The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reacted to the fire incident that razed its headquarters in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Thursday. In a...
Voters in Edo and Ondo states have been told that they must wear face masks before they would be allowed to vote in the forthcoming governorship...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has knocked members of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet for celebrating what it called failure. The opposition party was reacting to...
A Kwara State Chief Magistrate’s Court headed by Chief Magistrate Oladosu Abayomi, on Thursday, ordered four men trading in Kwara and Oyo states to be remanded...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday handed over a Dubai-bound passenger, Ishaq Abubakar, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Abubakar was arrested with...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning 1. CONSTITUTION REVIEW: Senate extends deadline for submission of memoranda by two weeks The...
Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has ordered the suspension of the salaries of 135 staff of the state Primary Health Care Development Agebcy for absenting...
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to call off issuance of foreign exchange for food and fertiliser imports, according to a...
Nigeria on Thursday recorded 197 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases were...
The Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has extended the deadline for submission of memoranda by two weeks. The Special Adviser on...
The Lagos-Ogun Mass Transit Train Services will resume operations on Monday. The District Manager of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Jerry Oche, who disclosed this in a...
French Ligue 1 champions, Paris Saint-Germain began their title defence with a shock defeat to newly promoted club, Lens on Thursday night. Although the Paris club...
One person was killed in an auto crash along the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos on Thursday. The Head of Public Affairs, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency...
The equity segment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) rallied on Thursday after three days of consecutive losses with a N50.115 billion appreciation. Gains recorded by...
Late former Nigeria international, Rashidi Yekini is set to finally be immortalized by the Kwara state government with a stadium named after him. The call for...
With just one month to the Ondo State governorship election, fire on Thursday evening razed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Akure, the state...
A court in the United Kingdom on Thursday ordered the British Virgin Islands firm, Process and Industrial Development (P$ID) to pay £1.5m to Nigeria within 21...
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Thursday suspended its nationwide strike to allow the Federal Government time to meet its demands over pay and...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of an additional N8.9 billion for payment of hazard allowances for all health workers in the country. The Chairman...
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, said on Thursday the Federal Government would save over N1trillion annually with the removal of subsidy on petrol....
One person was killed and several others injured during a clash between the supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP)...
A civil servant impersonating the Niger state Commissioner for Agriculture and 79 other civil servants have been dismissed from the Niger State Civil Service for engaging...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said on Thursday, the Federal Government would not negotiate with the British Virgin Island firm,...
A one-storey building collapsed in the Ijora-Badia area of Lagos on Thursday. The spokesman of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Nosa Okunbor, who confirmed...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said on Thursday all the governorship candidates for the September 19 election in Edo...
Mark Zuckerberg-led social media company, Facebook, has reportedly launched a new platform to connect college students, codenamed Facebook Campus. The new offering, according to product analysts,...
The Nasarawa State government said on Thursday it had commenced the testing of civil servants in the state for COVID-19. The Director of Public Health in...
The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has approved the appointment of four permanent secretaries in the state civil service. The Chief Press Secretary to the...
The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday it would not react to criticism from some Nigerians over the killing of Benue’s most wanted criminal, Terwase Akwaza, aka...
Despite criticism from several quarters, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday his administration had recorded “notable achievements” in the last five years. The president, who stated...
Real estate firm Orchard has in a Series C funding round led by U.S. venture capital firm Revolution Growth raised $69 million. The tech-forward residential real...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Akinwumi was re-elected as the...
The Lagos State government said on Thursday only final-year university students would resume school on September 14. The Special Adviser on Education to the state Governor,...
An Islamic cleric, Sheik Murtala Sokoto, has lambasted Nigerians still praising President Muhammadu Buhari. He said that Nigeria had been thrown into disarray under Buhari, describing...
The Federal Government’s plan to concession four major airports in Nigeria has been decried by the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The four airports the government is...
The major players of Mali’s military rulers have launched a three-day “national consultation” with political parties, unions and members of civil society groups, facing questions at...
A Federal High Court which sat in Lagos on Thursday and presided over by Justice Oguntoyinbo has fixed October 6 to hear the no-case submissions in...
The Presidency on Thursday said the recent surge in food prices in the country was gradually evolving into a food crisis, with the ability to threaten...
The joint National Assembly Committee on Ecology and Climate Change has decried the slow pace at which the Ogoni cleanup exercise was being carried out. The...
At least 47,000 candidates have applied for the Oyo State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps job openings. Kunle Togun, a retired officer of the Nigerian...
A former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has described the order issued by the Federal Government of Nigeria to “immediately” commence the use of consultants and...
Naira fell against the United States’ dollar on the parallel market on Wednesday, closing at N445, according to data from abokiFX, which collates rates from informal...
These latest stories from the tech space will keep you updated with trends today. 1. TikTok partners Gritti to launch elevator pitch for entrepreneurs Popular short...
At least 20 residents have been abducted by some unknown gunmen in Tunga Maji, a suburb of Abuja, early Thursday morning. According to a resident, the...
Operatives of the Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested a 40-year-old man identified as Usman Isma’il for allegedly killing...
Transactions carried out by Nigerians via electronic payment channels totalled N263.78 trillion between April and June this year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on...
The equity section of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) ended Wednesday’s trade in the negative territory as profit-taking efforts intensified, with investors dumping big volumes of...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday said there should be no justification for sexual assault and rape. According to a statement by his spokesperson, Laolu Akande, the...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Wednesday night announced vast oil find in the Benue Trough, a geological structure spanning about 1,000 kilometres northeast from the...
The Nigerian Senate has extended the date for the closure of submission of memoranda for the amendment of the constitution. The Senate, in its review of...
