The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Department of Petroleum Resources might be heading for a showdown over the actual litres of refined petrol the nation...
The inability to pay June salaries of government workers is generating tension and agitation across the various states of the federation, the Nigeria Labour Congress has...
Various communities in some parts of Sokoto State have been gripped by fear and anxiety as a result of the influx of armed bandits from neighbouring...
About six months to the conduct of the 2019 general elections, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Akwa Ibom State,...
Several high ranking members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State are now re-viewing their relationship with the party in protest against alleged mouth-watering...
The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has called on the NYSC to immediately release its findings on the status of Adeosun....
A fire protection expert and the Chief Executive Officer, Surveillant Fire Limited, Jumade Adejola, has warned people against patronising roadside hawkers of fire extinguishers, saying that...
A widow, Mrs Adebukola Mowette, is alleging that an officer, simply identified as Egi asked her for sex to grant her bail. “He fondled my breasts...
A peace meeting convened by the Minister for State, Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, as part of processes to bridge the division in the Delta state chapter...
The South East chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) says it is surprised by the announcement of the South-east governors that it...
The Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, may have deferred the closure of Third Mainland Bridge till Friday,July 27th 2018 to fully sensitise the public,...
A licensed customs clearing agent, Mr Khally Momodu, has said that the ban on importation of vehicles through the land border may not be effective as...
The key issue that stalled May edition of Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) is yet to be resolved it emerged last night. A re- convened FAAC...
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, has endorsed the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, for second term in office,...
Senators and House of Representatives members involved in the Reformed-All Progressives Congress(R-APC) “plot” may be denied tickets to return to the parliament, sources close to the...
Over 50 Nigerian students are being wrongly detained in police stations in Cotonou, the Republic of Benin’s commercial capital, their parents claimed yesterday. They alleged that...
Igbo leaders under the aegis of Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF) yesterday met with representatives of a Coalition of pro Biafran groups. Prof. Uzodinma Nwala led them...
Although there have been sanctions against telecommunications operators involved in call masking, SIM-Boxing and related fraud, the menace still persists. About this time last year, The...
The 8th National Assembly since its inauguration on June 9, 2015 has only received 12 Bills from the Executive arm of government. Findings carried out by...
Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Benue State, Comrade Aayan Godwin, has dismissed reports that Governor Samuel Ortom asked workers to forfeit their one-year...
Some states’ inability to meet vital financial obligations without allocation from the Federal Government is becoming clearer by the day following the deadlock in the Federal...
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has summoned a meeting of the top hierarchy of the party to discuss demands by...
No fewer than 135 passengers on board Azman Air, yesterday, escaped death after the Boeing 737 plane failed two consecutive times to land at the Mallam...
Senate President Bukola Saraki is warming up to join the race for the Presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in August, according to sources...
The ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), may have technically lost its majority status in the two chambers of the National Assembly, following last week’s implosion...
All may not be well in the Benue State chapter of the All Progressives Congress as there are strong indications that Governor Samuel Ortom may likely...
Residents of Ilorin, the Kwara state capital have expressed concerns and worries over recent upsurge in the quantity of snakes around the town. The development according...
Ahead of their defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC), leaders of Reformed All Progressives Congress(R-APC) have tabled tough demands before the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)....
Last Tuesday, Nigerian travel agents celebrated what was considered a milestone with the introduction of its identity card called Nigerian Travel Practitioners’ Identity Card (NTPIC) under...
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) may have finally put the party in jeopardy as states such as Kaudna and Bauchi have become the...
Over 1,000 federal civil servants drawn from four states in the North-West zone due for retirement in 2019 have converged on Kaduna to commence their pre-retirement...
The Professor of Management Accounting at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Richard Akindele, who was recently dismissed for sexually harassing a postgraduate student of the...
The plot to cause a split in the All Progressives Congress(APC) has suffered a major setback, with some leaders of the party refusing to join the...
The industrial action by truck drivers evacuating goods at the Apapa Port which is proposed to start today will shut down the port and worsen its...
The Nigeria Immigration Service is planning to embed passports with advanced security features as part of the new security measures to make them tamper-proof. The PUNCH...
The influential Middle Belt Forum (MBF), a group of prominent political leaders in the middle belt states, may have decided to have a shot at the...
Players in the nation’s marketing communications industry are confused over the federal government’s seeming nonchalant attitude towards the re-constitution of the governing council of the Advertising...
A leader of the new Peoples Democratic Party bloc, Alhaji Kawu Baraje, said the decision to pick Alhaji Buba Galadima as the National Chairman of the...
At least 51 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), who fled from herdsmen killings in Benue State, have died at the Abagena IDPs Camp, Makurdi. The Camp Commandant,...
The Nigerian Ports Authority has said that any of its officials found collecting bribe to influence the ongoing truck call-up system at the ports will be...
THE National Assembly ad hoc joint committee probing the theft of the Senate mace has concluded its sitting and may likely lay its report in both...
Acting on a tip off from the members of the public, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday stormed a popular secondary school in...
Not less than 20 states in Nigeria are currently seeking financial refund incurred on behalf of Federal Government for infrastructure project developments, especially federal road repairs...
The National Youth Service Corps is set to spend about N87,000,000 to purchase 2000 life jackets for corps members, especially those posted to the riverine communities...
The president-general of the Nigeria Football Supporters’ Club, Rafiu Ladipo, says the Federal Government’s decision to remove Amaju Pinnick as president of the Nigeria Football Federation...
Security concerns may have stalled a stakeholders meeting between the Federal Government and Ogoni leaders to discuss planned resumption of oil and gas exploration in the...
Members of the Alhaji Kawu Baraje-led new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP), an aggrieved group within the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), continued their consultations on their...
Health workers under the auspices of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) have cried out over the victimisation of their members following Federal Government’s implementation of...
A plot to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from seeking re-election on account of age and other excuses has been uncovered, The Nation learnt yesterday. Some senior...
The apex Fulani social-cultural organisation, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has rejected calls for the sacking of the service chiefs. The Secretary-General of the group, Saleh Al-Hassan,...
