The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), said on Thursday he would soon inaugurate the Inter-Ministerial Gender-Based Violence Management Committee to...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received the report of the Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC) with a pledge that the Federal Government would continue to implement measures...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, granted the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to seize landed property and cash totalling N120,546,...
The Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, lamented on Thursday that the Boko Haram has metamorphosed from a group of religious zealots to an industry operated by people...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday accused the current administration of eroding all the virtues that June 12 symbolised in the life of the nation....
The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday at least 13 million Nigerians may lose their jobs to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. In a...
A civil society organization, Centre for Liberty, on Thursday urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to use this year’s Democracy Day celebration to recommit...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State has suspended the former Deputy Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Friday Osanebi. The party’s Publicity Secretary...
The House of Representatives on Thursday decried the continued killing of innocent people by Boko Haram terrorists and bandits in the North-East and North-West parts of...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has hinted at it’s readiness to begin the prosecution of the former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha....
A joint suit by 32 political parties challenging their deregistration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, turned out as an exercise in futility....
The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointment of 42 Ambassadors-designate. This was just as the Upper Chamber confirmed the nomination of James Jiya John Kolo as...
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has been described as one of the most irresponsible governments in Nigeria’s history, according to the Northern Youth Council of Nigeria,...
Following the increase in rape and gruesome murder of some victims, the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has declared a state of emergency on the sexual and...
Deputy Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Mukhtar Isa Hazo has been impeached. Hazo was impeached on Thursday after 24 members of the Assembly...
The Nigerian Senate has confirmed the nomination of Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem for appointment as the Appeal Court president. The Senate gave the confirmation on Thursday after...
The Ogun State government has said that workers of a company in Sagamu accounted for 104 of the state’s 108 COVID-19 highest single day record. Ogun...
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has painted a grim picture ahead for many after predicting that unemployment may rise to 33.6% or about 39.4 million people...
Borrowing without end Nigeria appears to be in a chokehold, and struggling for breath, as President Muhammadu Buhari leads a borrowing spree with the National Assembly...
No fewer than seven health workers in Rivers State have tested positive to the COVID-19 disease, a group disclosed on Wednesday in Port-Harcourt. The Association of...
The Anambra State government has ordered the shut down Eke Awka, over non-compliance with guidelines for preventing COVID-19, including the use of face masks. Governor Obiano...
The Nigerian Senate on Thursday approved and passed the revised 2020 budget of N10.8 trillion. The House of Representatives had also a day earlier approved and...
The Control of Infectious Disease Bill 2020, suffered various blacklashes on Wednesday, during the public hearing on the legislation being proposed by the House of Representatives....
The Bauchi state government has confirmed that no fewer than 15 new cases of the dreaded COVID-19 disease have been recorded in the state. Governor Bala...
The Cross River State government has revealed plans to reopen schools in the state after unveiling no fewer than 300,000 Personal Protection Equipment, PPE to be...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned politicians planning to undermine or disrupt the September 19 and October 10 governorship elections in Edo and Ondo...
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has declared that there is compelling need to step up security and intelligence in the Northeast which is still an endemic...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this morning. 1. 409 new cases of COVID-19 take Nigeria’s total to 13,873; death toll rises...
A bill that seeks to protect rape victims in the country from stigmatization, on Wednesday passed second reading at the Nigerian Senate. The bill entitled ‘Rape...
The Imo State government has announced its first COVID-19 related death in the state. The state COVID-19 Taskforce chairman, Maurice Iwu, announced the development on Wednesday....
Governor Babagana Zulum-led government of Borno has said that 81 persons were killed in the latest terrorist attack on a village in the state. The government...
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the deadly attack on Gubio village in Borno State by a Boko Haram group, Islamic State of West African Province...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night confirmed 409 new COVID-19 cases in 15 states in the country and Abuja. NCDC, which disclosed...
The National and State Assemblies Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate...
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday cautioned the Federal Government on its increasing external borrowing. The party’s National Chairman, Prince Uche...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretariat in Abuja, for screening ahead of the June 22 governorship...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said on Wednesday his ministry had taken several steps to improve the immigration system in the country. Aregbesola, who disclosed...
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, Wednesday approved the appointment of Mr. Muhammed Ubandoma-Aliyu as the Secretary to the State Government. The Director-General of Strategic Communication and...
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Wednesday warned Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, against overheating the polity with unsubstantiated allegations against party...
The Osun State government said on Wednesday four COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the state’s isolation centres in Osogbo and Ile-Ife. The state’s Commissioner for...
Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, said on Wednesday nine persons had died from COVID-19 in the state. Obiano, who disclosed this in a statewide address, said...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has directed civil servants on Salary Grade Levels 01-10 to return to work on June 15. The state’s Head of Service,...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved stiffer penalties for rape and child defilement in the country. The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen,...
The Senate will on Thursday consider the revised 2020 Appropriation Bill. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, disclosed this on Wednesday after the Committee on Appropriation laid...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday asked the state High Court, Igbosere, to dismiss a suit challenging the recent installation of Gbolahan Lawal as the...
Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, has approved the release of N949 million for the completion of the new state secretariat complex in Birnin Kebbi,...
The Akwa Ibom State government said on Wednesday 27 COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the state’s isolation facilities. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic...
Justice Jude Okeke of an FCT High Court Wednesday fixed July 6 for ruling on the eligibility of witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has kicked against a closed-door public hearing by the House of Representatives on the Control of Infectious Disease Bill....
Management of the University of Ibadan (UI) has confirmed that Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, graduated from the institution. The university made this known in a...
