GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state is jittery ahead of the public pronouncement of his suspension by the party’s National Working Committee NWC for anti-party activities....
Dr. Folarin Gbadebo-Smith, Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), has been accused of incompetence, fraud and running down the research body....
Rotimi Akeredolu, Governor of Ondo State, has ordered the withdrawal of all the branded vehicles he donated for the re-election bid and campaign of President Muhammadu...
Donatus Ohajianya, the returning officer in the Imo North Senatorial District supplementary polls, breached the procedures for receiving and collating results, an administrative committee of inquiry...
A pastor with a Pentecostal church, Fisayo Nehemiah, has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, after he was convicted of...
Trading session at the Nigerian Stock Exchange, on Wednesday, posted another bullish performance as investors’ wealth increased by N84.4 billion. Consequently, market capitalisation inched to N11.3tn,...
At least nine senior officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been granted bail, PREMIUM...
Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s information minister, has admitted he did not do due diligence before signing off on a controversial N2.5 billion payment to a private digital...
This is not the best of time for Nigerian athletics. For three days and two nights, Nigeria’s athletes and officials to the 2019 African U-18 and...
Attorney-General Abubakar Malami has demanded the corruption case file of the director-general of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), PREMIUM TIMES can report. Moddibo Kawu was charged...
Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, yesterday in Lagos, said that henceforth, the nation’s policemen will start using stun guns for routine patrols because...
The Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed the death of three friends, who have drowned in an old well in Basirka town at Gwaram Local Government...
The Central Bank of Nigeria will conduct a primary market auction on Treasury bills this week, offering a total of N58.5bn across the 91-day (N5.8bn), 182-day...
Nine senior officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) are currently in detention over alleged multi-billion-naira fraud. The officials, who are being detained by the...
Residents of Alasiya in Abraham Adesanya Estate area, in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, were thrown into panic on Sunday as a suspected...
The Federal Government is seeking a jail sentence for the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen in his ongoing trial at the Code of...
From selling 50,000 units of brand new vehicles in 2013, automobile distributors in Nigeria recorded a steep drop to less than 10,000 units sold in 2018,...
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, is currently considering the use of alternative transport mode for quick cargo delivery. Speaking with Vanguard Maritime Report during a visit...
A young man identified as Azeez Morufu, was caught while allegedly collecting money from an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) without using naira MasterCard, popularly known as...
No fewer than eight persons have been killed in a renewed hostility between Ndiagu Alike community in Ikwo Local Government Area and Enyibichiri community in Abakaliki...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a staff of the Nigeria Railway Corporation and two others over alleged fraud and ticket racketeering. The...
The Auditor-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Anthony Ayine, has accused the National Assembly of not treating the audited reports of all the federal government ministries,...
Residents of Olukayode Street in Ijegun, a Lagos suburb, were thrown into shock, weekend, following the discovery of the bloated body of a five-year-old boy inside...
The management of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), Saturday evening, confirmed the death of one of its staff, Mr. Adewale Adegoke, who was electrocuted around...
Former Nigerian international midfielder, Seyi Olofinjana is steadily moving up the coaching and management ladder at English Premier League side, Wolverhampton Wanderers and he believes he’s...
Ten months after the Federal Government re-awarded contract for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta Expressway, the job has been going on at snail’s pace....
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested an Onitsha based businessman, Mr. Ikechukwu Odoh, for alleged complicity in the murder of his wife, Mrs. Chinenye Odoh,...
A lawyer to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has provided more information on the decision of Mr Onnoghen to step down from office. Adegboyega...
A container-laden truck on Friday rolled back on Barracks-Ojuelegba bridge in Lagos and damaged seven cars but no life was lost. The News Agency of Nigeria...
Godwin Obode, former Special Assistant on Youth and Student Matters to Abiola Ajimobi, Governor of Oyo State, has been arrested. SaharaReporters learnt that Obode was picked...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has justified the execution of a Nigerian woman, Kudirat Afolabi, for drug-related offences. The government of the Saudi Arabia said she...
Irate youths have killed and burnt two suspected robbers at Akerior village in Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue State. The incident occurred about 9.33p.m., on...
The Lagos State chapter of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has urged Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to decongest prisons before he leaves office...
Nigerian banks have been advised to collaborate and share vital information on cybercrime. This, according to experts, would enable the financial institutions win the battle against...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Onne Command has generated N26 billion revenue into the coffers of the federal government in the first three months of 2019....
FSDH Merchant Bank, yesterday, cautioned the federal government against the proposed hike in Value Added Tax (VAT) rate, even as it recommended measures for increasing VAT...
The Bonny Kingdom Local Content and Compliance Committee (BLCCC) Wednesday commended the Nigerian Content Plan by the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) and Nigerian Content Development Monitoring...
An Ilorin Magistrate’s Court in Kwara State has ordered that two herbalists – Adewale Bashiru and Owoade Olabisi – be remanded in prison custody for alleged...
A 39-year-old man, Aminu Usman of Dansaki Ei-del prayer ground, Suleja, Niger State, said he defiled a nine-year-old girl, thinking she was a “mature” lady. Usman...
For tech companies to succeed in Nigeria, there is need to tackle the issues surrounding an enabling environment, poor power supply and access to funds. This...
Four Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates were drowned in a well they were engaged to evacuate on Monday night in Kabba, headquarters of Kabba/Bunu Local Government...
Motorists on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway have been expressing their frustrations following the traffic that has made travelling in and out of the Centre of Excellence hectic...
In two years’ time, precisely by 2021, Nigeria hoped to have localised its Internet traffic by as much as 60 per cent, after hitting 40 per...
The incidences of rape in Ebonyi State has over time become an issue for critical discourse as the victims are usually underaged female without any strong...
In Moro, a village located in Ife North, Osun state, there is an orphanage home which houses over 102 children. The 12-room structure is run by...
The landlady of 16 Adekoya Street in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State and her children are on the run, following alleged murder of one...
As politicking and lobbying for appointments continue to gather momentum around the Presidency, a group of Benue elites have advised President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint only...
A suspect arrested by the police in Anambra State over last year’s killing of one Ndubisi Nwokolo in Onitsha has denied culpability in the crime. The...
THE Senior Prefect of Ijo Mimo High School in Akure, Ondo State capital, died at the weekend after falling from a mango tree within the school...
The Chief Imam of Lagos State, Sheikh Sulaimon Oluwatoyin Abou-Nolla has praised the Lagos State Government for its prompt response and adequate care of the survivors...
