Osun State on Thursday recorded 24 new COVID-19 cases. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, who disclosed this in a statement in Osogbo, said...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, restated on Thursday that schools had not reopened in the country. Mustapha, who disclosed this...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday approved the re-appointment of 12 non-career ambassadors. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday commenced the screening of its governorship aspirants in Ondo State. At least nine aspirants are vying for the PDP...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned the former Executive Secretary, Lagos State Scholarship Board, Stephen Oshinowo, at the Special Offences Court, Ikeja,...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday rejected the fuel price of N143.8 announced by the Petroleum Products Price Regulatory Agency (PPPRA). In a statement issued...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday, revealed the government’s findings on Madagascar’s COVID Organics. He said the plant used in the production of...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday, lifted the COVID-19 lockdown in the state. President Muhammadu Buhari had on April 30 ordered a total lockdown of...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday suspended indefinitely, the Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Adebayo Somefun. The Ministry of Labour and...
The House of Representatives on Thursday resolved to probe the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) for allegedly operating a secret account in a commercial bank in the...
The Nigerian Army on Thursday freed Victoria Idakpini, the detained wife of one Lance Corporal Martins Idakpani, who allegedly slammed the Chief of Army Staff, Lt....
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated the newly constituted board of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) and the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Thursday alleged that politicians were playing games with the lives of Nigerians through the COVID-19 pandemic. Bello, who stated this...
The Caretaker/Convention Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday met the party’s chieftain, Chief Bisi Akande in his Ila country home in Osun State....
A Lagos-based lawyer, Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) has distanced himself from the newly formed political group, National Consultative Front (NCF). Some prominent Nigerians, including a renowned human...
Governor Kayode Fayemi has been blamed over President Muhammadu Buhari’s omission of Ekiti State in the 42 names for ambassadorial appointment he sent to the Senate...
The Bayelsa State government has confirmed the death of another patient who died after contracting the dreaded COVID-19 disease in the state, according to an update...
A Federal High Court (FCT) sitting in Jabi, Abuja has dismissed a suit filed against the former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole...
Emerging reports say the Ondo State commissioner for health, Wahab Adegbenro has died from complications associated with the dreaded covid-19. The commissioner, it was learnt, had...
The Enugu State government has confirmed 66 new cases of the deadly COVID-19 virus bringing the total number of infections recorded in the state to 327,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State to lead its 49-member campaign team for the September 19 governorship election in...
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 19, 2020, governorship poll in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, will today appear in court...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, has been summoned by...
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the legislature is the most misunderstood arm of government. Lawan stated this in his remarks sequel to...
ldahagbon Henry has been appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as a commissioner to represent Edo, Ekiti and Ondo States in the Federal Civil Service Commission. The...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will screen aspirants for the Ondo State governorship poll under its platform today (Thursday) in Abuja. Former Speaker of the House...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has claimed that his ministry will create more than two million additional jobs within the next three years....
The Kwara State government has confirmed that it has recorded no fewer than 13 new cases of the dreaded COVID-19 virus in the state. This was...
The Anambra State Government has revealed that the late Provost of College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi campus, Prof Onochie Udemezue, resorted to self-medication...
Justice A.B. Aliyu of the Federal High Court, Minna, Niger State has adjourned the re-trial proceedings of former governor of Niger State, Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed what it will do to interstate transporters who flout safety protocols. The Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related offences Commission (ICPC), has ordered contractors who poorly handled government school projects across Kwara State, to go back and...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Thursday morning. 1. 790 new cases of COVID-19 take Nigeria’s total to 26,484; death toll...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Taiwo Taiwo on Wednesday ordered the interim forfeiture of 48 choice properties allegedly belonging to the...
Guilty as charged! Poor Nigerians got a rare mention at the National Assembly recently. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, on June 21, shared...
Nigeria on Wednesday night recorded 790 fresh COVID-19 cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which confirmed this on its Twitter handle, said the fresh...
The Benue State government on Wednesday approved partial re-opening of schools in compliance with recommendations of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. The state’s Commissioner for...
The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ede Ayuba, on Wednesday evening, ordered detectives to go after armed hoodlums that launched a violent attack on facilities...
The Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, on Wednesday charged government at all levels to amend laws on rape to include outright castration...
Retired civil servants in Anambra State on Wednesday asked the state government to adjust their pensions to reflect the new minimum wage approved by the Federal...
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday urged the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to issue an order for the renaming of all sites and monuments...
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday dismissed the bail applications filed by suspected kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala aka Wadume, and six...
At least 30 prominent Nigerians including activists, academics, and other professionals have formed a new political movement called National Consultative Front ahead of the 2023 general...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday accused the Federal Government of experimenting with the lives of poor Nigerians after it approved the reopening...
Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, has gone into 14-day self-isolation after the state’s Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Abe Aku, tested positive for COVID-19. In a...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Wednesday re-arraigned the suspended Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Ishaq Modibbo- Kawu, at...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned Malabu Oil and Gas Limited at the Federal High Court, Abuja, for money laundering over its...
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday the Economic Sustainability Plan put together by the Federal Government to stimulate the economy in the face of the COVID-19...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Wednesday the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Lagos stood at 10, 510. The NCDC, which disclosed...
Justice Tijani Rigime of the Federal High Court, Owerri, Imo State, on Wednesday, ordered the state governor, Hope Uzodinma, to reinstate the sacked chairmen and councilors...
