Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has presented the state’s 2020 budget to the state House of Assembly, with a capital expenditure of 82 percent. The...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja urged lawmakers in the country to always place interest of Nigerians first in all deliberations and negotiations. A statement...
For the second day running, the Nigerian Stock Exchange sustained its bullish run on Wednesday as market capitalisation reached N12.924 trillion at the close of business. The All...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decried happenings in Nigeria and said that “all is not well with our nation.” The party called for a total...
The Federal Government and its Chinese counterpart are currently holding talks on possible construction of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail line. The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi,...
An international Olympic Committee task force has said the 36 referees and judges used at the Rio 2016 boxing competition will not be allowed to officiate...
The announcement by Edo State government that it will pay its women’s team Edo Queens the same as its men’s side, Bendel Insurance, has been lauded...
Nigerian Senate has passed the Finance Bill which would enable the amendment of seven Acts of the National Assembly relating to taxes payable in the country....
The House of Representatives on Thursday called for the abolishment of the practice of payment of acceptance fees in tertiary institutions in the country. The lawmakers...
National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, is slated to meet members of the party in the House of Representatives later today. This...
Obinwanne Okeke, known popularly as Invictus Obi has permanently lost the sum of N280,555,010 to the Federal Government. This followed the order of the Federal High...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday in Yenagoa, presented the Certificates of Return to the winner of last Saturday’s governorship election in the state,...
President Muhammadu Buhari today met with the speakers of the 36 state Houses of Assembly in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The chairman of the Conference of...
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...