The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked reports making the rounds that it was planning to redenominate or restructure the naira notes in 2024. The...
Following the mass wedding of 1,800 couples sponsored by the Kano State government earlier this month, the State Agency for the Control of Aids has commenced...
President Bola Tinubu has written to the House of Representatives seeking the lawmakers’ approval of the sum of N2,176,791,286,033 as year 2023 supplementary budget to address...
The Federal Government is set to introduce new rules for the foreign exchange market and also crackdown of illegal trading of currency by the end of...
The family of comic John Okafor popularly known in movie circles as Mr Ibu has taken to social media to share an update on the health...
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, summoned the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, to interface with the house on the status of...
Japanese authorities on Tuesday, confirmed that a suspected gunman had taken an unknown number of people hostage at a post office in Warabi City near Tokyo....
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, and his successor as Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara were at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday....
The Rivers State government, on Tuesday, debunked reports that Governor Siminalayi Fubara had sacked certain staff members and instructed the removal of local government chairpersons. The...
Saudi Arabia is set to be the host of the 2034 men’s World Cup as the Arab country could be the only country bidding for the...
Afrobeat singer, Abdulazeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley, and Lagos socialite, Samson Eletu, known widely as Sam Larry, have filed a fundamental rights suit to...
A pan-Ijaw group under the aegies of Ijaw National Congress (INC), has berated former Rivers State Governor and Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike,...
In this report, ARINZE CHIJIOKE chronicles the sufferings of road users on the 15km Eleme-Onne end of the East-West Road in Rivers State and how the...
Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan was on Tuesday declared the legitimate winner of the Kogi Central Senatorial Election which held earlier in February by the Court of Appeal, Abuja...
President Bola Tinubu has warned unauthorised individuals not to attend the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. According to Tinubu, certain individuals who were not authorised...
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Godswill Akpabio, on Monday, agreed with the often repeated line that oil has been a curse to Nigeria rather than...
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, lamented that the privatisation of Nigeria’s power sector has failed to meet its objectives. According to the president, despite the privatisation...
The Benue State University, Makurdi, has suspended all medical students from 200 to 600 levels for one-month following a protest on October 25 over alleged poor...
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THE Roman Catholic church in Nigeria has, probably,done more in the last 24 years in speaking truth to power publicly than any other organized major religion....
There are indications that the apology tendered by the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to his boss, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu is not enough...
On Thursday, October 26, the Supreme Court of Nigeria gave its judgment in the appeals by Waziri Atiku Abubakar and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and...
The House of Representatives is planning to enact laws that would regulate use of Artificial Intelligence in the country. Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas disclosed on Monday. that...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in a report released in Abuja on Monday, revealed that prices of beef, rice, beans, onion, yam and other food...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Bode George, has described the turmoil that engulfed the Rivers State House of Assembly on Monday as...
The Nigerian naira, on Monday, again resumed its downward trend after recording marginal gains against the US dollar as it commenced trading at 1,180 per dollar...
The Senate has queried the Board of Directors of Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Plc (NSPMC) following the discovery of an illegal N14 billion salary...
Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country. 1. Rivers lawmakers loyal to Gov Fubara suspend Chief judge, elect new Speaker Chief Judge...
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday, unveiled 17 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) mass transit buses in Abeokuta. In his address at the event, Abiodun...
The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, on Monday advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar to end his...
Lionel Messi has won a record-extending eighth Ballon d’Or award after helping his country Argentina to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup hosted in Qatar. Messi,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to accept his defeat in the February 25 election as an elder statesman. The...
The National and State House of Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta on Monday upheld the Speaker of the Ogun House Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo’s victory...
The Federal Government on Monday evacuated another batch of 113 stranded Nigerians from the neighbouring Niger Republic. The Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of the...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately transfer the $9.8 million and...
Singer Adewale Mayowa Emmanuel aka Mayorkun has reacted to the reasons put forward by the Senate for the purchase of Special Utility Vehicles (SUVs) for the...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has filed a criminal charge against the suspended lecturer at the University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Monday approved N5.9 billion for the construction of access roads for the Abuja light rail system. The Minister of the...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday charged the Nigeria Police Force to safeguard the country and make the citizens’ wellbeing its priority. Tinubu, who made the call...
A former federal commissioner for information, Chief Edwin Clark, on Monday warned against the planned impeachment of Rivers State Governor, Siminalaye Fubara, by the state House...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Monday approved N2.2 trillion as a 2023 supplementary budget to fund urgent national issues. The Minister of Budget and Economic...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has again adjourned the continuation of the trial of controversial street hop singer Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira...
Chief Judge of Rivers State Justice Chibuzor Amadi was on Monday suspended by eight members of the House of Assembly who are in support Governor Siminalayi...
Elder statesman and the Leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark, has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike,...
FIFA has banned former president of the Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales from any football-related activity for a period of three years. The ban comes after...
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, dismissed report of wrongdoings against his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, declaring that he has “absolute confidence” in his integrity. President...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today. 1. Ivory Coast to implements VAT on sales platforms Ivory...
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has lamented the continuous decline of the naira and its debilitating effects on the side on workers, through inflation....
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the election scheduled for February 25, 2023, has stated that the Supreme Court has legalised...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume, has claimed superiority over the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio when it comes to legislative experience. Ndume, who...
Siminalayi Fubara, the beleaguered governor of Rivers State, has stated that he has done nothing to merit the state House of Assembly impeaching him. Shortly after...
