The Oyo State government on Tuesday issued a blanket ban on meetings held by head teachers or teachers during school hours, effective immediately. This directive applies...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has explained how its members are adopting strategies designed to their states’ agricultural strengths and vulnerabilities. In a document by its...
Following his inauguration as President of Nigeria in May 2023, Bola Tinubu announced in his inaugural address that his administration’s industrial policy would leverage a comprehensive...
The former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, has charged Service Chiefs to end banditry and terrorism ravaging communities in Northern Nigeria. Danjuma gave...
The National Assembly on Tuesday donated N174 million to victims of the recent flooding in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The Senate donated N74 million, while...
A federal judge in New York has ruled that American music mogul Puff Daddy be sent to jail at his arraignment, thus rejecting a bail proposal made by the rapper’s attorneys. The embattled 54-year-old hip-hop mogul,...
The return of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from what looked like a long trip abroad must come to many as a relief. When the President travelled...
Our Model Ripples Nigeria’s Ranking Nigerian Governors, a monthly publication dedicated to evaluating the performance of Nigerian governors since August 2019. Makes a return again for...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo recently revealed a shocking story about how Nigeria almost lost out on a $280 million telecommunications deal due to the actions of...
In the wake of a devastating mass pager attack that claimed nine lives and left 2,800 injured across Lebanon, the country’s Education Minister, Abbas Halabi, has...
Former Military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has appealed to the Federal Government to address the biting economic hardship in the country. Abdusalami, who made...
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA), has faulted claims by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) which reported consecutive monthly...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Revenue allocation drops by N155bn as FG, states, LGAs share N1.2tr in August The...
The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to review the price of the Premium Motor Spirits (PMS) also known...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday met with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) in Abuja. The...
The presidency has dismissed as bundle of lies, reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Yemi...
The new-format UEFA Champions League has kicked off with many goals scored on day one of the league phase, with holders Real Madrid defeating Stuttgart 3-1....
The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) has suspended the planned protest scheduled to begin on Wednesday. The workers had on September 12 announced...
The three tiers of government on Tuesday shared the sum of N1.2 trillion as revenue allocation for August. The Director (Press and Public Relations) in the...
The naira shed N110 against the American dollar at the official window on Tuesday. Data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) showed that the...
The Nigerian equities market returned from the Eid-il-Maulud holiday on Tuesday with N131 billion profit for investors. This followed a surge in the share prices of...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed four suspected bandits and rescued 20 hostages in Birnin Gwari and Giwa local government areas of Kaduna State. The...
The Federal Government has resolved to unbundle the 115 Federal Unity Colleges in the country into basic and secondary schools. The Minister of State for Education,...
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down an illegal cosmetic factory at the Trade Fair Complex in Lagos State....
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has suspended the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the Akuku-Toru local government area of the state, Otonye Briggs. The Chief Press...
Police operatives in Edo on Sunday killed a suspected kidnapper and rescued his victim in the Egor area of the state. The spokesman for the state...
Bandits on Sunday morning attacked two churches at Bakinpah-Maro Community in the Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State and killed three persons. They also abducted...
At least 18 persons were burnt to death in an auto crash along the Ijebu-Ode/Benin expressway on Monday. The Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) spokesman...
Troops of Operation Safe Haven have arrested five gunrunners and recovered arms and ammunition in Plateau State. The Military Public Information Officer, Operation Safe Haven, Major...
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, set aside the interim order restraining the Kwara State government from conducting local government elections...
Social media platform Tiktok, an app that allows users to create, share, and discover short-form videos will be represented by eight big-name influencers including a Texan rancher and a baker from...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has promised continued support to the Federal Government through ways and means advances. However, such will not be more than...
Gunmen suspected to be militia have killed five youths in Mbar community of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. According to the Chairman of the...
Senator Ita Enang has declared that Akwa Ibom State is predominantly an All Progressives Congress (APC) stronghold, despite being governed by a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
The Lagos State government has unsealed De-Angels Donald’s Fast Food, belonging to celebrity barman, Cubana Chief Priest hours after the edifice was shut down. Recall that the state...
The Lagos State Government has issued a stern warning to owners of illegal properties in the Mayegun waterfront scheme, Eti-Osa Local Government, to vacate the premises...
The death toll from the tragic auto crash in Kaduna has risen to 40, with the majority of victims being children. The incident, which occurred on...
Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed has responded to a threat by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike, that he would set...
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My last child, for now, will be 23 years old in December. He grew up calling me Daa. He learnt it from his two elder brothers...
The intense rivalry between Africa’s top table tennis nations, Egypt and Nigeria, will be reignited at the 2024 ITTF African Championships. The event will take place...
A media aide to former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has been reportedly remanded in prison for criticizing the wife of incumbent governor, Fatima Ahmad Aliyu,...
Following the recent killing of a notorious bandit leader, Halilu Sububu and scores of his foot soldiers by Nigerian troops, the Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal...
Nollywood actress Tonto Wigoh Dikeh has explained why leaving her marriage with her erstwhile husband Olakunle Churchill was the best decision she has ever made in...
American music mogul Sean Puffy Combs popularly known in entertainment circles as Puff Daddy is now cooling his heels in police net following his arrest in...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last week suspended the former Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, for alleged anti-party activities. The same week, the ex-National Vice...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced plans to fully automate its services to prevent extortion and enhance service delivery. This decision comes after...
The outlawed Igbo secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has warned the Nigerian government over the deteriorating health condition of its incarcerated leader, Nnamdi Kanu,...
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has tabled the release of arrested Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members as condition under which his party will any peace accord,...
The Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo, on Monday, countered Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike’s assertion that he wouldn’t...
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has disclosed that Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) is essential to Nigeria’s economic development. This is even as the Commission disclosed...
