The House of Representatives has extended, by one month, the ultimatum given to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, to re-issue proclamation for the inauguration of the...
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has alleged that three of its members who were shot and held in police custody have died. In a statement...
Festus Keyamo (SAN) has revealed that the Delta state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was formed in his house in Effurun. He made this...
In response to a call by an aid worker in Boko Haram captivity, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure...
The incumbent Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has officially launched ‘Operation Sting’ to tackle insecurity. Wike, who officially launched the state security initiative on Friday...
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, has debunked reports claiming that N16 billion meant for Civil Servants Group Life...
Ben Uwajumogu, the senator representing Imo North, has finally been sworn in after a protracted battle to receive his certificate of return from the Independent National...
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed a total of 255 pharmacies and patient medicine shops in Ondo State. This was revealed by the Director,...
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has lamented the difficulties being experienced in the repatriation of stolen assets traced...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Tanko Muhammad on Friday afternoon swore-in Justice John Tsoho as Acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court. The...
Three days after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) sealed several properties belonging to former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, a warehouse where his...
The Appeal Court sitting in Makurdi, the Benue state capital, on Friday dismissed appeals filed separately by the trio of Governor Samuel Ortom, Independent National Elections...
No fewer that 171 Nigerians that were stranded in Libya on Friday returned to Nigeria. The returnees were received by the operatives of National Emergency Management...
A former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has appealed to the United States (US) to extend its visa...
Tongues have been sent wagging after journalist and blogger Olufemi Gorman revealed how popular author, poet and novelist, Bayo Adebowale allegedly raped his five daughters. Gorman...
A minister nominee and immediate past Attorney General of the Federal (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Friday explained why he was not able...
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu, on Friday said the only means by which crime can be fought in the state is with adequate...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned five suspected internet fraudsters before Justice N.E. Maha of the Federal High Court, Abuja. The suspects...
Former aide to immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan, Remo Omokri, said he has confirmed that Leah Sharibu is still alive. He has therefore challenged President Muhammadu...
The Australian government released a report Friday recommending tighter oversight over multinational digital platforms including Google and Facebook, to ensure fairness for other media businesses and...
Defiant North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in his usual manner monitored the demonstration of a “new-type tactical guided weapon” on Thursday as a warning to...
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) on Thursday lashed at Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) over what they described as insincerity on several killings in...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results for the May/June 2019 results written earlier in the year. The exam board withheld results of...
The House of Representatives on Thursday agreed to probe former President Olusegun Obasanjo among others over the contracts awarded, and payments made to contractors towards reviving...
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has disowned the youth group which used its name to issue a seven days ultimatum on Nigerian Government to declare Shiites as terrorists....
Rescue officials are having a torrid time trying to search for bodies after two boats carrying more than 300 people capsized off the coast of Libya....
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), in a joint effort with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Thursday destroyed tramadol and...
President Muhammadu Buhari has been charged to appoint more women into political offices as he settles in for his second term in office. The call was...
The Nigerian Senate has screened 24 of the 43 ministerial nominees President Muhammadu Buhari sent to it on Tuesday. The screening continues today (Friday) as the...
Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi on Thursday said Nigeria loses $14 billion yearly to the lingering farmer-herdsmen clashes. Dr. Fayemi spoke while delivering a paper, titled:...
The Federal Government Social intervention Program has wielded the big stick over an alleged fraud involving officials handling the National Home Grown School Feeding Program in...
The Federal Government, on Thursday, said Nigerians living abroad remitted $25bn into the nation’s economy in 2018. The figure represents 83 per cent of the 2018...
A ministerial nominee from Kano State, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (retd), on Thursday blamed infighting among service chiefs for the continued insurgency and insecurity in the country....
The Edo State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Anselm Ojezua, has blamed the National Assembly for the festering nature of the crisis rocking the...
The Abia State Police Command had rescued two kidnapped victims, Ndukwe Patrick and Chika Aniere have reportedly been rescued by policemen attached to the Ohuru Isimiri...
The Presidency has reacted to a video of some humanitarian workers who were abducted by insurgents in Northeast Nigeria, calling on the government to come to...
The Federation Account Allocation Committee has distributed the sum of N762.59bn to the three tiers of government for the month of June. Ahmed Idris, the Accountant-General...
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has advised Nigerians to exercise maximum caution in the adoption of cryptocurrencies as their preferred mode of financial transactions. A...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has yielded to a court order and issued Certificate of Return to Benjamin Uwajimogun, the Imo North Senatorial candidate of...
The House of Representatives on Thursday amended its Standing Orders to henceforth allow open voting for election of presiding officers. This followed unanimous adoption of a...
A director with the Sharia Court of Appeal in Kaduna State, Aishatu Muhammad, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The Kaduna State Police Command on Thursday...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Thursday named the chairmen and deputy chairmen of the standing committees of the House. At the...
Six humanitarian workers and staff of Action Against Hunger (ACF) who were abducted by suspected Boko Haram insurgents last week, have begged the Nigerian government “to...
The former Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, on Thursday, mocked lawmakers of his former party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying that the pitiable state of the...
Two people were on Thursday confirmed dead by the police in Anambra state when a 20 feet container fell on a tricycle in Onitsha. The incident...
Following sell pressures in MTNN (1.6%),DANGCEM (1.2%) and FBNH (1.8%) in Thursday’s trading session, the local bourse sustained its bearish run as the benchmark index plunged...
The Iranian government has pleaded with the Nigerian government and its judiciary to release and send the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also...
Many African countries have a long way to go to meet the sustainable development goals. These goals, set by the United Nations, call for all countries...
The Kano State Governorship Election petition tribunal on Thursday barred the election agent assigned by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to polling unit no 019 located in...
Lawmakers at the Ondo State House of Assembly were on Thursday chased out of plenary when a snake fell from the roof of the chamber. The...