The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has refunded part of N500 billion penalty deducted from banks as additional cash reserves after they failed to meet the...
The Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency has confirmed six new deaths after the 17 previous deaths recorded. Three days ago when the outbreak occurred,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as shocking the devastating petrol tanker fire outbreak in Onitsha, Anambra state. The party said the incident was heartbreaking...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday announced that he has approved N10 billion for the upgrade of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. He stated this in...
The Nigerian Envoy to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Alhaji Hassan Ardo has called for the impeachment of Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State. He...
Efforts by a former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, to stop his alleged fraud trial before the High Court of...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday expressed sadness over the tanker explosion in Onitsha, Anambra State, which caused massive destruction of lives and properties. President Buhari, meanwhile,...
The election of Kais Saied, a 61-year-old former law professor and political outsider, to the Tunisian presidency was not surprising: he represents the Tunisian ideal of...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said in a latest report that Lagos has the highest number monkeypox disease in the country with 29 reported...
A Brexit deal has been agreed between United Kingdom and European Union negotiating teams before a meeting of European leaders in Brussels. Prime Minister Boris Johnson...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday rejected calls for his possible return for the second term in office. The governor said he would not hesitate...
KOWA Party claimed on Thursday it was not one of the political parties that allegedly endorsed Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello’s second term aspiration. KOWA was...
The Central Bank of Nigeria will, on Thursday, auction Treasury bills worth N121.9 billion in the second Primary Market Auction (PMA) of the month of October...
Japanese technology giants, Fujitsu has developed an AI and 3D sensing system that would help judges to score athletes during gymnastics events. This system was jointly...
The Organized Labour and the Federal Government negotiation team on the Consequential Adjustment on the new Minimum Wage in the early hours of Thursday adjourned the...
Police officers in Mozambique have arrested at least 73 persons for electoral offences during the Southern African nation’s general elections held on Tuesday. According to a...
The crackdown on anti-government demonstrators continues in Guinea as eight opposition leaders have gone on trial for protesting against the government. Authorities in Guinea said the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) insisted on Wednesday that it would win the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State by a landslide. The party said...
The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Abdulkadir Muhammed, claimed on Wednesday that he was misquoted in a statement where he reportedly said that “for him after...
The Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has fired back at Governor Seriake Dickson for calling its governorship candidates a representation of militancy,...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Thursday morning, October 17, 2019. 1. Buhari signs 5 bills passed by 8th National Assembly into...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has said that Ndigbo would not fall into the traps of the likes of a second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed,...
The Federal House of Representatives on Wednesday said it would investigate a Tucano jet that was purchased by President Muhammadu Buhari last year. The Chairman of...
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Wednesday, said Balyelsans were doubting the impartiality of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the forthcoming November 16...
As the protest embarked upon by workers of the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KEDC) entered the second day on Wednesday, the workers have vowed not to...
At least six buildings and shops were on Wednesday razed by fire at Upper Iweka, on Onitsha/Awka Road in Onitsha, after a 33,000-litre diesel tanker fell...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said that it recovered over 200 properties from suspected corrupt individuals in the past eight...
Two days after the spat between the First Lady, Aisha Buhari and Fatima, the daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cousin, Mamman Daura, came to the public...
At least 66 students of the Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa, have been expelled from the institution over their alleged involvement in examination malpractice and other forms of...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, said on Wednesday that Nigerians need to pray more for the country to overcome its numerous challenges. Lawan stated...
The Nigerian Army has rechristened its South East security operation expected to commence on November 1, from Operation Python Dance or Egwu Eke to Atilogwu Udo....
About seven nationals of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea have been deported by the Nigerian Government. The deportees were also banned from returning to the...
Five bills passed by the 8th National Assembly have been signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, his Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly (House of...
The Kogi State government has announced the appointment of Jamiu Abdulkareem Asuku as the new Chief of Staff to the governor. A statement released on Wednesday...
Bearish sentiments on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) further depleted the market capitalisation to N12.89 trillion in Wednesday’s trading sessions. The NSE All Share Index closed...
Dennis Tarhemba, the prosecution counsel in the case against journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo, has sought the amendment of charges against the detained journalist. Jalingo...
According to the Q3 2019 financial statement released by Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) for the period ended September 30, 2019, the bank posted a revenue of...
Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Botchwey, has pleaded with the Nigerian government to allow goods from her country into Nigeria. The Nigerian government had in August...
ABUJA- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday rejected the Federal Government’s decision to impose a N5000 fee for renewal of the national identity card. The...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole. on Wednesday advised the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Dan Mallam Muhammed, not to allow...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in its 2018 annual report for currency operation, released on Tuesday, said it detected a total of 119,663 counterfeit notes...
The Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam has been forced to suspend her annual address after being heckled in parliament by angry opposition leaders. Reports...
Secretary to the Government of the Federal (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has alerted of fraudsters using his office to scam innocent Nigerians. In a statement by the...
An art work by the late Ben Enwonwu tagged “Christine”, painted in 1971 in Lagos, Nigeria, has been sold for the sum of $1.4m, at an...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday slashed estacode for ministers and top government officials, while he also issued a directive for them to submit travel plans for...
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2019 Sokoto State governorship and rerun election, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu, has filed a Notice of Appeal...
It is common knowledge that the Federal Government on August 20th, 2019, ordered the closure of Nigeria’s border with Benin Republic, citing massive smuggling activities taking...
The Nigerian community in South Africa has confirmed the killing of another Nigerian identified as Ikenna Innocent Opugo, in the Empangeni province of the former apartheid...
The economic situation we find ourselves today is dire. Unemployment ramping up with an estimated three million people losing their jobs since the advent of this...
The National Democratic Front (NDF) has faulted a claim by the former leader of the Nigerian Senate, Ali Ndume that the Boko Haram terrorist group killed...