The Chief of army staff, Tukur Buratai has said that the Nigerian Army has killed more than 1400 Boko Haram terrorists in the North East part...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been asked to make available more evidence to support its suit praying for the permanent forfeiture of two...
The Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of the sum of N827.6 million recovered from an account belonging to a contractor with...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday night confirmed 315 new COVID-19 cases in 13 states of the federation and Abuja. In the regular...
The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Uwajiuba, said on Monday no date had been fixed for the reopening of schools across the country. Uwajiuba, who...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) said on Monday some of its staff had tested positive for COVID-19. The commission’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday rejected the vacation of court’s interim forfeiture order on some assets traced to a former Minister of...
The Nigeria Governors Forum on Monday met the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, on the Executive Order 10 signed by President Muhammadu...
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passed a vote of confidence on the Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, after clearing him of corruption...
Five members of the Gombe State House of Assembly have tested positive for COVID-19. The Chairman of the state Task Force on COVID-19, Prof. Idris Mohammed,...
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Tuesday reacted to a claim by the presidency that the group was using...
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said on Monday a total of 979 people died from strange illnesses over a five-week period in Kano. Ehanire, who...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Monday denied awarding contracts worth N500 million to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio. The commission was...
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, Monday sacked the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Tijani Aliyu, who had been under the searchlight for alleged corruption. The...
Justice Binta Mohammed of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Apo, on Monday endorsed the removal of Chief Peter Ameh as chairman of the...
A former Lagos State Police Commissioner, Abubakar Tsav, is dead. Tsav, 82, died on Monday morning at the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue State, after a...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, said on Monday the state government would be very ruthless in punishing s*xual violence and other related offences in the state....
Justice Ambrose Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Kano, has given the state government the go-ahead to probe the deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, for...
Edo State has reported five new coronavirus fatalities, which brings the death toll of the South-South state to 24. Godwin Obaseki, the state governor, made the...
Barely 24 hours after the presidency reacted to criticism trailing President Muhammadu Buhari’s delay in confirming the appointment of Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem as President of Court...
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Nigerian Army, Ali Ndume, said on Monday the relocation of Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, to the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. However, the agenda...
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), the coordinating organisation representing all the medical practitioners in government health facilities, has issued a notice of strike action,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday said it was monitoring the deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry. It noted that if the...
The Kogi State government has reacted to a reported treatment of a COVID-19 index case identified as Chief Imam of Kabba, Shiek Ahmed Ejibunu and his...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has informed that the party will determine the fate of aspirants seeking to contest for the forthcoming elections in Ondo and...
A joint Committee of the House of Representatives has engaged the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 to account for funds allocated and donated to the...
The government of Abia State on Monday said the state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, who was infected with COVID-19 was being managed by a team of competent...
A Federal High Court sitting in Benin on Monday granted an order restraining the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and its chairman, Adams Oshiomhole from conducting...
The federal government of Nigeria has commenced the naming and shaming of offenders who have been convicted of rape. This came to light after Julie Okah-Donli,...
The Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA) has confirmed that it has recorded 40 fresh cases of COVID-19 infections. This was revealed on Monday in a post...
Ahead of the September 2020 governorship election in Edo State, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant has claimed that he had been told by God he...
The government of Kano State has discharged 35 COVID-19 patients who recovered from the virus after treatment at the isolation centres. The state health ministry announced...
Son of of Atiku Abubakar has revealed that his father would again run for the office of Nigerian president in 2023. The former vice president’s son,...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has queried President Muhammadu Buhari over the non-arrest of the National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello...
Ahead of the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship election primary, Governor Godwin Obaseki has said he had no reason to be afraid of his...
The governor of Abia state, Okezie Ikpeazu has tested positive for the dreaded COVID-19 virus. The news of the governor’s coronavirus status was made public by...
The Edo State government has called on residents in the state to be cautious and observe precautionary measures against the spread of the virus. The call...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has claimed that more Christans had been murdered under President Muhammadu Buhari’s government than at any other time in...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Monday morning. 1. Nigeria records 260 new COVID-19 cases, taking its total to 12486; death...
An anti-corruption advocacy group, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) on Sunday faulted the composition of the panel of inquiry put in place by the...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday night confirmed 260 new COVID-19 cases in the country. In the daily update on the pandemic situation...
The President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Socio-cultural Association, Alhaji Abdullahi Bello Bodejo, on Sunday, denied saying the country belonged to the group. In a statement...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Sunday night 31 COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the state’s isolation facilities. The governor, who disclosed this in...
The presidency said on Sunday night no individual, group or organization would stampede President Muhammadu Buhari into carrying out his constitutional duties. In a reaction to...
The Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Wahab Adegbenro, said on Sunday a fleeing CoVID-19 patient had been arrested by the state Task Force on COVID-19....
The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, Sunday blamed international politics for the inability of the Nigerian military and other security outfits to effectively tackle the nation’s security...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Sunday openly acknowledged the existence of moles in his government. The governor, however, said his administration had nothing to hide....
The presidency on Sunday accused the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of using the alleged killing of Christians to wage war against the Nigerian State....
A civil society organization, Yiaga Africa, said on Sunday it would deploy 500 election observers to monitor the September 19 governorship election in Edo State. The...
