In the latest world rankings by world football governing body, FIFA, the Super Eagles of Nigerian were ranked 30th. The national team dropped from 28th to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has produced an official of Binance Holdings Limited, Tigran Gambaryan, at the Federal High court, Abuja, over allegations of...
In a two-day operation, the Lagos State Environment and Special Offences Enforcement Unit, also known as the Task Force, clamped down on commercial motorcycle operators and...
A tense situation has emerged at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, Oyo State, as management and doctors clash over planned night duty boycotts. The...
Scores of residents of Oke-Egan Community in the Eleko area of Ajah, Lagos State, on Wednesday, stormed the state House of Assembly complex in Ikeja, demanding...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly arrested controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, over alleged abuse of Naira, spraying of Naira...
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday, sentenced a 45-year-old woman, Josephine Okpai and 44-year-old fashion designer, Waheed Olayiwola, to a combined 450-hours of...
Cheikh Kane Sarr, a goalkeeper of a Spanish third division club has been banned after he confronted a supporter who he claimed racially abused him. The...
The Federal Government through the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has explained why Distribution Companies (DisCos) in the country were given approval to increase tariff of...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Peace pact: ‘Don’t dare me,’ Fubara warns Wike’s loyalists The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi...
Four Social Democratic Party (SDP) witnesses testified at the ongoing hearing of the Kogi State election petition tribunal in Abuja and gave contradictory testimonies on the...
At least four persons died in an accident along the Ilorin-Bode Saadu highway in the Moro local government area of Kwara State on Wednesday. The Sector...
The Naira ended at N1, 262.85 to a dollar at the official market on Wednesday. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ revealed that...
Phil Foden scored three goals to help Manchester City thrash Aston Villa 4-1 in a Premier League clash at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night. Rodri...
Investors in Nigeria’s equities market lost N190 billion at the close of trading on Wednesday. This followed the dip in the market capitalization to N58.9 trillion...
Police on Wednesday arraigned a 30-year-old man, Muhammadu Abubakar, at the Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, for alleged illegal possession of a locally-made pistol...
The Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday vowed to surprise those who consider his decision to implement the presidential peace agreement as a sign of...
Fire on Wednesday morning gutted the residence of the Labour Party National Chairman, Julius Abure, in Abuja. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, said in...
Police operatives in Lagos have arrested three suspected kidnappers in the Ijanikin area of the state. The Zonal Public Relations Officer, Umma Ayuba, confirmed the arrest...
Turkish club Trabzonspor have been ordered to play six games without spectators. The order followed a violence that broke out during their Turkish Super Lig defeat...
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has destroyed an illegal oil bunkering site at Inhandu Community of Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, gave the Department of State Service (DSS) the go-ahead to detain a Nigerian suspected to...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed the National Students Loan Amendment bill into law. This followed the consideration of the bill by the Senate and House...
The United States has lifted a temporary ban on some New Zealand fish exports. The New Zealand Minister of Agriculture, Todd McClay, disclosed this on Wednesday...
The Katsina State government on Wednesday denied taking any loan since its assumption of office. The government was responding to a claim by the Debt Management...
Singapore has joined Malaysia in ruling out hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has been scrambling to find a new host after...
The management of embattled crypto-currency firm, Binance Holdings Limited, has denied claims that one of its purported executives who is currently being detained in Nigeria, Tigran...
The Borno State Police Command says eight suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a senior lecturer in the Department of Physical Health...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, on Monday, raided suspected kidnappers’ hideouts and routes in the hills, including bushes surrounding Apo-resettlement in Abuja. The command’s...
Nigeria’s opposition party, the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), has condemned the proposed plans by the Federal Government to increase electricity tariffs by 300%, calling it a...
The political rift between Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, has taken a significant turn with the commencement of an impeachment probe....
Amid epileptic power supply, the federal government, through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has approved a hike in electricity rates for consumers categorized under Band...
Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 23 year old man, Sanusi umar who hawks garden eggs, and tiger nuts for alleged homosexuality with a 10...
Controversial Nollywood actress Etinosa Idemudia has taken to her social media account to share her shocking opinion about marriage and its inherent dangers. In a post...
Social media giant X (formerly known as Twitter) has appointed its third head of safety—a role that has been left empty since last June, when Ella...
Nigerian singer David Adeleke, popularly known in music circles as Davido, has denied claims making the rounds that he was recently arrested in Kenya. Recall that...
I sympathize with Mohammed Bello Adoke, referred to above simply as Citizen Adoke. Not necessarily because I know him personally, he and I, having served this...
Truck drivers, transporters and other related trade unions in Plateau State under the aegies of Plateau State Joint Transport, Traders and Marketers Association, have defied an...
The AI-driven news platform Artifact, which was co-founded by the developers of Instagram, has been acquired by Yahoo, an American web service provider. Under the terms...
American multinational technology conglomerate, Meta has disputed claims making the rounds that movie streaming site Netflix reads users’ private Facebook messages. Meta was forced to deny...
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THREE things happened in the past week that signpost the looming frosty relationship between the press and the regime of Nigeria’s President, Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu....
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, on Wednesday addressed the recent killing of a commanding officer and soldiers deployed to quell communal unrest...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Ondo State, has been divided into groups after party elders, under the aegis of Ondo APC Aborigines, yesterday, endorsed Governor...
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan has left no fewer than four people dead and 97 injured on Wednesday. The earthquake, said to be Taiwan’s strongest...
As the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) concludes plans to prosecute executives of crypto-currency firm, Binance Holdings Limited on Thursday, the Federal Government has entered...
Medical doctors at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo State, (UNIMEDTH), on Tuesday, embarked on a 14-day warning strike to press home their demand...
The naira has continued its recovery against the dollar at the official window to trade at ₦1278.58/$1 on the first official trading day in April 2024...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. FIRS begs CAN over ‘provocative’ Easter message The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has apologised to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) over its “provocative” Easter message. FIRS in an Easter message on...
Eight people believed to be migrants died in an auto accident in south-eastern Albania on Tuesday. Police told journalists the vehicle carrying the group fell from...
