The Osun State Police Command is investigating the discovery of a headless corpse on Tuesday, March 27th, 2024. The body was found near the Osogbo Local...
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says its operatives have discovered a massive illegal oil refinery with about 10 reservoirs in a forest in...
Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, on Tuesday, refuted accusations of plotting an assassination after a leaked voice note sparked controversy. The voice clip, allegedly featuring...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has raised the alarm that newly inaugurated Dangote Petrochemical Refinery, Port Harcourt Refinery, Warri Refinery, Kaduna...
The Nigerian Army has announced that the burial of the 17 soldiers killed in Okuama community in Delta State will be held today at the National...
President Bola Tinubu has insisted that kidnappers who carry out abductions of innocent Nigerian citizens are “cowardly terrorists” who must be treated the same way as...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has identified unemployment as the major reason for the rising spate of criminal activities like banditry and kidnapping in Nigeria. OBJ who...
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has picked the current Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, as the running mate to...
Operatives of the Katsina State Police Command has rescued five kidnap victims, who were abducted on their way from Abuja to Zamfara State. The victims, who...
The Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Beecroft, Apapa, Lagos, has foiled an attempt by a drug cartel to smuggle 193 bags of Cannabis Sativa weighing 7,443kg, into...
Nigeria’s Telecommunications industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has insisted on disconnecting millions of telephone users without proper linkage of their National Identification Numbers (NIN)...
For the ninth consecutive day, the Nigerian currency, the Naira continues to post strong performances against the US dollar at the official window to trade at...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. We had productive interaction on how to curb banditry,’ Gumi confirms invitation by DSS...
The Super Eagles of Nigeria fell to a 2-0 defeat to the Eagles of Mali in an international friendly game in Marrakech, Morocco on Tuesday night....
The South-West security network, Amotekun, has dismissed three of its officers in Ondo State for professional misconduct. The State Commander of Amotekun Corps, Mr. Adetunji Adeleye,...
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Major-Gen. Adamu Laka as the new National Coordinator of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre in the Office of the National Security Adviser....
The All Progressives Congress (APC) will commence sales of nomination and expression of interest forms for Ondo State governorship Aspirants on Wednesday. The party disclosed this...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered N7.8 million belonging to the Benue Investment and Property Company Limited (BIPC). The company’s Managing Director, Dr....
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has set up a nine-man committee to coordinate the party’s governorship primary in Ondo State. The party’s...
Investors in the Nigerian equities market lost N103 billion at the close of trading on Tuesday. This followed the crash in the market capitalization to N58.7...
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Ikeja, on Tuesday sentenced one Ugochukwu Onuoha to life imprisonment for defiling his...
The presidency said on Tuesday Nigeria required at least $35 billion yearly to develop its infrastructure. The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President,...
The controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Tuesday, confirmed his invitation by the Department of State Services (DSS). The Minister of Information and National Orientation,...
Fire on Tuesday razed eight temporary shades and eight cars in Kano State. The spokesman for the state’s fire service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, told journalists that...
The Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Jigawa State has demanded the postponement of the local council election in the state. In a communiqué issued after...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has directed the party’s state chairmen to submit their reports on investigations into alleged anti-party activities by...
Police operatives in Katsina on Monday rescued five kidnapped persons in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, confirmed the news to...
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has requested the state House of Assembly to confirm Mustapha Kwankwaso, and three others as commissioners in the state. Mustapha...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in the country to expedite action to increase their capital base from the current...
Amid the escape of Binance Holding Limited Africa Regional Manager, Nadeem Anjarwalla from the custody of the National Security Adviser (NSA), the Central Bank of Nigeria...
The death toll of those who died during a stampade at the venue of the distribution of Zakaat by a Bauchi based philanthropist, AYM Shafa has...
A prominent Nigerian clergyman, Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Sokoto Catholic Diocese, has called on the Federal Government to prioritize the interrogation of individuals who claim...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Tuesday after the two-day Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, again, raised its benchmark interest rate again by 200 basis...
A Kano State High Court, on Tuesday, sentenced a Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong, to death by hanging for the murder of his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani....
A former president of China’s football association, Chen Xuyuan, has been sentenced to life in prison for accepting more than $10 million in bribes. This was...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has convened an emergency meeting with chairmen of the party from the 36 states of...
Mallam Tukur Mamu, the publisher of Kaduna-based Desert Herald Newspaper, has rejected the ‘terrorist financier’ allegations levelled against him by the Nigerian government. Mamu who is...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today. 1. Meta partners South Africa’s Independent Electoral Commission The parent...
Africa attracted $5.4 billion venture capital and debt in 2023, the recently released Venture Capital in Africa Report by AVCA – the African Private Capital Association...
Nigeria has sought the help of Interpol in its quest to re-arrest the Executive Manager of Binance for the African region, Nadeem Anjarwalla, who escaped from...
In a sudden development on Tuesday, Paul Akintelure, a prominent aspirant for the governorship seat of Ondo State under the All Progressives Congress (APC), has passed...
The Federal Government on Monday, approved the sum of N110 billion for running of the operation of newly restructured ‘Youth Development Fund’ and investment in agricultural...
In a bid to stimulate growth and foster innovation, the Federal Government of Nigeria has unveiled plans to rebase the country’s digital economy. This initiative was...
On March 7, 2024, we all woke up to the bewildering news that students of LEA Primary School and Government Secondary School, and at least one...
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Will it not be preposterous to expect the security agencies, especially the armed forces, not to reflect the character of the larger Nigerian society? Members of...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has issued a stern warning to the chairmen of the state’s 23 Local Government Areas (LGAs) against financial misconduct. Governor Alia...
In a welcome development, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, the Chairman of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been released by his abductors,...
The National Universities Commission (NUC), on Monday, revealed a concerning trend in Nigerian higher education: a significant under-enrollment rate in private universities. According to the NUC’s...
For the eighth consecutive day, the Nigerian currency, the Naira continued to rally strong against the dollar at the official window to trade at N1,408.04/$1 on...
The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has revealed the strategies that terrorist groups like the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Boko Haram and ISWAP employ to...
