Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has called on the Federal Government to be proactive when it comes to insecurity so as to...
Outspoken Catholic priest, Rev Father Ejike Mbaka, has carpeted the new national minimum wage of N62,000 proppsed by the Federal Government, saying Governors, Senators and members...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the government of president Bola Tinubu “over the failure to publish spending details of the...
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 presidential election, Omoyele Sowore, has described his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Peter Obi, in...
The Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Hon. Abubakar Suleiman, has come in for heavy criticism after he made a post on his Facebook...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Ex-LP campaign DG, Okupe, cautions against judging Tinubu’s administration too harshly Doyin Okupe, the...
Kebbi State government will conduct an election into the 21 local government areas of the state on August 31. The chairman of the Kebbi State Electoral...
An affiliate of the Islamic State terrorist group on Friday killed at least 60 people in several attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A civil...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has given a reason for the raid on nightclubs in Akure, Ondo State. The commission operatives had on Saturday...
President Bola Tinubu said on Saturday his administration would provide essential infrastructure and amenities that would improve the quality of life of Nigerians. The president, according...
Al Shabaab fighters on Saturday killed at least 25 people in terror attacks on four army bases in central Somalia. The Somali army spokesman, Abukar Mohamed...
A former national vice chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), North-West, Salihu Lukman, on Saturday charged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other opposition parties...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said on Saturday the number of confirmed Lassa fever cases has increased significantly with 162 deaths this...
Israeli forces on Saturday rescued four hostages kidnapped by Hamas into the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian militant group abducted the Israelis in a surprising attack on...
Police operatives in Katsina on Friday killed three suspected bandits and rescued all the kidnapped persons in the state. The spokesman for the state police command,...
Popular Hollywood actor and TV host Nick Cannon has insured his testicles for the sum of $10 million after fathering no fewer than 12 children from...
Doyin Okupe, the former director-general of the Labour Party’s presidential campaign, has urged Nigerians to refrain from hastily criticizing President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Okupe argued that...
The Labour Party’s gubernatorial candidate, Olumide Akpata, has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party-led state government in Edo State has destroyed his campaign billboards, describing the...
A new front is opening up in the fight against oil theft in Nigeria’s restive Niger Delta region. The Association of Nigeria Refineries Petroleum Marketers (ANRPM),...
Pay TV provider, MultiChoice Nigeria, owners of DSTV, GOTV has kicked against the N150m fine slammed on it by the Competition And Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT)...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Nigeria’s economy to rise to at least $1.85 trillion in terms of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) by 2029. PPP...
The Nigerian currency, the naira, slumped slightly against the American dollar on Friday June 7, 2024 to trade at N1,483/$1, data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Nigerian govt proposes N62K as new minimum wage The Federal Government has raised its...
The Naira traded at N1, 483.99 to a dollar at the official market on Friday. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange revealed...
The Federal Government has raised its minimum wage proposal to N62,000. The decision to raise the offer was taken at a meeting between federal government representatives...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have now played three games in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers and have pickep up a draw in all three games....
The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, on Friday, increased the bounty placed on the killers of five soldiers in the state to N30 million. Otti announced...
The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Friday sworn in the caretaker committee chairmen for the 23 local government areas in the state. At the ceremony...
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) and its governorship candidate in Kogi State, Dr. Abdullahi Y. Bayawo, have appealed the judgment of the Kogi State governorship election...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market went home with N49 billion at the end of trading on Friday. This followed an increase in the share price...
Men of the police Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested an 18-year-old suspected vandal, Mubarak Abdullahi, for allegedly stealing LED road stud light on the newly...
Justice Simon Amoboeda of the Federal High Court, Kano, on Friday, reserved judgement in the fundamental human rights suit filed by the deposed Emir of Kano,...
A bomb dating back to World War II was found on the grounds of Frankfurt Airport in Germany on Friday. Police said the phosphorus bomb was...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned three men at the Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, for allegedly stealing N3.5 billion from Access...
Governors of the 36 states have rejected the proposed N60,000 new minimum wage for workers in the country. The federal government had last week rejected the...
The Police Service Commission ( PSC) has approved the appointment of Yahaya Abubakar as Deputy Inspector-General of Police. Abubakar was the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG)...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed at least 30 people in separate attacks on communities of Dutsinma and Safana local government areas of Katsina State....
Nigerians on social media have lambasted Chief Bode George following his call for citizens to give President Bola Tinubu one more year to deliver on his...
The legal team representing Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has secured a court order challenging the group’s designation as a terrorist...
The South-Eastern region of Nigeria is bracing for a potential blackout as the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company has threatened mass disconnection of customers over unpaid bills....
The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal has slammed Pay-TV operator, Multichoice Nigeria, owners of DSTV, GOTV, a ₦150 million fine for disputing the court’s jurisdiction. This...
The Presidency has denied reports that the Federal Government is proposing N105,000 as the new minimum wage, describing the claim as “false”. The Special Adviser to...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has clarified the reason behind his asking permanent secretaries to bow before President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, debunking...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has dismissed a bill proposing the creation of additional states for the South-East region, insisting that a referendum on exit...
The Senate has urged President Bola Tinubu to overhaul the security architecture response to incessant attacks by bandits in the North-West and North Central regions, and...
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has disbursed an additional $925 million to the federal government of Nigeria under the syndicated $3.3 billion crude oil-backed prepayment facility sponsored...
It was a tough Thursday for motorists and commuters plying the newly refurbished Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as they were stranded following a gridlock occasioned by flood that...
After a few days of ceasefire, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has resumed his self-imposed task of attacking former Anambra State governor, Peter...
The Nigerian currency, the naira, recovered slightly against the American dollar on Thursday June 6, 2024 to trade at N1,481/$1, data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Edun presents new minimum wage template, implications to Tinubu Wale Edun, Minister Of Finance...
