The National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal, sitting in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, on Wednesday, upheld the victory of Senator Christopher Ekpenyong...
The Peoples Republic of China has stepped up criticism against Hong Kong over continued protests by pro-democracy movement in the semi-autonomous city. China reacted again to...
TETFund on Wednesday called for the reduction of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The call came as the agency observed that many tertiary institutions were being established...
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Yobe State Chapter, on Wednesday urged the state government to implement the ‘Ruga Resettlement Initiative’ of the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed how past governments of Kwara State, spent a total sum of N15 billion, which they collected as...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, and governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday, crossed each other’s paths as they disagreed...
Former South African President, Jacob Zuma is in danger of losing his controversial country home in Nkandla, over his inability to keep up with repayment of...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Thursday morning. 1. TRIBUNAL VERDICT: ‘Good conscience fears no evil report’, I was never worried, Buhari...
Former Supreme Mavin Dynasty (SMD) singer, Reekado Banks has informed that he has fired his manager, who happens to be his elder brother, Temi Solomon. The...
A former Cross River State governor, Mr Donald Duke was on Wednesday cleared of his N537,334,360.77 debts owed Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) by a...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the results of primaries conducted by no less than 133 registered political parties gunning for the November 16...
A Baptist church pastor, Rev. Alhamdu Mandadus has been reportedly killed by some gunmen in his farm at Asso, in the Jema’a Local Government Area of...
Suspected kidnappers paraded by the police in Abuja on Wednesday revealed that they bought army uniforms for N15,000 to aid their operation. The suspected kidnap gang...
The All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday reacted to the judgment delivered by the Presidential Elections Tribunal In the petition filed by former...
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said its troops killed three Boko Haram fighters during an encounter in Kirawa community in the Pulka area of Borno State....
Nigeria’s land borders are to remain closed until the country is able to agree with its neighbours on existing ECOWAS protocol on movement, the Comptroller General...
After an eight hour delay, 188 Nigerians have been successfully evacuated from South Africa following the recent violence against foreigners in the country. The Air Peace...
While his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is planning to appeal the tribunal’s verdict, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari...
The Coalition of the United Political Parties (CUPP) has described the verdict of the Presidential Election Tribunal which upheld President Muhammadu Buhari’s election, as an insult...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday, congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, adding that...
The Federal Government Wednesday proposed an increment of the Valued Added Tax. The increment will see the VAT rising from 5% to 7.2%. The Minister of...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he was not disturbed by the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar,...
The Bauchi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is claiming that the incumbent Governor of the State, Bala Mohammed of the Peoples Democratic Party...
Authorities of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) have ordered the closure of the institution and the immediate proscription of the students’ union government over the...
Security authorities in Ethiopia have confirmed the arrest of alleged members of Islamic State group after a raid on several towns close to its borders with...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has vowed to appeal the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which dismissed the petition of the party and its...
135 out of the Nigerians who had registered to return home over the xenophobic attacks on them in South Africa have been arrested by the security...
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday presided over the first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting with his new cabinet. During the meeting, the president spoke on his plans...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday, expressed concern at the manner in which government officials jettison invitations by the...
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has affirmed President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the 2019 presidential election. The five-man panel of the tribunal, chaired by...
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Apata, Ibadan depot was on Wednesday razed by fire. The cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained as...
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has said that President Muhammadu Buhari was “eminently” qualified for the 2019 election, which he contested. The tribunal stated this on...
The Presidential Election Petition Court has dismisses claims made by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over claims made...
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa on Wednesday revealed that South African government frustrated the return of Nigerians...
A group of scientists from the University of Surrey have developed a new AI-based tool which could determine heart failure with just one heartbeat, research suggests....
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting on a petition against President Muhammadu Buhari by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has...
Long-serving President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, has sternly warned English-speaking separatists in the country to surrender or face military action. Biya who issued the warning on...
President Muhammadu Buhari and his new cabinet on Wednesday held their first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. The FEC meeting which held at the Presidential Villa,...
The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party National New Media Group (PDP-NNMG) has said that wife of the state governor, Mrs. Bisi Fayemi must...
As background to this piece, Robert Gabriel Mugabe was born on February 21, 1924, in Kutama, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), in 1963. He founded ZANU, a...
A former director of Kenya’s anti-corruption agency, Professor Patrick Lumumba has revealed when and how corruption would end in Nigeria. He said the day Nigerians would...
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ilaro on Tuesday remanded 13 Oro worshippers in prison for allegedly attacking Muslims and Christians in Idiroko, Ipokia Local Government Area...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to always see corruption as a gross violation of human rights. He said it was corruption that subjected millions of...
A former Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i on Tuesday lamented the rate of unqualified teachers in Nigerian public schools. According to her, over 30 per...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed a date to begin the deduction of the bail out funds to states of the federation which was issued...
The wife of the Ekiti governor, Mrs Bisi Fayemi is about now thanking her stars after she narrowly escaped an attack by suspected hoodlums, on Tuesday...
Reviewing the 2020-2022 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework, as presented by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, a couple of global predictions by...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that the Federal Government had plans to spend about N9.78 trillion in the 2020...
Speaker Mudashiru Obasa of the Lagos House of Assembly on Tuesday, said financial autonomy to state legislatures was one of the catalysts for good governance in...
There were indications that investors in the nation’s stock market entertained serious panic over the last few days, as there was a selling spree ostensibly due...