Issues of budget padding, and constituency projects have resurfaced, making the news as another circle of budget submission, defence and approval plays out between the executive...
The four additional emirates Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje created in Kano State have been nullified. A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Usman...
The former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTM), Abdulrasheed Maina, on Thursday, arrived the Federal High Court, Abuja, for the continuation of his...
Amnesty International joined the ranks of Facebook and Google critics on Wednesday, saying the two companies have “surveillance-based business models” that threaten human rights and undermine...
The Commissioner for Lands in Oyo, Abdulraheem Abiodun, was on Wednesday night attacked by gunmen in Ibadan, the state capital. According to reports, the gunmen struck...
The government of Tanzania has issued a warning to TV and Radio stations in the country against hiring DJ’s and comedians as on air personalities because...
A call has been made to the international community led by World Powers to stop Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programmes and alleged chaos and destruction”...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has frowned at a claim by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu that fake policemen undermined...
The murder of Salome Abuh, a woman leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Wada Aro, Ochadamu Ward in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi...
As much as 150 million Nigerians are at risk of being defrauded through telecommunications platforms, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said. This was disclosed by...
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who was defeated by Governor Godwin Obaseki in 2016, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has officially declared he would dump...
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday night appealed to people of the state on the current traffic situation in the nation’s commercial nerve centre, saying “it...
The Department of Petroleum Resources has told filling stations in Northwest state of Zamfara to stop supplying petroleum products to bandits in the area. The DPR...
Super Eagles Captain, Ahmed Musa has been named an ambassador of Skyline University in Kano, and has promised to sponsor the education of 100 Students. Skyline...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday night advised the National Assembly to hold a public hearing on the hate speech bill to ensure that views...
The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, on Wednesday, presented a budget estimate of N249.5 billion to the state House of Assembly for the 2020 fiscal...
The embattled former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, has again been arraigned in court over alleged N738.6 million contract scam. The...
Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare and president of Nigeria Basketball Federation NBBF, Engr Musa Kida have lauded D’Tigress qualification for the 2020 Olympics Qualifying...
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has stated that Nigeria will overcome the many challenges facing it when democratic and economic institutions are strengthened. Ortom...
Operations of one of Nigeria’s oldest banks, First Bank Nigeria may be disrupted from today (Thursday) if it goes ahead with an alleged plan to retrench...
The United Nations and the European Union have called on the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai to put an end to the spread...
You know when we were little kids they used to tell us about the Phoenix that would rise up from the flames of its demise. This...
The following piece which you are about to read was originally published November 9, 2019. Did we anticipate the global outrage around the issue of Nigerian...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Thursday morning, November 21, 2019. 1. Buhari signs Executive Order on open defecation into law...
Amnesty International has declared the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, his compatriot, Olawale Bakare and a journalist, Agba Jalingo as prisoners of conscience. It said...
The Divisional police officer (DPO) in charge of Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa state, Ahijo Mujeli has been kidnapped. The DPO was reportedly kidnapped...
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law an executive order 009 entitled, ‘The Open Defecation-Free Nigeria by 2025 and Other Related Matters Order’ into law. The...
Founder of One Love Family, Satguru Maharaj Ji, Wednesday declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Bola Tinubu, was fit and suitable for presidency...
Only corrupt elites see no positive difference in the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s anti-graft crusade, the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof....
The Federal High Court, Abuja, will Friday rule on the application for bail variation filed by a Briton, James Nolan, who is standing trial for alleged...
Properties worth several millions of naira were on Wednesday destroyed by an inferno that razed the upper section of a shopping plaza in Akerele, Surulere local...
The Electoral Act Amendment Bill passed Wednesday scaled through its second reading at the Nigerian Senate. The bill which was read for the first time on...
For the second day running, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) sustained its bullish run on Wednesday as market capitalisation reached N12.924 trillion at the close of business. The...
Justice A.A. Deemi-Ajayi of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin refused to grant an order restraining David Imuse from parading himself as chairman of the...
The nominees list for the 2020 edition of the Grammy Awards has been released with ‘Dangote’ crooner, Burna Boy appearing as one of the contenders for...
Emphatic Nigerian artist, Abe Odedina whose eye-catching paintings speak through a highly legible allegorical vernacular has described the growing attention now being paid to African arts...
A group, the Centre for Social Justice, Wednesday said there were about N150.07 billion expenditures that were frivolous, inappropriate, unclear and wasteful in the 2020 budget...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the post-election violence in Kogi State that led to the death of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) woman leader,...
The chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe, on Wednesday, said that about 50 million Nigerians suffer some form of mental illness. He stated this...
Senator Dino Melaye has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the last Saturday’s Kogi West senatorial election. He made the call on...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said that former President Goodluck Jonathan’s legacy of humility and patriotism would continue to resonate and inspire generations to come. He...
Members of the Lagos House Assembly on Wednesday told the State High Court sitting in Ikeja that the suit filed by the immediate past governor of...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has urged Governor Seriake Dickson to stop brooding over the loss of the Peoples Democratic Party at last Saturday’s governorship elections...
A bill intended to regulate social media use in the country, has passed second reading at the Nigerian Senate. The bill entitled, ‘Protection from Internet Falsehood...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, overruled a British national, James Nolan, on his application for adjournment of the trial over his counsel’s inability to...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Mohammed Matawalle, has again suspended the District Head of Gummi, Alhaji Abubakar Bala Gummi (Bunun Gummi), who is a senior district...
After missing four consecutive Federal Executive Council (FEC) meetings, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the meeting in Abuja. Buhari’s long absence at FEC followed...
An investigation by the ZDNet has revealed that hackers commandeered Disney Plus user accounts: locking out owners, changing login credentials and, in many cases, selling them...
Social media giants, Twitter has accused British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ruling Conservative Party of misleading the public after repeated instances of name change stunts on...
The police in Botswana have arrested and charged a 19-year old girl to court for allegedly mimicking the First Lady, Leo Masisi, on her Facebook page,...