The joint National Assembly Committee on Ecology and Climate Change has decried the slow pace at which the Ogoni cleanup exercise was being carried out. The...
A former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has described the order issued by the Federal Government of Nigeria to “immediately” commence the use of consultants and...
The Nigerian Senate has extended the date for the closure of submission of memoranda for the amendment of the constitution. The Senate, in its review of...
Some leaders from the North-Central have announced the exit of the region from the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and formed a new group, the North-Central Peoples...
A fresh N6.5 billion loan request by Governor Nyesom Wike has been approved by the Rivers State House of Assembly. The governor, in a letter to...
The unsettled fight On September 1, Nigerian Senators distanced themselves from an allegation heaped on them by the Director of Projects in the Niger Delta Development...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called for a peaceful conduct of the Edo State governorship election set for September 19 stating that it is...
The candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, for the Ondo State governorship election, Agboola Ajayi, has declared that the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Governor...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning. 1. FG, NARD reach agreement on doctors’ demands The Federal Government and National Association...
The Federal Government and National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Wednesday reached an agreement on some of the issues raised by the health workers. In...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of being hypocritical by criticizing the Federal Government’s decision to end fuel subsidy...
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 176 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases were...
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday inaugurated the National Steering Committee to oversee the development of the Nigeria Agenda 2050, Medium-Term National Development Plan (MTNDP) to succeed Vision...
Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday warned Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, against tampering with the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
A former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswan, on Wednesday asked the Federal Government to investigate the killing of the state’s most wanted criminal, Terwase Agwaza,...
The Edo House of Assembly on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure credible conduct of the September 19...
The Edo State Commissioner for Minerals, Oil, and Gas, Joseph Ikpea, on Wednesday, resigned from the state executive council. Ikpea is the third cabinet member to...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said on Wednesday he was shocked by the killing of the state’s most wanted criminal, Terwase Akwaza, aka Gana, by soldiers....
Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (KOSIEC) on Wednesday fixed December 12 for the conduct of elections in the 21 local government areas of the state. The...
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, said on Wednesday President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration had failed Nigerians. Secondus, who stated this while...
The police on Wednesday produced Bayelsa State governorship candidate of the Liberation Movement, Vijah Opuama, in court. The Force had on two occasions failed to comply...
Chief Medical Directors and Managing Directors of federal tertiary hospitals have been ordered by the Federal Government to “immediately” commence the use of consultants and doctors...
Mrs Maryann Philip-Shaibu, the wife of the deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has accused Adams Oshiomhole of threatening her life. Mrs Shaibu made the...
The Electoral Institute (TEI), of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised prospective voters in Edo State to adhere strictly to the Covid-19 protocols guiding...
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George has described the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a private company,...
The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, on Wednesday said that doctors and health workers had been paid up to N20 billion as COVID-19 inducement...
Abubakar Malami, Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justic, has expressed his willingness to testify before the Justice Ayo Salami presidential panel, if he is summoned....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ondo, Eyitayo Jegede, has decried the security challenges in the state, and the rate of kidnappings. Jegede who...
Anambra State Elders and Stakeholders’ Forum has named a former governor, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife and 12 others as members of a 13-man peace committee to intervene...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party has said that the exit of the former Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, popularly called Mama Taraba, had...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is said to have purchased weapons it intends to distribute to thugs ahead of the September 19 governorship election in Edo...
The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi has taken a swipe at his boss, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu for describing him as a betrayal, neophyte and...
The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has reacted to the recent increase in the prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and electricity tariffs by the Federal Government....
Medical experts, on Tuesday faulted the COVID-19 infection figures being released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the reopening of the nation’s economy....
Nigerian military on Tuesday said the wanted militia leader in Nasarawa, Terwase Akwaza, aka Gana had been shot dead. Commander of the Four Special Forces Command,...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning 1. ‘Defend our achievements’, Buhari tells govt officials President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday charged...
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 296 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases were...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday charged ministers, heads of departments and agencies to go on the offensive and defend the achievements of his administration. The president,...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday decried the increasing economic hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. He, therefore, charged the relevant ministers and other...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday revealed the details of one of his meetings with United States President, Donald Trump , in Washington. At a Ministerial Performance...
In a bid to curb human trafficking and irregular movement of people to the state, Lagos State government on Tuesday inaugurated a 20-member Task Force on...
The Kwara State government on Tuesday confirmed nine fresh COVID-19 cases in the state. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Rafiu Ajakaye, who disclosed...
Zamfara State will hold its local council election on December 5. The Secretary of the State Independent Electoral Commission (ZASIEC), Muhammad Sani, who disclosed this in...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday re-arraigned Malabu Oil and Gas Limited on fresh money laundering charges. The commission re-arraigned Malabu alongside a...
Justice Efe Ikponmwoba of the Edo State High Court, Benin, on Tuesday, awarded the sum of N2.52 million in damages against the Nigerian Police Force for...
The Nigerian government will henceforth cease to issue price band for the sale of petrol at filling stations, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) said...
The Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari has been dragged before the ECOWAS Court of Justice over its recent decision stipulating N5 million...
The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has revealed that it costs his administration the sum of N400,000 to treat a Covid-19 infected patient in the...
The Police Command in Borno State has said it will not tolerate any form of protests. Spokesman of the command, Edet Okon, gave the warning in...
The 10-year dream While speaking in a virtual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on poverty eradication, on September 1, President Muhammadu Buhari reiterated his...
