The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has insisted on the two-week warning strike slated to begin on December 2. The ASUP President, Mr. Kpanja Shammah,...
The Lagos State Taskforce has arrested four suspected traffic robbers in the state. The Chairman of the taskforce, Adetayo Akerele, disclosed this in a statement issued...
Police on Thursday arraigned a 52-year-old man, Taiwo Olaniyan, at the Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, for allegedly causing the death of...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday appealed the sack of its seven-man caretaker committee in Benue by a court in the state. Justice Tertsagha Kume...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday requested the Senate confirmation of three persons as members of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) governing board. The Senate President,...
A factional chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Edozie Njoku, has accepted the Supreme Court judgment on the party’s leadership tussle. The Supreme...
An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, Mr. John Adetola, on Thursday, told the Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, how he collected the sum of...
Justice T.G. Ringing of the Federal High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced two police officers: Yusuf AbdulKarim Bature and Musa...
The Senate on Thursday resumed the debate on the Tax Reform Bills. The bills are a set of four legislative proposals to increase Value-Added Tax (VAT)...
The Nigerian Navy has arrested three suspected drug dealers and impounded illicit drugs worth N500 million in Akwa Ibom State. The Commanding Officer of the Nigerian...
The human rights watchdog, Amnesty International has accused the Nigeria Police Force of using “excessive force” against #EndBadGovernance protesters in the country. The police had arraigned...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market gained N305 billion at the close of trading on Thursday. This followed a surge in the share prices of stocks...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested a Nigerian serial fraudster identified as Oluyomi Omobolanle Bombata, alias “Bobo Chicago,” for an alleged $2.8 million email...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has described the embattled self-acclaimed Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile, Simon Ekpa,...
Two men have been arrested for the alleged murder of a Police Inspector, Ibrahim Maizabuwa, in Adamawa State. The deceased was attached to Gombe State Police...
World number two and five-time Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek has agreed to a one-month suspension following a positive test for a banned substance. The 23-year-old...
Nigeria men’s football team, the Super Eagles made a big fall in the latest world rankings released by world football governing body, FIFA. The team, being...
The House of Representatives on Thursday confirmed Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede as the substantive Chief of Army Staff. This confirmation comes on the heels of Oluyede’s...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Thursday, published a list of 9,532 alleged land title debtors in Abuja, giving them a two-week ultimatum to settle...
Multiple reports have confirmed that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has initiated a sweeping antitrust inquiry, as reported by the Financial Times. The investigation encompasses...
Nigerian entertainer Folarin Falana, aka Falz, has explained how he was able to handle the difficulties he faced initially while he was trying to balance his...
Amid opposition from the National Economic Council (NEC) and 19 northern state governors, the Senate on Thursday passed the four tax bills proposed by President Bola...
Renowned megachurch leader Bishop TD Jakes has reassured his followers that he remains unshaken in his faith and unafraid of death following a recent health emergency....
A former Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe, last week dismissed claims that the 2023 presidential election was rigged by the...
The Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned the “copyright infringement” lawsuit filed by music producer Michael Oluwole against gospel singer Sinach until January 2025. In...
The trial of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman continued on Wednesday, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice James Omotosho with the...
Deji Adeyanju, the lawyer representing Darlington Okoye, popularly known in music circles as Speed Darlington or “AKPI,” has taken a swipe at show promoter Paul Okoye, known...
Nigeria stands at a turning point, facing significant fiscal hurdles while pursuing ambitious economic objectives. To address these challenges, the government has leaned on external financial...
Former Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard has been named head coach of Championship side Coventry City on a two-and-a-half-year contract. At 46, Lampard takes the...
A superior court in Finland has set a May 2025 deadline for prosecutors to file charges against self-styled Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in...
A Magistrate Court in Oshodi, Lagos, has sentenced a man to four months in prison for attempting to vandalize the Jibowu Bridge. The suspect was apprehended...
Russia’s army has unleashed a massive attack on Ukraine’s energy sector on Thursday, leaving millions of Ukrainians without power as temperatures plummeted to freezing levels across...
Nigeria and China have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral relations, with Vice President Kashim Shettima announcing that trade between the two nations reached $22.6 billion...
Former Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has frowned against the contemptible statements presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga made against...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Lilypond Export Command, has intercepted 11 containers of timber and unprocessed wood valued at $296 million, preventing an illegal export attempt...
The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has promised to give the immediate past governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki N50 million, if...
The chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele has stated that the country’s current fiscal system inhibits growth. This is...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), wants the embattled self-styled Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE), Simon Ekpa tried for the murder...
In a bold move to strengthen security in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) ahead of the festive season, operatives of the Dei-Dei ‘B’ Division, acting on...
A dramatic rescue operation was carried out by the Ocean Viking rescue ship on Tuesday, saving 48 mostly underage migrants from the Mediterranean Sea off the...
Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), has shed light on the rationale behind his decision to restructure Nigeria into 12 states during his tenure....
This investigation by PATRICK EGWU is the second part of a year-long investigative series on climate change disinformation and corruption produced as part of the Bertha...
Residents of three communities in Zungur ward in Bauchi LGA of Bauchi State have appealed to the Member representing Bauchi Federal Constituency in the House of...
The naira slumped slightly against the dollar at the official foreign exchange window on Wednesday, November 27, 2024. According to data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Senate session in disarray over Tax Reform Bill The Senate’s plenary today was marked...
The Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, will present the 2025 Appropriation Bill of N391 billion to the State House of Assembly on Thursday. Nwifuru disclosed this...
Magistrates in Cross River State on Wednesday began a three-day warning strike over alleged poor welfare and other conditions of service. The Chairman of the Magistrates...
Police operatives in Anambra have rescued two kidnapped persons and arrested four suspects in connection with the incident in Idemili South local government area of the...
The Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, on Wednesday explained why he suspended the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Moses Ekuma, for three months. The governor had...
The Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Sule Abdulaziz, said on Tuesday the Federal Government has spent about N8.8 billion to repair vandalized transmission...
