An All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Bayelsa State, Hieneken Lokpobiri, has asked the party to adopt indirect primary for election of its candidate for...
The House of Representatives on Thursday resolved to set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the non-remittance of contributions to the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund...
The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday suspended its National Vice Chairman, Inuwa Abdulkadir. Recall that Abdulkadir was earlier controversially suspended...
A night guard, Wasiu Orilonise, on Thursday told a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Iwo road, Ibadan that he slept with his 15-year-old daughter to verify...
Sensational singer Simi has taken a sly dig at rapper Falz on social media platform, Instagram when she jokingly told the ‘This is Nigeria’ crooner to...
A total of 412 foreign-trained Nigerian doctors who failed medical examination have been denied induction into the Nigerian medical profession by the Medical and Dental Council...
Robots and prosthetic devices may soon have a sense of touch equivalent to, or better than, the human skin with the Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin (ACES),...
The lawmakers elect of Edo State House of Assembly loyal to the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday had a meeting with...
Kaduna State High Court, on Thursday, adjourned hearing in the application for permission to travel to India for medical attention, filed by Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his...
Consequent upon a subpoena issued on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu and its Resident Electoral Commissioner for Zamfara state,...
The fight between the Nigerian Army and terrorists Boko Haram group along Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway on Wednesday evening is said to have left several of the insurgents...
A former governor of Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje, has said that the Federal Government should be commended, rather than being criticised for withdrawing corruption charges...
A suit filed by former Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, against his party, All Progressives Congress (APC) has been dismissed by the Supreme Court. Adebayo is...
Justice Hussaini Muktar of the Kaduna Division of the Court of Appeal on Thursday, dismissed the appeal of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its gubernatorial...
Nigerians from South East and South-South residing in the Northern parts of the country, have been asked to leave the region and return home. The call...
Apparently worried by the spate of kidnappings in the country, Oluwo of Iwo land, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, on Thursday advised Osun state governor, Adegboyega Oyetola to...
19-year-old Matthew Isichei Chukwuebuka has been rescued by the Lagos State Police Command, following an alleged kidnap by two men who kept him in captivity for...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), on Thursday declared that a senior official of a travel agency in Edo State was...
Senate has approved the nomination of Aliyu Saidu Abubakar as non-executive commissioner of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). His approval comes after the 8th Senate led...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has become increasingly infatuated by the negative consequences of excessive inequality. This new-found mission is laudable, but neglects the manifold ways...
President Muhammadu Buhari is not only giving Nigeria a bad name with his handling of the herdsmen crisis, the good people of Fulani should also understand...
The leaders of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), on Wednesday, called for the support of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and other religious...
The Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom on Wednesday, advised the Federal Government on the need to consider desert encroachment for the herdsmen instead of Ruga settlement...
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, on Wednesday debunked information that corps members will start receiving the N30,000 new...
Ekiti state government on Wednesday read a riot act to teachers in the state on collection of illegal fees from pupils in public primary schools. The...
The United Nations health agency, World Health Organisation (WHO) has sounded a global alarm over the recent outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
The Oyo state office of the Code of Conduct Bureau on Wednesday, said it was still waiting for directives before commencing the verification of the N48...
Oxfam International, a confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, has said that Nigeria loses about $2.9 billion (about N580...
The current crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly has been left in the hands of God, and the ancestors for resolution, so says the...
The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday said it has engaged in strong collaboration with the Nigerian Immigration Service...
There are indications that the House of Representatives may decide the fate of the Bauchi State House of Assembly lawmakers on Thursday (today). This is coming...
Going after four Democratic congresswomen one by one, a combative President Donald Trump turned his campaign rally on Wednesday into an extended dissection of the liberal...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged herdsmen to disregard the call the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) to vacate the southern part of the country. NEF had asked...
A suspect in the murder of Barrister Emmanuel Agundu, 39-year-old Kenechukwu Eze, has said the lawyer was killed because he withheld the N18 million they realised...
The Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere and the Ohanaeze Ndigbo have condemned the recall order handed Fulani herdsmen back to the northern part of the country by...
The Federal Government spent the sum of N610.2bn paying interest on its domestic debts put at N13.11 trillion in the first three months of 2019, data...
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, has warned that Nigeria may soon become a dumping ground with the signing of the controversial African Continental Free Trade...
The inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has restricted all forms of protests within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to the Unity Fountain, Central Business District, Abuja....
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over a property seized from former Chief of Defence Staff, late Air Marshal Alex Badeh, to the...
As the National Assembly awaits President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial list, Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, has said the delay in the submission of the list will not...
South Africa’s acting high commissioner to Nigeria, Bobby Moroe, has revealed that authorities have begun investigating into the death of Elizabeth Ndubisi-Chukwu, deputy director-general of Chartered...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said it is ready to face the youth wing of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) over the 30-day ultimatum on...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for describing the gruesome killings, bloodletting, violence and widespread kidnapping in various parts of Nigeria...
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday announced that no fewer than 64 suspected cases of cholera have been recorded from seven local government areas...
President Muhammadu Buhari met behind closed doors with Senate President Ahmed Lawan, and House of Reps Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila on Wednesday. The meeting is coming as...
A stern warning has been issued to terror group Boko Haram by the General Officer Commanding 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Abdulmalik Bulama Biu....
The House of Representatives on Wednesday issued a 7-day ultimatum to Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki to issue a fresh proclamation to convene the 9th House...
The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Delta State on Wednesday rejected an application for more time by Damain Dodo (SAN) lead counsel to 1st respondent,...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila was on Wednesday condemned over his decision to choose a member of an opposition party as...
The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun has reportedly summoned the contractors handling the State Judiciary Complex, one of the projects approved by immediate-past governor, Ibikunle...