The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has stated that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, does not need anyone campaigning for his return to bury his mother....
The Department of State Services has acknowledged receiving the court order asking it to release the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore. It, however, said that...
Nigeria women’s basketball team, D’Tigress are now ranked 16th in the world and first in Africa in the latest FIBA world ranking released on Friday. The...
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has blamed the delayed approval by regulatory agencies for the non-commencement of operations in the state airport. The governor also...
Director General of the Bello/Onoja campaign organisation, Smart Adeyemi has called on anti-graft agencies to monitor cash movement in Kogi State ahead of the November 16...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would comply with the court judgment ordering it to include the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its...
The Nigerian Army said on Friday that at least 16 members of Boko Haram and Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) and their spouses had surrendered...
Lagos State Government has announced traffic diversion from the major carriageway to the service lane on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway from November 9 to November 10. Aramide...
The re-election of Ben Ayade as the Governor of Cross River State has been reaffirmed by the Court of Appeal. The tribunal had in an earlier...
An appeal filed by former governor of Benue State, Senator George Akume, before the Appeal Court challenging the victory of Barr Emmanuel Orkejev as the senator...
After much dilly-dallying, the Presidency on Friday evening confirmed the sack of 35 aides of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Since news of the aides’ disengagement first...
Deputy Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Christopher Adaji, has been sacked as the lawmaker representing Ohimini state constituency. This was as a three-man...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed bullish today, after wallowing in 3 days of consecutive loss. The NSE closed up by 0.48% with the All Share...
A student at a Hong Kong university who fell during protests earlier this week died Friday, the first student death in months of anti-government demonstrations in...
The Presidency on Friday confirmed the sack of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s aides. It said the development was part of an ongoing exercise, which had received...
As innovations in the digital space increases so also the risks inherent, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said on Friday. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC,...
A House of Representatives member from Abia State, Samuel Onuigbo, has applauded the Appeal Court for dismissing the petition challenging his victory in the February 23...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, has given Vice President Yemi Osinbajo the option of fighting the cabal in the presidency in order to...
A tragic scene played out in the northern district of Uganda where at least six people were killed and 11 others critically injured after lightning struck...
A former lawmaker –turned social critic, Shehu Sani, on Friday reacted angrily to the Federal Government’s recent attempts to trample on the rights of the citizens....
The United Nations said on Friday that at least 1.2 million civilians are trapped in two local government areas controlled by Boko Haram. The civilians, according...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi, Benue State, on Friday upheld the victory of Emmanuel Orkejev in the Benue North-west senatorial election held on February...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will leave Abuja for Niamey, Niger Republic, later on Friday for the extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday presented the 2020 appropriation bill of N1.168 trillion to the state House of Assembly. The 2020 budget comprises of...
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has lamented that the N100 billion annual allocation for constituency...
South African comedian and TV personality, Trevor Noah, is currently working on a movie production about a fast-rising eight-year-old Nigerian chess prodigy, Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi. Ripples...
Microsoft’s security team believes that more destructive BlueKeep attacks are on the horizon and urged users and companies alike to apply patches if they’ve been lagging....
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana, has threatened to drag the Department of State Services (DSS) to court, over its refusal to release...
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has said that there was a plot to reduce the anti-graft agencies powers....
Billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote is partnering with the Ministry of Youth and Sports to renovate the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. This was revealed in...
A former Senate president, Bukola Saraki, has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to discharge order of interim forfeiture of two of his properties in...
The Presidency on Thursday asked Nigerians to disregard the list of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo aides allegedly sacked by the presidency, insisting that the list is...
The United States has expressed disappointment at the delay in the formation of a government of national unity despite the agreement between the South Sudan president,...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Friday morning. 1. MINIMUM WAGE: Labour gives govs Dec. 31 to end negotiations Nigerian state governors...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced a former Democratic Republic of Congo rebel leader, Bosco Ntaganda, popularly known as “Terminator” to 30 years in prison...
The residents of Bayelsa State have been urged to provide maximum security for members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) that would serve as the...
The awareness of recent fire outbreaks in major markets is enough to keep every businessman awake, dreading the consequences of an unexpected fire disaster that is capable of...
The Federal Government said on Thursday it has secured final forfeiture in excess of N200 billion from looters of the nation’s treasury. The Attorney- General of...
The Delta State Police Command has arrested a man who spent the night in the toilet of Sterling Bank in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta...
The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Mohammed Issah, on Thursday revealed that 100 cases bordering on assets declaration were still pending before the...
The Ebonyi State Magistrate Court sitting in Abakaliki on Thursday remanded two men, Arinze Nweke, 20 and Uchenna Nwakpa, 24, in a correctional centre for alleged...
A Fulani cattle herder, Iliasu Abubakar, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ilorin Magistrate Court in Kwara State for killing his brother, Issah, for allegedly having...
894 students of the Nigerian Law School (NLS) who took part in the Final Bar Examinations, conducted in August 2019, failed, the Council for Legal Education...
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) on Thursday alleged that the Federal Government is attacking the media because of a third term agenda it is nursing....
Nigerian state governors have been given December 31, 2019 as deadline by which negotiations on consequential adjustment occasioned by the new minimum wage must end. The...
The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has asked the former chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Okoi Obono-Obla, to stop...
Technical Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Sunday Adeleye, has been sacked by the ministry of youth and sports development with “immediate effect”. His...
Senator Rochas Okorocha has said his victory at the Appeal Court was for the candidates of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Osita Izunaso and Jones...
The Appeal Court in Owerri, the Imo State capital has affirmed Oji Uzor Kalu’s victory in the February 23 election senatorial election in Abia North. Chairman...
Emerging reports Thursday evening said that the Nigerian military, backed by fighter jets, had repelled Boko Haram attack on Damaturu, Yobe State. Reports said the Nigerian...