Gunmen have abducted the Anambra State Commissioner for Youths Development, Patrick Aghamba, and his wife. The attackers also shot dead the commissioner’s aide who was travelling...
Fire on Friday morning gutted a seven-storey building on Lagos Island. Several shops were affected in the incident which occurred at 5:17 a.m., at Sanni Adewale...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has set up four probe panels to investigate 27 high court judges in the country over alleged misconduct. The NJC Director...
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed claims of discrepancies in the results of the 2023 presidential election posted on its website and those presented by...
The Lagos State Police Command has said suspected motorcyclists were behind Wednesday’s attack on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle in the Orile area of the...
Chinese firm Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Company Limited has released one of the three Nigerian aircraft seized in France, Premium Times reports. The company on Thursday...
The Super Falcons of Nigeria have retained their 36th position in the latest FIFA World Ranking. The updated ranking was published on the official website of...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has warned that the response of the national working committee (NWC) of the party is a direct invitation...
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) Bauchi State Chapter has expressed its deep disappointment and loss of confidence in the Bauchi State Independent Electoral Commission (BASIEC) ahead...
A devastating incident has unfolded in Benue State, where a group of gunmen has kidnapped more than 20 medical and dental students, along with a House...
The Senate has finally responded to claims made by Senator Kawu Sumaila (NNPP, Kano South) that each serving senator receives N21 million monthly. Chairman of the...
The Ogun state government has stated that it was not notified of the Paris court order granting Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd the right to...
Aare Afe Babalola, founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), has criticized the Federal Government’s distribution of palliatives to citizens, describing it as an attempt to...
Zhongshan, the Chinese company at the center of the controversy surrounding the seizure of three Nigerian presidential jets in France, has expressed willingness to settle with...
The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, on Thursday, condemned the seizure of three Nigerian presidential jets in France, calling it a...
Governor Hyacinth Alia has taken a bold step to assert his leadership in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State by sealing the secretariat of...
Senator Shehu Buba Umar representing Bauchi South Senatorial District has declared that he has accepted his removal as the Mujaddadin Bauchi by the Bauchi Emirate Council...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Presidency exposes Chinese firm’s ‘fraudulent’ move to seize presidential jets, other assets The Presidency...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 12 containers with Tramadol, expired drugs and 27, 540 pieces of cutlasses valued at N1.8 billion in Lagos. The...
Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Thursday, ordered the interim forfeiture of $2.04m and seven properties linked to the former Governor of...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) on Thursday rejected the court ruling that reinstated the dissolved Chief Emeke Beke-led Executive Committee in Rivers...
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, said on Thursday the Federal Government has raised the country’s foreign reserves by $4...
The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has reshuffled his cabinet 15 months into his administration. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ukoha Njoku, who confirmed...
The Federal Government has intensified monitoring and screening procedures at all entry points in response to the threat of mpox. The Coordinating Minister of Health and...
The naira appreciated against the American dollar on Thursday. Data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) showed that the local currency gained N22 to...
For the fourth consecutive day this week, the bearish trend in the Nigerian equities market continued on Thursday as investors lost N84 billion at the close...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 39 mpox cases in the country this year. The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday declared mpox...
Police operatives in Kaduna have arrested two siblings for allegedly burying a man alive in the Zaria area of the state. The spokesman for the state...
Former Tottenham and Chelsea boss, Mauricio Pochettino is set to take over as coach of the USA national team. The Argentine has agreed to become the...
The Plateau State government has lifted the curfew imposed on the Jos-Bukuru metropolis in the state. Governor Caleb Mutfwang imposed a 24-hour curfew in the area...
Nigeria’s senior men’s national basketball team, D’Tigers, fell from 39th to 42nd in the latest FIBA rankings released on Thursday, August 15, 2024. This decline in...
Flood has killed 16 persons and destroyed 3,936 houses in Jigawa State. The Executive Secretary of the Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr. Haruna Mariga,...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday urged African leaders to address the exodus of skills and talent from Africa. The president, according to a statement issued on...
The Defence Headquarters claimed on Thursday troops deployed to various theatres of operation in the country killed 147 suspected terrorists last week. The Director of Defence...
The Defence Headquarters has announced that the military has destroyed 84 illegal refinery sites and denied stealing N943.16 million worth of crude oil in the Niger...
The Presidency said it has uncovered a plot by a Chinese firm, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, to seize Nigerian government‘s assets abroad, including presidential...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cautioned candidates against accepting admissions from tertiary institutions outside its Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS). The board also...
For allegedly disrespecting the Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir who is the Kauran Bauchi, Sen Shehu Buba Umar has been and stripped of his traditional...
The Military High Command has appealed to Nigerians to redirect the energy and support shown during recent protests against bad governance towards the fight against insecurity...
The Bauchi state government has closed down 39 private colleges of education due to their failure to register with the National Commission for Colleges of Education...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, called for the establishment of a specialized court to prosecute oil theft cases, citing delays in regular...
Nigerian aviation workers are set to stage a nationwide protest on August 21, 2024, in response to the Federal Government’s continued deduction of 50% from the...
Following the surge in unclaimed dividend to a whopping N215bn, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has disclosed that it will set up special units to address...
The Ohaji/Egbema Elites Forum, representing oil-rich communities in Imo State, has appealed to President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to reconsider granting amnesty to restive youths in the...
At least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, according to UNESCO. This...
President Bola Tinubu and President Teodoro Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea have signed a landmark agreement on the Gulf of Guinea Pipeline Project, marking a significant milestone...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun to be the next Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The NJC’s recommendation was made in an...
For the first time since December 2022, Nigeria’s headline inflation rate decreased to 33.40 per cent in July 2024, fresh data from the National Bureau of...
The global woes of crypto trading platform, Binance Holding Limited continue as the platform has been slammed with a fine of $1.7 million for derivatives trading...
Sultry Nollywood actress Esther Nwachukwu has told those who care to listen that she has slept with no fewer than 3,000 men in her lifetime as...
