Chief George Agbabou Week, father of Bayelsa State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Doodei Week has reportedly been abducted by unknown gunmen. Chief Week, was whisked away...
The African Union (AU) leaves it to troop-contributing countries to release information about casualties in its peace operation in Somalia. To date, no country in the...
The two leading global economies, the U.S. and China, have succeeded in maintaining a high profile through creating a space that encourages business growth and building alluring cities that attract investors from the outside. While...
Lagos was an orderly urban environment 70 years ago. This was the case from the 1950s, when the city was a federal territory through to the...
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State during the 2019 general elections, Senator John Owan-Enoh has decided not to further...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday was not able to proceed on the ongoing trial of the director-general of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC),...
A member of the House of Representatives, Isreal Sunny-Goli, on Wednesday carpeted Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson, for allegedly accusing the candidate of the All Progressives...
The federal government has announced plans to return tollgates to federal highways. This was revealed by the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, when he...
The Nigerian Customs Service on Wednesday said its men had intercepted India Hemp worth of N160 million from a smuggler from Ghana. According to Customs, the...
Democrats in the United States Congress are making moves to subpoena White House demanding phone records between President Donald Trump and the leader of Ukraine. According...
The collapse of an illegal gold mine in the town of Kampene, Democratic Republic of Congo has left no fewer than 14 people killed. According to...
The Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), on Wednesday decried what he described as the Federal Government’s neglect of Ekiti State....
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Thursday morning. 1. Your triumph at tribunal victory for democracy, Buhari tells Ganduje, Lalong President Muhammadu...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has been urged to stop discussing national issues in public domain. This, the government said, is due to the possibility...
The Ohanaeze Youths Council (OYC) on Wednesday raised alarm over the rate at which Igbo traders were allegedly being extorted by the men of Nigerian Customs...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) In Kogi State has slammed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with a lawsuit for disqualifying its governorship candidate, c. Reacting...
Following the tribunal ruling which upheld his victory in the governorship election in the state, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has extended an olive branch...
The arrested Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina has been handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by...
Seven pregnant girls, who escaped from a baby factory in Lagos, have been found by policemen from Isolo Police Division in Lagos, barely two weeks after...
The Ogun State Police Command on Wednesday announced that it had arrested a 28-year-old suspected cultist, Sunday Paul for allegedly killing over 15 people in the...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday boasted that the trip embarked upon by a Federal Government team to the United Kingdom...
A bill seeking to impose a nine percent tax on Nigerians for using communication and cable television services in the country on Wednesday passed the first...
The Chairman of Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Osun State, Dr. Bayo Faforiji, has resigned his position and membership of the party. Faforiji tendered his resignation...
51 persons taken hostage by Boko Haram insurgents were on Tuesday rescued by troops of the Nigerian Army attached to Operation Lafiya Dole in the Gubio...
The Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali, has revealed that the service had been making between N4.7bn and N5.8bn daily as a result of...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Wednesday described as absurd the alleged conspiracy in the presidency against Vice President Yemi Osinbajo through the whittling down of his...
The leadership of organised labour Wednesday threatened to embark on total industrial action if there was no reasonable conclusion concerning the negotiation of the consequential adjustment...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the “cabal” in the Presidency against plots to push a third term...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State and the outgoing governor, Seriake Dickson were planning to rig...
The movie titled as ‘Lionheart’ which is the directorial debut of Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji has been selected as the country’s submission to the International Feature...
The Plateau Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Jos, on Wednesday, affirmed the election of Governor Simon Lalong. The tribunal made up of three justices led by...
The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has kicked against the impeachment inquiry, describing the recent move launched by Democrats as ‘a coup’....
The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed the arrest of former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina. In a statement on...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday said its operatives had seized a vehicle loaded with 500kg of Indian hemp in Ilorin, Kwara State....
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday congratulated governors of Kano and Plateau states, Abdullahi Ganduje and Simon Lalong respectively, over their victories at the tribunal. He described...
President Muhammadu Buhari has left Nigeria for a three-day state visit to South Africa. He left on Wednesday after presiding over the weekly Federal Executive Council...
The governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has sacked all his assistants, about 264 of them. The sacked assistants were the 192 Special Assistants (SAs) he...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the four-year tenure practised by Nigeria was quite a short period, for a president in a developing country, who...
A former first lady of Kogi State, Aisha Abubakar Audu on Wednesday announced that she had officially joined the race of the governorship election in the...
The Nigerian Senate has asked three of its committees to immediately probe seven International Oil Companies (IOCs) for alleged refusal to remit to the government about...
The organisers of Hip Hop World Awards now referred to as the Headies have been given hard knocks over the choice of artistes selected in some...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), on Wednesday said it had won the latest round in the legal battle to compel the Code of Conduct...
The Nigeria Senate on Wednesday decried the activities of kidnappers and bandits on highways across the country. On how to stop the menace, Senate President Ahmad...
The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano State on Wednesday affirmed the victory of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, as the legally elected leader of the state after...
A petition filed by the Candidate of All Progressive Congress (APC), in the last governorship election, Ahmed Aliyu, challenging the victory of Sokoto State governor, Aminu...
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has listed two problems responsible for the many challenges bedeviling Nigeria. MACBAN in a message to mark...
The immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Attahiru Jega on Tuesday advised Nigerians not to hesitate to vote out leaders who fail...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has decried President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to South Africa. Buhari leaves Nigeria on Wednesday for South Africa on a...
American space agency, NASA is about to find life on the Red Planet Mars, but Earthlings may not be ready yet for this phenomenal discovery. According...
An attack by heavily armed militants on camps in the Malian towns of Boulkessy and Mondoro near the border with Burkina Faso on Monday claimed the...