The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has given television and radio stations in Nigeria conditions under which to carry news stories relating to activities of bandits, terrorists...
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An Indian-born Pulitzer Price winning photojournalist, Dannish Siddiqui, has been confirmed dead following renewed clashes in Afghanistan. Siddiqui who worked with Reuters before his untimely death...
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters on Thursday disclosed that a lot of soldiers have lost their lives in battles at the various theatres of operations across the...
Ahead of the forthcoming governorship elections in Anambra State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has removed the name of Prof Chukwuma Soludo as the candidate...
Last week, Hon. Rimamnde Kwewum introduced a bill at the House of Representatives that would yank off the constitutional immunity executives enjoy. Kwewum’s bill has since...
As politicians argue over the 3 or 5 percent community allocation in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) data shows that export markets for Nigeria’s crude oil...
Lawmakers in the house of Representatives on Friday voted against the use of electronic means for transfer of elections results in the country. More to come…...
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has told the House of Representatives that only 50% of the country has 3G coverage, which is the requirement to transmit...
Members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), have staged a protest at the British Embassy in Ireland against the arrest and detention of their...
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In the wake of the Senate’s decision to reject the electronic transmission of election results, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Upper Chamber...
Insecurity and political crisis have beneficiaries and sponsors. For the political class, it is fair game to exploit and deploy every instrument in the combat repository...
The Upper Area Court Zuba in Abuja has issued a criminal summon against the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and governorship candidate...
The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has made a dramatic U-Turn on a case involving him and a journalist, Ja’afar Ja’afar, who posted a video...
Bitcoin transactions rose in Nigeria for the month of June when compared to the preceding month as the cryptocurrency ban by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)...
Nigeria’s inflation rate decreased to 17.75 percent in June, from 17.93 percent in May according to the ‘Consumer Price Index Report for June’, released by the...
Men of the Katsina and Jigawa states Police Commands have killed a leader of a kidnapping gang, identified as Abdullahi Bummi, in Jigawa State. Ripples Nigeria...
The Senate on Thursday, passed the contentious Electoral Act Amendment Bill amidst a lot of rancour and heated debate, with 52 voting for it while 28...
The upcoming governorship elections in Anambra is shaping up to be a fascinating spectacle with the sacking of some aides by Governor Willie Obiano. This decision...
It is no longer news that Nigeria intends to take additional loans in the coming years to close budget gaps. The news is that in the...
The leadership crisis in the Kwara State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is still festering, as the party has suspended 11 members from...
The proscribed Igbo separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has given some media houses in the country, a 24-hour ultimatum to withdraw reports that members...
President Muhammadu Buhari has laid the foundation stone for the $1.2 billion Kano-Kaduna rail project two weeks after Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, promised Nigerians that...
A 43-year-old woman, Sharon Williams, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly locking up and assaulting her five-year-old nephew for six months....
Gunmen have killed a Major General of the Nigerian Army, Hassan Ahmed, and abducted his wife in an attack in Abuja. Ahmed, who was recently appointed...
The concept of body enhancement continues to spread in Nigeria, as the number of celebrities undergoing body augmentation continues to increase on a daily basis. It...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you 1. Supreme Court dismisses ex-NNPC GMD, Yakubu’s appeal against forfeiture of $9.7m, £74,000 The Supreme Court...
The Board of Directors of First City Monument Bank Limited have announced the appointment of Mrs. Oluwatoyin Olaiya as Executive Director, Risk & Compliance. This, according...
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the appeal filed by a former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Andrew Yakubu, against...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and state governors on Thursday agreed to start deductions on the budget support facility this month. The Minister of Finance,...
Wimbledon champion, Novak Djokovic has confirmed that he will be participating in this summer’s Olympic Games at Tokyo. The Serb, who already won this year’s Australian...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday proposed a three-month rent collection by house owners in the country. The minister, who made the...
The Akwa Ibom House of Assembly on Thursday approved Governor Udom Emmanuel’s request to obtain N7 billion loan for agricultural and housing projects in the state....
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday urged the National Assembly to expedite action on the National Water Resources Bill. Buhari also charged state governments to build stronger...
The Senate on Thursday adjourned plenary till September 14 for its annual vacation. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, disclosed this after considering the votes and proceedings...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Thursday the National Economic Council (NEC) would review the reports of the judicial panels of inquiry set up by state...
A journalist, Olubunmi Afuye and two others were killed in a bank robbery at Ilara-Mokin, Ifedore local government area of Ondo State on Thursday. The spokesman...
The National Assembly was plunged into a rowdy session on Thursday as plenary turned riotous over deliberations on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The bill seeks...
The third world heavyweight fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder has been rescheduled for 9 October in Las Vegas. The bout, which had been due...
At least N2.94 billion was wiped off the Nigerian stock market following the drop in the equity capitalisation to N19.72 trillion at the close of business...
The Bayelsa State House of Assembly on Thursday reinstated the suspended Clerk of the Assembly, Owudogu Kozigene. The lawmaker was suspended in November last year for...
The House of Representatives on Thursday rejected a motion seeking the declaration of Bauchi as an oil and gas producing state. A member of the House,...
Police operatives in Edo State have arrested a security guard over an alleged plan to abduct the Manager of a Zenith Bank branch in Ekpoma, Esan...
The Federal Government has declared Tuesday and Wednesday next week as a public holiday to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry...
The Nigerian Army said on Thursday said the 1,009 suspects released by the military authorities are not ex-Boko Haram fighters. The Director of Army Public Relations,...
Former Netherlands winger, Arjen Robben has called it quits from professional football for the second time. The 37-year-old had in 2019 hung up his boots before...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, insisted on Thursday that figures on Nigeria’s housing deficit are wrong. The minister, who spoke at the Weekly...
The House of Representatives has adjourned debate on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill following after the parliament descended into a rowdy session on Thursday. The problem...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday charged governors of the 36 states in the country to imbibe the culture of continuity in the development of their states...
