movement, has fixed December 10 for protests in Lagos, Ekiti and the UK over the arrest and detention of Nigerian human...
The Head of Directorate of States of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Chika Edoziem, has thrown his weight behind the insistence of the wife...
Nigerian-born UK pastor Tobi Adegboyega, on Wednesday, finally addressed the recent reports surrounding his impending deportation to Nigeria. The 44-year-old former leader of Salvation Proclaimers Anointed...
Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, has addressed concerns about the blending of petroleum products at...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan led a delegation of the West African Elders Forum (WAEF) observation mission to Ghana on Wednesday. The country will hold its general...
President Bola Tinubu returned to the country on Wednesday night after he took part in the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission in Cape...
The Senate has summoned the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, over the incessant flight delays and cancellations in the country. The upper legislative...
A former chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Edo State, Kaduna Eboigbodin, slumped and died at a police checkpoint on Monday in Benin City....
The Zamfara State Governor, Lawal Dauda, has directed the chairmen of local councils to involve traditional rulers in governance for effective service delivery. According to a...
South African citizens have come hard on their government following a promise by President Cyril Ramaphosa that the country had simplified its visa processes to facilitate...
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, said on Wednesday the Nigerian Air Force would receive 49 fighter jets next year. Abubakar, who...
The former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has expressly condemned the arrest and detention of lawyer and human rights advocate, Dele Farotimi, noting that “it...
The Kogi State government, on Wednesday, ordered the immediate closure of Zango market in Osara, citing security concerns in the area. This decision comes on the...
Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has sounded a warning to the Federal Government, urging it to reconsider its proposed tax reforms that could potentially...
Dele Farotimi, a prominent human rights lawyer and activist, has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State, over allegations of...
The South African government has clarified its position on a statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that his country has relaxed rules aimed at making it easier...
The Kaduna State chapter of the NLC on Tuesday suspended its strike over the non-payment of the minimum wage to workers in the state. The strike...
Wife of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, Uchechi, has descended hard on an alleged group known as IPOB-Political Wing (IPOB-PW),...
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, on Tuesday berated the Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru over his threat to fire workers who...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Nigeria Supreme Council on Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) have joined forces to condemn the growing trend of terrorism and...
Court filings by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has linked the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to a...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has given the reason for concealing the identity of the owner of a recently recovered estate in Abuja. The...
