English Premier League champions, Manchester City have been handed a two-season ban from European club competitions by UEFA. This was after the Etihad club were found...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday suspended the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Modibbo Kawu, over his ongoing trial for alleged corruption. The Independent Corrupt...
The Medical and Dental Consultant’s Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), said on Friday its members would withdraw from all teaching hospitals in the country over the National...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Friday urged the Amnesty International (AI) to stop its “reckless distortion of facts on the military campaign against terrorism in the...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly abducted a Catholic priest with the Uromi Diocese, Fr. Nicholas Oboh. The Chancellor of the Uromi Diocese, Rev Fr....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Bayelsa, Douye Diri, was on Friday evening sworn in as the new governor of the state. Diri was...
Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has backed new signing Odion Ighalo to do well in the club despite missing training due to coronavirus fears. Ighalo,...
The National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, Friday, charged Bayelsa governor-elect, Diri Douye, and his running mate Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, to...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, said on Friday, the party has rejected the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission...
The Bayelsa State Police Command on Friday announced a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Uche Anozia, disclosed this at a press...
The Bayelsa State governor-elect, Senator Douye Diri, will be sworn in later on Friday at the Government House in Yenagoa, the state capital. A Bayelsa State...
Sustained sell pressure in blue chip equities led the Nigerian bourse on a step further down today as the major performance indicators ended in the negative...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met behind closed- doors with Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors’ Forum Atiku Bagudu and the Jigawa State Governor,...
Apart from the numerous airstrips built mainly by the Nigerian military and multinational oil companies, Nigeria has 31 airports out of which only 5 are functional...
There are growing fears that deadly coronavirus which has fast spread across the world may be harder to contain than earlier thought after more than 1,700...
The Federal Government on Friday transferred the ownership of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 98 to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), the upstream subsidiary of the...
Ugoeze Comfort Okoro, the abducted wife of a traditional ruler in Ihitoha Uratta community, Owerri North local government area of Imo State, Dr. Emmanuel Okoro, has...
The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman has taken a sly dig at the electoral process in Nigeria stating that politicians need not...
Hoodlums on Friday, attacked the Yenagoa home of Bayelsa State Governor-elect, Senator Duoye Diri, moments after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) issued him a Certificate...
The Ekiti State House of Assembly, on Friday, passed the bill for the establishment of the state Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps into law. The...
Bayelsa State Governor-elect, Senator Douye Diri has received his certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Diri was issued the certificate shortly after...
The Kaduna State Police Command has denied social media reports linking one of its officers to the murder of the wife of a Kaduna based medical...
The streets of Bayelsa State have been taken over by demonstrators rallying against the Supreme Court’s judgement that stopped the inauguration of Chief David Lyon as...
Pandemonium struck in Bayelsa State on Friday when hundreds of angry youths and women, marched out to the streets of Yenagoa, protesting the Supreme Court verdict...
The 2019 Annual Report and Accounts of Nigeria’s largest brewer, Nigerian Breweries Plc, has revealed a 17% or N3.296 billion drop in its after-tax profit for Full Year...
In line with the ruling of the Supreme Court, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday declared Diri Douye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
Recently appointed Super Eagles assistant coach, Joseph Yobo has expressed his excitement over the appointment by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). The NFF announced the appointment...
Smarting from protests rocking the state in the aftermath of the Supreme Court judgment that sacked former Governor Emeka Ihedioha from office, the Imo State House...
Governors of the Southwest states and the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, have finally agreed on the recruitment, training and operation of the Western Nigeria...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved new uniform for the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) aimed at reflecting its new name and orientation. This was revealed...
A legislation set aside to limit the powers of President Donald Trump to wage war against pariah Asian nation; Iran has been backed by the Senate...
Health authorities in China have reported 121 more deaths from the coronavirus outbreak, 116 of which are from the epicentre of the infection in Hubei Province...
Senator Kashim Shettima on Thursday said residents of Maiduguri booed President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday because they had an exaggerated expectation that was not being met....
The future of oil remains bleak in Nigeria in the next 10 years owing to cost increases and volatility in the energy industry even as corporate...
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan has declared that those employed to be in charge of the nation’s security must be given targets and...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Friday morning. 1. BAYELSA: APC rejects Supreme Court verdict, warns INEC The Bayelsa State chapter of...
Universities must not be turned into business centers to generate profit alone, but can also be of value beyond academics to their communities. Unfortunately, these days...
This month marks 172 years since the first publication of the Communist Manifest. All around the world people will be commemorating February 20th with group read-alouds,...
Whenever the news of the activities of Boko Haram surface what usually comes to mind is the promises made by President Mohammed Buhari on security, economy...
Granting tax waivers to big companies indiscriminately do not only erode government’s revenue base, but also hinders the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) from meeting its...
Tragedy struck on Wednesday in Maro, a border village between Kajuru and Kachia local government areas of Kaduna State as gunmen invaded the village on Wednesday...
The Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has rejected the ruling by the Supreme Court which sacked its candidate David Lyon as the...
The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has faulted the position held by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, over the sacking...
Instant messaging platform, Whatsapp, has recorded an addition of 500 million new users in 2 years, raising its bar to 2 billion users. While Whatsapp becomes...
Nigeria women’s U-17 football team, Flamingos, will host their Guinean counterparts at the Agege Stadium, Lagos next month. Both teams are playing for a ticket to...
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) said on Thursday the Federal, States, Local Governments and other statutory recipients of the Federation Accounts and Allocation Committee...
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, Sadiya Umar, on Thursday visited Auno in Borno State to sympathize with the people of the area over...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Thursday there were 472 confirmed cases of Lassa fever in the country. The Assistant Director of Health...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Thursday the results and data of the 1999 and 2003 general elections were missing. The INEC National Commissioner...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would meet on Friday to take a decision on the Supreme Court’s ruling which nullified the election of...
