Nigeria’s candidate for the World Trade Organisation (WTO)’s director-general job, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Wednesday charged the agency to use merit as a parameter in selecting...
The presidency said on Wednesday the invitation and subsequent interrogation of the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, by...
Medical doctors in the payroll of the Lagos State government on Wednesday suspended their three-day warning strike. The doctors embarked on the strike Monday over issues...
A prosecution witness, Jane Asuquo, on Wednesday told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that a former Managing Director of Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), Haruna...
The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill seeking to establish the Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko in Delta State. Also passed were two bills to establish the...
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday dismissed the fraud charges filed by the Federal Government against Global West Vessel Specialist Limited,...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Wednesday directed the state Fiscal Responsibility Commission to recover over N120 million allegedly embezzled by the Programme Coordinator of the...
The suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has been released. He was released on Wednesday evening after spending 10...
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland, commenced the second phase of its selection process for the Director-General job. The incumbent WTO Director-General,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Wednesday three political parties had substituted their candidates for the September 19 governorship election in Edo State. The...
The Pan Niger-Delta Forum, PANDEF, the apex Socio-cultural Organisation of the Niger Delta Region on Wednesday said it was fully behind the demands and agitations by...
The Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of N168,809,476,220 to fund the proposed 2020 budget of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS). The approval covers the...
The Progressive Governors’ Forum on Wednesday endorsed the candidature of former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for the position of Director-General of the World Trade...
The clerk to the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, and more than 150 senior management staff members of the parliament are set to retire. The development followed...
The Niger State government has indicted no fewer than 15 persons in the state over the alleged N5.778 billion missing pension contribution to the state from...
The Nigeria Police has responded to the letter by the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu pleading to be...
The expectations of the sacked chairmen of Local Government Areas in Oyo State were dashed on Wednesday as the Court of Appeal declined ordering their reinstatement....
A former executive director of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Captain Ezekiel Bala Agaba, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for laundering N1.5...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Wednesday condemned a former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari for flouting Covid-19 preventive measures. In a series...
Kwara State government said on Wednesday 21 people had contracted COVID-19 in the state. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaiye, who disclosed this...
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Niger Delta Affairs has adjourned its ongoing probe of alleged corruptions in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to Tuesday,...
The Akwa Ibom State Government on Wednesday asked striking health workers to resume work immediately or risk being sacked. The threat was contained in a statement...
President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended about 11 top officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as the Justice Ayo Salami-led presidential probe panel continued...
Former Minister Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and her seven other contenders vying for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organization will appear before the...
The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has accused Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of sponsoring protests over an...
The governor of Ondo, Rotimi Akeredolu, has asked police to investigate the allegation that he became governor, after the 2016 election in the state was rigged...
The House of Representatives Tuesday reached a decision to undertake an inquiry into circumstances informing the abandonment of Niger State-based Baro Port worth N5.8 billion a...
The Vice-President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has stated that the tactics deployed in the ongoing fight against corruption in the country must change for effective...
The Chief Nnia Nwodo-led Ohanaeze Ndigbo, and the Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have settled their differences, vowing to work together for the good...
The Nigerian Airforce has lost a pioneer female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile who died on Tuesday from head injuries after a road traffic...
No less than 200 medical doctors in Lagos State have been infected with COVID-19 in the line of duty. This was revealed on Tuesday by the...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning. 1. 463 new COVD-19 cases take Nigeria’s total to 33 616; death toll now...
Nigeria on Tuesday night recorded 463 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh...
The presidency said on Tuesday President Muhammadu Buhari would not be deterred by baseless criticisms by the opposition in his determination to eradicate chronic corruption in...
Israel on Tuesday recorded its second direct flight from Nigeria, 60 years after both countries commenced bilateral relations. The Deputy Chief of Mission, Israel to Nigeria,...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said on Tuesday evening 590 Nigerians would arrive from the United Kingdom later in the day. Onyeama, who disclosed...
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipiye Sylva, said on Tuesday the September 19 governorship election in Edo State was a must-win for the All Progressives...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said on Tuesday the country’s revenues dropped by over 40 percent due to the lockdown from the COVID-19 pandemic. Osinbajo, who stated this...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed ex-President Goodluck Jonathan as a special envoy to lead its mediation mission in Mali. The ex-president’s...
The Lagos State House of Assembly has directed its members to undergo COVID-19 test following the death of a lawmaker, Tunde Braimoh, last Friday. The lawmaker...
Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court, Benin, on Tuesday adjourned the trial of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Edo State, Pastor...
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has invited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to conduct an independent probe into funds so far received and disbursed...
The Chairman of Imo State Task Force on COVID-19, Prof. Maurice Iwu, said on Tuesday it was a criminal offence for anybody not to wear a...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to investigate the alleged mass resignation of soldiers from the Nigerian Army. At the plenary, the House unanimously adopted...
The Rivers State Government has warned that no harm should happen to the immediate past acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr...
The Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo said on Tuesday he had secured the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari to begin the recruitment of 774,...
The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) has cautioned the Nigerian government against the cancellation of the 2020 West African...
Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, the House of Representatives has endorsed...
President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to allow partial reopening of schools to enable students to participate in the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate...
Refurbished budget 2020 On July 10, President Muhammadu Buhari took further action to pull the country’s economy from the brinks. He made the move at the...
