The depreciation of the Nigerian naira continued in the first half of the year, with the currency losing up to eight percent of its value on...
The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) has disclosed that incoming passengers must now perform a COVID-19, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), test three days before boarding. The test...
More disclosures have been publicised in the wake of the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mr Nnamdi Kanu, by the...
Daffy Blanco, a UK-based Nigerian artiste, has taken to her Instagram platform to claim that DMW artiste, Peruzzi died in a nightmare she recently had. Blanco’s...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you. 1. Lawyers give Nigeria 48 hours ultimatum to release Kanu, threaten to sue Kenyan government A...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday moved to increase the retirement age and years of service for legislative workers in the country. The House Chief Whip,...
The United States comedian, Bill Cosby, was released from prison on Wednesday after the country’s highest court overturned his conviction for sexual assault. Cosby, 83, had...
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Oyo State, Mutiu Agboke, said on Wednesday at least 700,000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) have not been collected in the...
The House of Representatives Committee on Finance on Wednesday grilled the National Examinations Council (NECO) over failure to remit the sum of N636,778,000 to the Federal...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) on Wednesday expressed concern over the worsening insecurity in the South-East with just four months to the Anambra State governorship...
The Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Wednesday condemned the alleged killing of a Nigerian footballer, Kelvin Igweani, by police in the...
A coalition of Igbo-British lawyers has challenged the part played by the Kenyan government in the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra...
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali, on Wednesday pledged to ensure a better policing system in a bid to address the worsening insecurity in the country....
Police operatives in Lagos on Wednesday arrested 144 criminal suspects in the state. The spokesman of the state police command, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who disclosed this in...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the payment of pensions for retirees in the Federal Civil Service. The National Pension Commission (PenCom) disclosed this in a statement...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday shut down a motion seeking the reopening of the Idiroko border and other land borders in the country. This followed...
The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, on Wednesday suspended five permanent secretaries in the state civil service for six months over alleged “lack of commitment.” Umahi...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday the citizens and not the ethnicity or religion are the major cause of the country’s problem. The President, according to...
English Premier League club, Tottenham Hotspur have appointment former Wolverhampton Wanderers boss, Nuno Espirito Santo, as new manager. Nuno, who left Wolves in May after leading...
The expensive clothing donned by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), at the time of his arrest is stirring debates on social...
Air Peace Limited on Wednesday announced the suspension of its Lagos-Johannesburg route over the rising cases of COVID-19 in South Africa. The airline said in a...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday presented the certificate of return to the winner of the party’s governorship primaries in...
Kingsley Kanu, the brother to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi, said on Wednesday the activist was arrested in Kenya. He disclosed...
The Court of Appeal, Yola, Adamawa State, has upheld the conviction of a former electoral officer with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state,...
The Kano State High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 20-year-old man, Salisu Muhammad-Yakasai, to death by hanging for stabbing his football coach, Mujittafa Musa, to death...
Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday fixed October 13 for the arraignment of the Managing Director of Dana Air, Hathiramani Jacky...
The Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to ensure strict adherence to the rule of law in handling the case of...
Rivers State House of Assembly on Wednesday approved the ban on contractors and private consultants collecting personal income tax in the state. The measure followed a...
A former Vice Chairman of Lagos Island Local Government Area, in Lagos State, Asekun Kehinde, was on Wednesday remanded in prison custody following his arraignment in...
The Nigerian bourse continues to appreciate as investors gained over N140 billion at the end of Wednesday’s trading after the market capitalisation ended with N19.76 trillion....
The Senate, on Wednesday, approved the passage of the Firearms Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2021, increasing the fine for illegal importation and sales of firearms to...
Investment bank, JPMorgan Chase, have informed bitcoin investors that the most popular cryptocurrency will still crash below the $30,000 mark, and other analysts support this forecast....
The proscribed Igbo secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, was abducted on the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari, and has...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, escaped death on Tuesday night when gunmen suspected to be bandits reportedly attacked his convoy. According to the state Commissioner of...
The Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN) has debunked the reports that made the rounds in some sections of the media that Evelyn Joshua, wife of...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today. 1. Carbon partners Visa to enable payments across Africa Fintech...
English Premier League club, Everton have appointed Rafael Benitez as manager to replace Carlo Ancelotti who left the club this month. The 61-year-old Spaniard has signed...
Yet again, Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also know as Sunday Igboho has reiterated plans to hold the mega rally scheduled for Saturday in Lagos while dismissing...
The Senate has stated that the Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNOC) Mele Kyari, will address the Senate on the Petroleum Industry Bill, 2021...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has clarified that it has not fixed another examination for any category of candidates on July 3 as being...
Veteran Nollywood actress, Iya Rainbow has disclosed in a recent interview with BBC Africa that she urged her colleague, Princess to drop the rape charges against...
Top members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday staged a protest at the National Assembly complex over the nomination of presidential media aide, Lauretta...
The Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) has revealed that insurance companies have paid over N5 billion in claims to businesses affected by the aftermath of the EndSARS...
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has said it recovered N608.55m from defaulting employers who deducted their workers monthly emoluments but failed to remit to their Retirement...
Three senators on Wednesday formally announced that they had dumped the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The senators who...
Former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has insinuated that the Federal Government used ex-Niger Delta militant and leader of the Niger Delta People Volunteer...
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has shut down two steel plants in Ikorodu area of Lagos State for producing substandard iron rods. On Tuesday, the...
Nigeria’s Ministry of Youth and Sports development has denied an allegation that it abandoned Samson Siasia during his fight against a life ban handed to him...
A member of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Mohammed Ahmed, has been reportedly killed by suspected bandits along the Sheme-Funtua highway in Katsina State, while...
The weekly Federal Executive Meeting for this week has been called off. No reason was given for cancellation of the meeting which has been held virtually...
