The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday demanded the establishment of a special court to try maritime-related crimes in the country. It said the request would help to...
President Muhammadu Buhari at separate events on Wednesday promised to carry everyone along as democratically elected president and would do everything to promote the nation’s unity....
Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi has shared a similar view recently expressed by Senator Rochas Okorocha, that Nigeria needs a unicameral federal legislature. But unlike Okorocha,...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Thursday morning. 1. Buhari discredits IMF, World Bank data on Nigeria, warns Nigerians to be...
President Muhammadu Buhari has been called upon to do the needful to avert looming violence which may be sparked by the November 16 governorship election in...
A group of farmers and herdsmen on Wednesday engaged in a disagreement over the proposed anti-grazing bill by Oyo state House of Assembly. Both groups had...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday said it had secured an order from the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Bwari, to keep a...
Men of the Edo State Police Command on Wednesday killed four suspected kidnappers in a shoot out after they were ambushed by the kidnappers. The policemen,...
A 64-year-old man, Bassey Archibong, of No. 10 Kunle Dipo Street, Majidun, Owutu, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, has been remanded in prison custody...
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Wednesday commended the return to the January -December budget circle but described as unrealistic the exchange rate...
Turkey, on Wednesday, embarked on massive bombardment of parts of North-Eastern Syria in offensive likely to lead a faceoff with Kurdish-led allies of the United States....
President Muhammadu Buhari has discredited data presented by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Nigeria, describing them as wild estimates that hardly...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Wednesday said it would on Monday, November 14, officially publish the voters’ register in Bayelsa and Kogi states. This was...
A panel has been set up by the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to probe the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against Dr. Boniface Igbeneghu of its...
The Osun House of Assembly has confirmed Governor Gboyega Oyetola’s 35 commissioner and special adviser nominees. During plenary on Wednesday, the speaker, Timothy Owoeye, said the...
Telecoms giant, Airtel Africa, on Wednesday, announced it had entered a partnership with multinational financial service company, MasterCard to give Airtel’s 100 million subscribers across 14...
Investors, on Wednesday, lost N102.7 billion in the trading session on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Market capitalisation dropped to N12.9 trillion from N13 trillion the...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, Wednesday said the Federal Government had scheduled a high-level meeting for the full implementation of the new...
The House of Representatives Wednesday reintroduced the National Roads Fund Bill into the 9th Assembly. The controversial bill had earlier been introduced at the 8th Assembly...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised concerns about the proposed increase in Value Added Tax (VAT), of which the proposed 2020 budget was partly predicated...
Nigeria Government is planning to enforce a 2018 Supreme Court ruling that will it recover the sum of N18.9 trillion ($62 billion) from International Oil Companies...
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has revealed that it has paid the over N1bn salary increment arrears which was approved in 2013 by the Federal Government....
The police in Germany has confirmed the killing of no fewer than two persons, and the wounding of two other victims after a gunman opened fire...
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has declared that the 2020 budget analysis by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) showed a lack of understanding of basic budgeting...
The House of Representatives has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the immediate commencement of rehabilitation works on Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. During the...
Going by the conclusion of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Amine Mati, Senior Resident Representative and Mission Chief for Nigeria, the apex bank,...
A group of youths, under the aegis of Isiala Mbano Youths Movement, has accused the Imo State House of Assembly Speaker, Chiji Collins, of abandoning his...
The National Association of Ogun State Students (NAOSS) on Wednesday issued a 14-day ultimatum to Ogun state command of the Nigerian Custom Service. The students called...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday told members of his Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) that the economic growth of the country had not been fast enough...
A non-governmental organization, Save the Children, has revealed that children were the most affected, following a compilation of records kept by sexual assault referral centers in...
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday started debate on the general principles of the 2020 Appropriation Bill submitted to it by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday. The...
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, on Wednesday said that crime in Nigeria over time has become increasingly complex. He said the situation was...
A pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Lafia, Mr John Egla, has been kidnapped by some yet to be identified gunmen in...
R&B singer Timi Dakolo has reacted to the sex-for-grades documentary by the BBC which exposed a Foursquare pastor and other university lecturers in West Africa. The...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with his newly constituted Economic Advisory Council (EAC) members. In a post earlier on its official Twitter...
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and fierce critic of President Muhammadu Buhari, has described as lifeless, the 2020 budget Buhari presented to...
The recent harassment or detention of human rights activist, Dr. Chido Onumah, by state agents is not only a sign that Nigeria is drifting towards full-blown...
A peep into the history of attempts seeking regulation of non-profitable organizations (NPOs) in Nigeria will reveal that no bill has ever received the level of...
Tech giants, Apple Inc has come under fire in China after state media on Tuesday accused it of protecting “rioters” in Hong Kong and enabling illegal...
A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has rated President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, as the worst in destroying the culture of debate in a democratic government....
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in the last election, Atiku Abubakar has been advised by a Nigerian Spiritual Leader, Sheikh Guru Maharaj...
Let me start by saying that I am the butt of attack from my very good friends because of a broadcast I sent out following the...
The President of Tanzania, John Magufuli has charged local chiefs to take action against men who impregnated no fewer than 229 school girls in the south-western...
No fewer than 12 anti-government protesters have been arrested in Malawi in connection to the stoning of a police officer to death, during clashes with demonstrators....
Most Africans that have not traveled or lived in foreign countries think once we get out, fertile enabling environment where our potentials will be appreciated and...
On the 16th of September, 2019, Nigerians woke up to the news about the appointment of an Economic Advisory Council by the President which is to...
It is a time-honoured suggestion that during a period of rapid economic growth, nations, as well as corporate organizations, must continue investing even though it may...
The Katsina State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has informed that it is making moves to sanction some of its Abuja-based members alleged to...
The Federal Government on Tuesday defended its decision to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) from five percent to 7.5 percent, saying the review should have been...
The government of Bayelsa State has accused the Nigerian Government of making illegal deduction of N450 billion from its monthly allocations over the last 13 years....