A former Governor of Adamawa State, James Bala Ngillari, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). The ex-governor, who was a key member of the Peoples...
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, said on Saturday the union would soon come out with a position on the recent increase...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, said on Saturday the Nigerian Army would continue to be ruthless with insurgents, bandits, and other criminal...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday flagged off its governorship campaign in Ondo State. The PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, who addressed the party’s supporters...
The Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised the alarm over what it said was suspicious movement of persons from Lagos and...
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has urged the military to set free 40 repentant militias it arrested and kept in custody after killing Terwase Akwaza,...
The government of Delta State has ordered the reopening of cinemas; film Houses, eateries and hotel restaurants in the state amid the Covid-19 pandemic. This was...
The Kaduna State government has approved full surgical castration as capital punishment for those convicted or found guilty of rape in the state. The penalty was...
Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the country was fast drifting to a failed and badly divided state. Obasanjo, who blamed the situation on...
The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has advocated for the death penalty for rape and related offences, while also calling for stiffer penalty for other...
A Federal Government delegation is set to meet with the organised private labour and civil society groups in a bid to avert the planned nationwide over...
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of peddling rumours about the purported resignation of its...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning. 1. National Assembly extends annual vacation by two weeks The National Assembly management on...
Nigeria on Friday recorded 188 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases were...
The National Assembly management on Friday extended the annual vacation of the federal lawmakers by two weeks. The Senators and members of the House of Representatives...
The Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday secured a final forfeiture of a lllssr N250 million traced to the account of a former Managing Director...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday decried the “baseless assertions” on the nation’s economy by some public commentators and critics of the current administration. In his keynote...
The National Consultative Front (NCFront) on Friday expressed concern over the treatment of a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Obadiah Mailafia, by...
Amnesty International on Friday urged the Federal Government to release the reports on alleged rights abuses by security agents in the country. The government had in...
An official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Dr. Mustapha Lecky, on Friday dismissed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) claim that he was working with...
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu has said that the Ondo State governorship election would hold as scheduled notwithstanding the fire...
The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, has directed all intending travellers to China to obtain a COVID-19 negative test certificate before leaving the country....
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Friday deployed a Deputy-Inspector General of Police and nine other senior police officers to supervise the general security arrangement...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo has expressed disappointment over the fire incident at the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC’s) head office in the state....
The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has demanded the setting up of a probe panel to investigate the fire outbreak at the headquarters of...
Garba Shehu has defended President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to ban all food imports into Nigeria. Shehu, who is the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that Nigeria and other African countries should adopt the use of electronic voting, if they must achieve credible elections. Jonathan,...
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Dr. Obadiah Mailafia has lamented that his life is in danger, as the Department of...
The Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented fake COVID-19 PCR tests currently in circulation. The Chairman, Presidential Taskforce PTF on COVID-19...
With over 2,000 cases reported annually, Ripples Nigeria’s KELECHUKWU IRUOMA visited the Leprosy Centres in Okija and Oji River to find out how the country was...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC) approved the dissolution of the party’s...
The Federal Government has revealed why Lagos State has recorded a decreasing number of COVID-19 cases in recent weeks. While explaining the reason for the decreasing...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reacted to the fire incident that razed its headquarters in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Thursday. In a...
Voters in Edo and Ondo states have been told that they must wear face masks before they would be allowed to vote in the forthcoming governorship...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has knocked members of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet for celebrating what it called failure. The opposition party was reacting to...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning 1. CONSTITUTION REVIEW: Senate extends deadline for submission of memoranda by two weeks The...
Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has ordered the suspension of the salaries of 135 staff of the state Primary Health Care Development Agebcy for absenting...
Nigeria on Thursday recorded 197 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases were...
The Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has extended the deadline for submission of memoranda by two weeks. The Special Adviser on...
With just one month to the Ondo State governorship election, fire on Thursday evening razed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Akure, the state...
A court in the United Kingdom on Thursday ordered the British Virgin Islands firm, Process and Industrial Development (P$ID) to pay £1.5m to Nigeria within 21...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of an additional N8.9 billion for payment of hazard allowances for all health workers in the country. The Chairman...
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, said on Thursday the Federal Government would save over N1trillion annually with the removal of subsidy on petrol....
One person was killed and several others injured during a clash between the supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP)...
A civil servant impersonating the Niger state Commissioner for Agriculture and 79 other civil servants have been dismissed from the Niger State Civil Service for engaging...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said on Thursday, the Federal Government would not negotiate with the British Virgin Island firm,...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said on Thursday all the governorship candidates for the September 19 election in Edo...
The Nasarawa State government said on Thursday it had commenced the testing of civil servants in the state for COVID-19. The Director of Public Health in...
The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has approved the appointment of four permanent secretaries in the state civil service. The Chief Press Secretary to the...
The Defence Headquarters said on Thursday it would not react to criticism from some Nigerians over the killing of Benue’s most wanted criminal, Terwase Akwaza, aka...
