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...
Some leaders from the North-Central have announced the exit of the region from the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and formed a new group, the North-Central Peoples...
Nigeria will sell its majority shareholding and forfeit its controlling stake in all its four comatose oil refineries if the ongoing negotiation talks succeed, the Group...
The administration of President Donald Trump of the United States of America has cancelled visas for more than 1,000 Chinese nationals under a May 29 presidential...
An attack carried out by a suicide bomber who blew himself up inside a restaurant in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday, has left three people dead...
A fresh N6.5 billion loan request by Governor Nyesom Wike has been approved by the Rivers State House of Assembly. The governor, in a letter to...
The unsettled fight On September 1, Nigerian Senators distanced themselves from an allegation heaped on them by the Director of Projects in the Niger Delta Development...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called for a peaceful conduct of the Edo State governorship election set for September 19 stating that it is...
The Nigerian government has requested a court sitting in Milan, Italy to order oil supermajors, Shell and Eni, to pay the sum of $1.092 billion as...
The candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, for the Ondo State governorship election, Agboola Ajayi, has declared that the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Governor...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning. 1. FG, NARD reach agreement on doctors’ demands The Federal Government and National Association...
The Federal Government and National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Wednesday reached an agreement on some of the issues raised by the health workers. In...
The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, said on Wednesday the state government planned to acquire 2000 units of 11 and 13-seat microbuses to...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of being hypocritical by criticizing the Federal Government’s decision to end fuel subsidy...
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 176 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases were...
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday inaugurated the National Steering Committee to oversee the development of the Nigeria Agenda 2050, Medium-Term National Development Plan (MTNDP) to succeed Vision...
Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday warned Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, against tampering with the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
Super Eagles midfielder, Oghenekaro Etebo has expressed his delight after completing a loan move to Turkish club Galatasaray on Wednesday. Tge 24-year-old, a Stoke City of...
A former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswan, on Wednesday asked the Federal Government to investigate the killing of the state’s most wanted criminal, Terwase Agwaza,...
Due to global cybersecurity concerns, the government of Zimbabwe has announced plans to build an indigenous video conferencing and messaging app, TrueConf. The development comes after...
The Osun State government on Wednesday received 15 female indigenes of the state who returned from Lebanon recently. The state’s Commissioner for Women, Children and Social...
There are fresh doubts over the federal government’s claim of full deregulation of the downstream segment of the petroleum industry with the latest admission by the...
The Edo House of Assembly on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure credible conduct of the September 19...
The Edo State Commissioner for Minerals, Oil, and Gas, Joseph Ikpea, on Wednesday, resigned from the state executive council. Ikpea is the third cabinet member to...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said on Wednesday he was shocked by the killing of the state’s most wanted criminal, Terwase Akwaza, aka Gana, by soldiers....
In a bid to expand its custom manufacturing marketplace, 7-year old startup Xometry has raised $75M in Series E funding round led by T. Rowe Price...
The Debt Management Office on Wednesday put the country’s total debt at N31 trillion. The figure, according to the DMO, was an increase of N2.38trillion over...
The Kano State Police Command said on Wednesday at least 259 suspected criminals had been arrested in various parts of the state in the last six...
Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (KOSIEC) on Wednesday fixed December 12 for the conduct of elections in the 21 local government areas of the state. The...
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Calabar chapter, protested the non-payment of their allowances at the university campus on Wednesday. In...
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, said on Wednesday President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration had failed Nigerians. Secondus, who stated this while...
The police on Wednesday produced Bayelsa State governorship candidate of the Liberation Movement, Vijah Opuama, in court. The Force had on two occasions failed to comply...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 22 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The suspects, all male,...
Nollywood actress, Shan George is ready to get married again for a fourth time after having had three failed attempts to settle down with a husband....
Two pairs of brothers Ayoola Timilehin, Olusola Timilehin, and Oladayo Fayemi, Tolulope Fayemi and three others suspected to be internet fraudsters have been arrested in Ibadan,...
Chief Medical Directors and Managing Directors of federal tertiary hospitals have been ordered by the Federal Government to “immediately” commence the use of consultants and doctors...
Mrs Maryann Philip-Shaibu, the wife of the deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has accused Adams Oshiomhole of threatening her life. Mrs Shaibu made the...
The Electoral Institute (TEI), of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised prospective voters in Edo State to adhere strictly to the Covid-19 protocols guiding...
The Legacy House, Maitama Abuja used by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) as an alternative secretariat, was again on Wednesday besieged by...
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr believes young striker Victor Osimhen has what it takes to be a success at Napoli, and could become like Cote d’Ivoire...
Lebanon’s Foreign Minister, Charbel Wehbe has tested positive for coronavirus. He has been placed under a 14-day quarantine, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. “The result...
The Katsina State Government and the state police command have rewarded three youths of the state, for their courage to disarm and kill one of the...
American reality TV show, ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ will be coming to an end in 2021 after 14 years and 20 episodes. Media personality, Kim...
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George has described the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a private company,...
