The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has questioned the arrest of organizers of a peaceful protest against unchecked mass killings by bandits and insurgents in Katsina State,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the release of N19.67 billion to facilitate the completion of sections I-1V of the East-West Road project. Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Friday morning. 1. Nigeria records highest ever single-day rise with 745 new cases of COVID-19;...
Nigeria on Thursday night recorded its highest single-day COVID-19 figure after the country’s centre for disease control confirmed 745 fresh cases in 20 states of the...
Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) said on Thursday the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, did not demand $20 million from...
The Court of Appeal, Benin, on Thursday set aside the June 8 judgment of the Federal High Court, Benin, restraining the All Progressives Congress (APC) from...
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Thursday decried the continuous flouting of guidelines by Nigerians, despite the rising cases of COVID-19 infection in the country....
The anxiety over the health of the former Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi, increased on Thursday evening after his condition reportedly deteriorated, fuelling rumours of his...
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said on Thursday the June 21 date for the resumption of domestic flight operations in the country was not feasible....
The Chairman of the Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC), Henry John- Omaku, said on Thursday the commission would conduct the local government election in the...
The Ondo State government on Thursday described as mischievous, reports that there were jubilations in the state after the Appeal Court upheld the lower court’s suspension...
The ECOWAS Ministerial Coordination Committee on Transport, Logistics, and Trade, on Thursday, recommended a harmonized and gradual reopening of land, air, and sea borders for restoring...
About seven days after the All Progressives Congress (APC) screening panel disqualified the Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, from next week’s governorship primaries in the state,...
The Senate said on Thursday the proposed June 21 re-opening of the nation’s airports for flight operations was unrealistic, following concerns raised by workers in the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday inaugurated the election and appeal committees for the June 22 governorship primaries in Edo State. The party’s screening committee...
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, Thursday extended the relaxation of the curfew imposed on the state by another two weeks. In a statement issued by his...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed its governorship primaries in Edo State. The election was earlier slated for June 19 and 20. The party’s National...
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, Thursday confirmed that seven persons had so far died from COVID-19 in the state. The governor, who disclosed this at the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the Deputy Speaker of Benue State House of Assembly, Christopher Adaji, and the Clerk of the house,...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday expressed unhappiness over the efforts of the service chief in addressing the worsening security problem in the country. Buhari made it...
The director- general of the Progressives Governors Forum, Salihu Lukman, has decried the worsening state of affairs in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He said...
The Federal Government has promised to do everything possible to stem the growing rate of the rape in the country. This came against the background of...
The Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq-led government of Kwara State has extended by six months, the suspension of the executive and legislative council committees in the 16 local...
The pastor of Chapel of Answers Ministry, Jubilee Road, Aba has been arrested and the church sealed off by the Abia State Inter-Ministerial Committee on Covid-19....
The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose on Thursday said the leadership crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) was as a result of...
A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to arrest terrorists and bandits killing Nigerians and not those criticising his government’s failure to...
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with security chiefs behind closed doors at the council chambers of the presidential villa in Abuja. It was gathered that...
The Oyo State Government on Thursday said it had recorded one more COVID-19 death and 56 confirmed new cases. The state Governor, Seyi Makinde, made the...
The Delta State government has confirmed that the state recorded 50 new cases of COVID-19 patients. It also announced that 17 more patients, who tested positive...
Lawan’s rigmarole It was a classic Ahmed Lawan beating about the bush last week. While making a remark on the incessant Boko Haram killings in Borno...
Resident doctors at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Awka, Anambra State, have embarked on an indefinite strike. The doctors, who said their action was...
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has directly accused politicians and other unnamed individuals of preventing arrest of illegal immigrants who are seeking refuge in the country....
The leadership crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday, took a new dimension as the Chairman of the party in Ado Ekiti Local Government,...
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Jamaatu Nasril Islam, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, has told the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari that the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to resend the name of the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu to the...
The Plateau State Government led by Governor Solomon Lalong has confirmed that no fewer than 29 health workers have tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19 disease...
Edo State House of Assembly Speaker, Francis Okiye has said that there was currently no ongoing discussion for the state lawmakers to dump the All Progressives...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Thursday morning. 1. 587 new cases of COVID-19 take Nigeria’s total to 17,735; death toll...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, is currently meeting with some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors in Abuja, in what some interpret as part of last steps...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night confirmed 587 fresh COVID-19 cases in 17 states of the federation and Abuja. In its regular...
The Edo House of Assembly complex was on Wednesday shut down for fumigation as part of efforts at preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the state....
The suspended National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, Wednesday blamed some members of the Rivers State chapter of the party for fuelling...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said on Wednesday the Federal Government had concluded plans to concession 10 major highways in the country. Fashola,...
The Bayelsa State government said on Wednesday the state had recorded 54 new cases of COVID-19. The Deputy Chairman of the state’s Task Force on COVID-19,...
Rights watchdog, Amnesty International, Wednesday condemned the arrest of one Nastura Sharif, who allegedly organized a series of protests against the Federal Government in Katsina a...
The intrigues and power play in the All Progressives Congress (APC) reached a crescendo on Wednesday after the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) ratified the appointment...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Wednesday explained the continued closure of educational institutions in the state. The governor, who spoke at a media briefing at the...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said on Wednesday the commission would not extend the deadline for the conduct of...
The Nigerian government Wednesday reiterated its support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its mission. The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ferdinand...
