The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Wednesday pulled out of the ongoing minimum wage negotiations with the Federal Government. The...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Igbotako Ward II, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, has suspended the senator representing Ondo South, Jimoh Ibrahim, for...
The Federal Government has summoned a meeting of a 37-member Tripartite Committee on the New National Minimum Wage (NNMW) for today in a major effort to...
A United Kingdom-based Nigerian man, Olubunmi Abodunde, who murdered his wife, Taiwo, with a skateboard, has been sentenced to life imprisonment after he was found guilty...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed on Wednesday that probes into corruption cases, including the case of the Minister of State for Defence, Bello...
The Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that in April 2024, the headline inflation rate increased by 0.49% points to 33.69% from 33.20% in March...
At least 24 people have been critically injured following an explosion on Wednesday morning at a Mosque at Gadan village in Gezawa local government area of...
Godwin Emefiele, the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has pleaded not guilty to the allegation of approving the printing of N684.5...
The Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH), also known as FMC Lafia, has dismissed four staff members for their alleged involvement in a job racketeering scheme. This...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) after a marathon meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday unveiled 21 major policy initiatives. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on...
A group under the aegies of the Christian Solidarity Worldwide Nigeria (CSW) on Tuesday, held a rally in Kaduna to mark the 21st birthday of Leah...
Reno Omokri, the former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has dropped another clanger on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election,...
Eight TikTok creators have filed a lawsuit against the United States’ government over the enactment of the “Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications” law, which seeks to outlaw...
Google, the world’s largest search engine, has partnered with Data Science Nigeria, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), and the Kaduna State government to introduce...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) after a long meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday rolled out 21 major policy initiatives. Tinubu’s Special Adviser...
Controversial Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known in music circles as Portable, is now cooling his heels in police net over his failure to pay a...
Nigeria’s average daily crude oil production rose to 1.28 million barrels per day (bpd) in April, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has disclosed. This...
The Nigerian currency, the naira continued its slump against the dollar on Tuesday May 14, 2024 to trade at N1,520/$1 data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. EFCC files fresh charges against Emefiele over printing of Naira notes The Economic and...
Steak and grills every weekend, a trip to that music festival you always wanted, maybe even owning a place of your own. Those feel like the...
Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna and Egypt’s Dina Meshref reclaimed the ITTF Africa Cup title after winning the 2024 edition at BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda. Aruna, the...
The Senate has resolved to enact a law prescribing stiffer sanctions to stem job racketeering and disregard for the federal character principles in employment. The Chairman,...
The House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes has promised a comprehensive investigation of the activities of a cryptocurrency platform, Binance, in Nigeria. The Chairman of...
Police operatives in Osun have arrested a former bank manager for alleged N650.8 million fraud in the state. The spokesperson for the state police, Yemisi Opalola,...
Multiple explosions were reported at the gas processing plant operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) at Gbarain, Yenagoa local government area of...
Erling Haaland scored two goals to help Manchester City beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in a highly watched Premier League encounter on Tuesday night. After a goalless...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday threatened to embark on a fresh strike over the absence of governing councils in all federal universities...
The House of Representatives House Committee on Reformatory Institutions has resolved to push ahead with its bill on the establishment of a trust fund to manage...
The trading losses continued for the second day running as investors lost N132 billion at the end of trading on Tuesday. This followed the dip in...
Subscription to the Federal Government’s bond auction fell to N380.769 billion this month. This was N246.04 billion or 39% lower than the N626.813 billion raised by...
France Football, the magazine in charge of Ballon d’Or awards, is set to recognise the most productive years of Barcelona Polish striker Robert Lewandowski. The magazine...
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has made it compulsory for President Bola Tinubu, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, service chiefs, and other Very Important...
President Bola Tinubu has suspended the implementation of the 0.5 percent cybersecurity levy after criticism trailed the announcement. The Minister of information, Mohammed Idris, confirmed this...
At least 14 people died and 75 others were injured when a huge advertisement billboard fell on them in India. The billboard fell amid a heavy...
A political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, on Tuesday declared support for the creation of state police to address Nigeria’s security challenges. Utomi, who spoke with journalists...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa to present their defence in the suit filed...
The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulamlik Sarkindaji, has ordered the suspension of his planned mass wedding of 100 orphan girls in his...
Six more students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Okene, Kogi State, who were abducted by bandits last Friday have been rescued. Commissioner...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed fresh charges against the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over an...
Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun seeking a court injunction to stopplans by the Speaker of...
The planned arraignment of former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, was stalled on Tuesday due to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) inability to serve...
In an interview with Channels Television on Tuesday, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Joe Ajaero on Tuesday emphasized the distinction between the Labour Party...
The report that President Bola Tinubu has now ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend the implementation of the proposed Cybersecurity Levy must come...
American multinational corporation and technology company Microsoft has announced a €4 Billion tech-centred investment in France, which is considered to be the biggest in history. Microsoft...
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IN light of the challenges facing the Igbo today in Nigeria, the last thing that the beleaguered people should have to contend with is a fractionalised...
The Labour Party (LP), says the meeting between its presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku...
Nigerian rapper and cum singer Raoul John Njeng Njeng, popularly known in music circles as Skales, has responded to questions of dating about 100 women in...
Nigerian dancehall singer Cynthia Morgan, who now prefers to be called Madrina, is now cooling her heels in police net for alleged harassment and cyberstalking of...
A $3.2 million debt-equity investment round has been obtained by Senegalese B2B e-commerce startup Maad in order to support the company’s expansion within the country and...
A young man was on Monday, arrested with a bomb strapped to his body inside a branch of the UBA bank in the Dadin Kowa area...
