The Nigerian Army on Friday said that a combination of troops of Sector 3 Operation LAFIYA DOLE and Sector 2 Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) of...
The Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki was notably absent as leaders and elders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the South-South part of the...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital on Friday affirmed the election victory of Governor Simon Lalong. The Appellate Court dismissed the...
It was a harvest of criminals at the Kaduna State Police Command on Thursday when no fewer than 39 suspects, including a village head, were paraded...
A South African court on Friday rejected an appeal filed by former president Jacob Zuma that sought to prevent his prosecution on $2 billion corruption charges....
The Minister of State for Science and Technology, Barrister Mohammed Abdullahi, on Friday, said that policies initiated by President Muhammadu Buhari were meant for the growth,...
The claims by the Islamic State group (ISIS) that it was responsible for the fatal helicopter crash in Mali during an operation against armed jihadists which...
A massive interventionist gesture from a foreign body, in some way the greatest in the history of the nation’s power transmission history in recent years, came...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has described the controversial social media and hate speech bills which are in the process of becoming Acts of the...
A Japanese company is gearing up for the world’s first artificial meteor shower as it will send a satellite into space to produce a galaxy of...
Unai Emery has been sacked by Arsenal about a year and half after the Spaniard took over from former manager, Arsene Wenger. This is coming a...
The Federal Government of Nigeria on Thursday complied with the order of a British court and deposited a bond of $200 million to enable the court...
“Nigeria is rich in petroleum resources, but the challenges confronting the country are so enormous as to render the oil earnings insignificant”, President Muhammadu Buhari said...
In what was apparently a response to Tyson Fury’s comment, former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has asked all those asking him to retire, to back...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Friday morning, November 29, 2019. 1. Hate Speech Bill would have been dead on arrival if...
Two groups, the Niger Delta Youth Council (NDYC) and the Coalition of Niger Delta People with Disabilities (CNDPD) on Thursday threw their weight behind the Nigerian...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Justice Minister Abubakar Malami, on Thursday, said he had no ulterior motives in efforts to recover the upaid arrears of...
A bureau de change operator, Adedeji Adelabu on Thursday told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja how an official of the Economic Community of West...
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has said the number of Nigerian workers that have registered under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) has hit 8.85 million. The...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has argued that the confession by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that its card readers were being circumvented confirmed its...
About 30 Boko Haram fighters have been reportedly killed in a raid conducted by fighter jets of the Nigerian Air Force in Ngoske, a hideout of...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said abuses by road users and insurgency, are some of the reasons the nation’s roads are in...
The Federal Government has challenged commissioners of budget and economic planning in the states of the federation to device alternative means of revenue generation for the...
Erstwhile Super Eagles B coach, Salisu Yusuf has revealed that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) sent him to Enugu Rangers to serve as a technical assistant....
Super Eagles and Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi said he is happy to be making steady improvements following his award as player of the month for...
The Nigerian Senate has again refused to recognize the Caretaker Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs,...
A former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, has condemned the controversial Hate Speech Bill being considered at the Senate. Osoba, a Chieftain of the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Thursday arraigned the duo of Kayode Phillip and Hamza Koudeih before Justice Muslim S. Hassan of the Federal High...
The House of Representatives has moved to end the burning of seized bunkered petroleum resources due to its impact on the environment. Following a motion moved...
Tekena Zephanian-Altraide Thursday resigned his appointment as the Senior Special Adviser to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Physically Challenge Matters. In a fifteen-page resignation...
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, began the distribution of election materials for Saturday’s Kogi West supplementary poll and the Ajaokuta Federal Constituency rerun election....
The House of Representatives Thursday passed the 2019 Finance Bill presented by President Muhammadu Buhari after it passed its third reading. The Senate had earlier passed...
The Bauchi State Government Thursday explained why it sacked heads of administration in the 20 local government areas and suspended public financing of funeral services in...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Thursday dissociated itself from the “charlatan” who instituted a court case seeking a constitutional amendment that would allow President Muhammadu Buhari...
Governor Aminu Tambuwal-led government of Sokoto State has granted amnesty to people benefiting from no less than 8,000 ghost workers discovered in the state. The government...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said Thursday it would continue to deploy Smart Card Readers for elections despite resistance by some partisan interests. The National...
The Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman said Thursday that despite achievements recorded in power generation and transmission capacity, the Distribution Companies (DisCos) had not done enough...
At least two persons were confirmed dead and 23 others critically injured in a gas explosion in the Ajegunle area of Lagos on Wednesday night, the...
The Nigerian bourse made a bullish recovery Thursday afternoon after the bear held sway for two days, thanks to gains recorded by some blue chip stocks....
Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) said on Thursday the country realised about $21 billion from the oil and gas sector in 2017. The agency disclosed...
The continuation of trial of the former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, over an alleged N6.9 billion fraud was stalled on Thursday. This followed the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to amend a section of Nigeria’s current Companies and Allied Matters (CAMA) law. He made the request in a...
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to leave Abuja on Friday for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to participate in the 5th Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Summit. The...
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said on Thursday Nigeria would continue to explore culture and tourism as veritable platforms to strengthen its...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday returned to the Senate with the Federal Government’s 2016-2018 external borrowing plan. In a letter addressed to Senate President, Ahmad Lawan,...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed the Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to comply with the ongoing transition of all government operations to digital platforms. He...
The sponsor of the hate speech bill, Sabi Abdullahi, said on Thursday he sponsored the bill because the defamation and libel laws in Nigeria were inadequate...
Only few days to its ultimate close of business in Cameroon, Jumia has, again, announced its business withdrawal from Tanzania, another East African country. While this...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday urged Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to reject the application for bail variation...