The House of Representatives minority caucus on Wednesday condemned the increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol). The Petroleum Product Marketing Company, on...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday fixed September 5 for its primary elections for the Lagos East Senatorial district and Kosofe Constituency II of the...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N13billion for the automation of safety equipment at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos and three other airports...
The organised labour in Ogun State on Wednesday gave the state government a 14-day ultimatum to implement the new N30,000 minimum wage. In a letter to...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved the release of food items from the nation’s strategic reserves in a bid to tackle the high cost of food...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday held a closed-door meeting with Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was convened by...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, on Wednesday forwarded names of two additional commissioner-nominees to the State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. Diri had on...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday the increasing activities within cyberspace due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown could spur terror groups to radicalise citizens online. The president,...
A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State said on Wednesday the decision of the party’s National Caretaker Committee to expel its members...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has arrived in Accra, Ghana, in a bid to resolve the dispute trailing the $1million levy imposed...
Ahead of the Edo State governorship election, the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, on Wednesday, met with Governor Godwin Obaseki and his All Progressives Congress (APC)...
Former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has lamented the increase of fuel pump price to N151.56. D.O. Abalaka, Depot Manager, Pipelines and Product Marketing Company (PPMC),...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has told the Federal Government that members of the union will not return to work until all the demands...
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, lamented the recent floods in Kebbi State which claimed lives and destroyed farmlands. While regretting the lives lost, Buhari described the...
Yobe State Local Government elections has been scheduled to hold on December 5, 2020, officials confirmed on Tuesday. The Chairman of the Yobe State Independent Electoral...
The Presidency has reacted to a report that an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Sarki Abba, had contracted COVID-19. A report by an online newspaper had...
Amnesty International has beckoned on Nigerians to ensure they protect their freedom of expression. There have been concerns over perceived threats on freedom of expression in...
A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has said it had no hand in a statement issued by its member against Governor...
Omo-Agege’s kick On August 23, the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, expressed disapproval over Federal Government’s alleged move to scrap the 11-year-old Presidential Amnesty...
Femi Emodamori, an Akure-based lawyer, has alleged that he has evidence that the deputy governor of Ondo State, and governship candidate of the Zenith Labour Party...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has denied allegations made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it is buying Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) from commercial motorcycle...
Pan-Yoruba Summit Group (YSG), has kicked against the planned review of the 1999 constitution set to be embarked upon by the Nigerian Senate. They said; “there...
The Kwara State Chief Judge, Justice Saitu Durotolorun Kawu has pledged the support of the state judiciary to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning. 1. CAMA not targeted at churches, mosques —Presidency The presidency on Tuesday dismissed insinuations...
The House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila on Tuesday said he would embark on a ‘legislative diplomacy’ visit to Ghana over maltreatment of Nigerians in the...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) acting Executive Director (Projects), Dr Cairo Ojougboh has denied reports the agency paid members of the Senate N20 million each...
The presidency on Tuesday dismissed insinuations that the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 was targeted at churches, mosques and other religious bodies in the country....
Nigeria on Tuesday night recorded 239 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the cases...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) said on Tuesday ex-Vice President Abubakar Atiku was out of tune with current realities across the world. The party was reacting...
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday evening urged the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to take decisive action on the plan by the electricity distribution companies...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, on Tuesday, called off his campaign rally at Usen, Ovia North-East local government...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday evening held a closed-door meeting with Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting focused on the...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday called for the remodelling of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport to increase traffic and revenue. Sanwo-Olu made the call...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, on Tuesday dismissed reports of disagreement with his predecessor, Rochas Okorocha. In a chat with State House correspondents after a meeting...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, said on Tuesday God foiled the possible ambush laid by “enemies” of the state over the conduct of local government election...
Two security aides attached to the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, died in an auto crash in Ovia North-East local...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Tuesday swore in Dr. Tella Rahmon as the commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner. The...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Screening Committee for the bye-elections in the country on Tuesday released the names of aspirants cleared for the September 3 primaries...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Monday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend the implementation of the Companies and Allied Matters (CAMA) Act, 2020. The...
Yobe State will hold elections into its 17 local government areas on December 5. The Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission, Mamman Mohammed, disclosed this...
A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has asked the management of Media Trust Limited —publishers of Daily Trust and other publications— to within the next 14...
Nigerian Traders in Ghana have pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to come to their aid over persistent maltreatment by the host country. The traders, in a...
The Akwa Ibom State government has tasked church leaders in the state to ensure that they set up COVID-19 Protocols Enforcement Team in their churches in...
The Kogi State government has announced a date for the reopening of schools in the state which were earlier shut due to the outbreak of the...
The Ogun State government has explained why it is yet to inaugurate the State Security Network, otherwise known as Amotekun Corps. Speaking on an Abeokuta radio...
The Nigerian Senate has responded to the claim that its members collected N20 million from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as COVID-19 palliative. NDDC’s Interim...
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has expressed his worry over the low level of testings for the novel Covid-19 virus after recent findings revealed...
President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to intervene and stop Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s move to borrow N300 billion from China for a light rail project in...
Speeding up justice President Muhammmadu Buhari, on August 26, during the first Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), frowned at the slow pace...
The purported endorsement of the candidacy of the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi on the platform of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), by the...
