President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday observed Juma’at with other worshippers inside the Aso Rock Mosque. However, it was observed, that while other worshippers used face masks,...
The Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, has threatened to go hard on suspects found guilty of rape in the state by declaring that his...
The efforts by Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi to probe an alleged N2 billion agric loan fraud involving the Former Secretary to the State Government (SSG),...
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has said that Professor Wole Soyinka had no basis to criticize President Muhammadu Buhari. He described Buhari...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, again on Friday, insisted that the state was free from the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic, just as he lifted the ‘absolute lockdown’...
The Bayelsa State government has announced the death of another COVID-19 patient bringing the number of lives lost in the state to the deadly virus to...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on security operatives to act proactively over warning signals’ of violence and acrimony observed ahead the forthcoming Edo...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced Governor Obaseki, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and four others as aspirants for the party’s governorship ticket. The party said the...
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Thursday called on the state government to handover a former governor of the state, Abdulfattah Ahmed to the Economic...
Nigeria’s former Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been nominated as the next Director General of the World Trade Organisation...
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday led some senators to the home of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, who just returned from Kuje...
Professor Wole Soyinka on Thursday said he did not believe that President Muhammadu Buhari or anybody was in charge in Aso Rock. The Nobel laureate stated...
The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta has moved to reorganise his government which has seen him also strip his deputy, William Ruto of his power sharing...
Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance and Chair of the Gavi Board, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-iweala, has commended a pledge of $1.6 billion by the Bill and Melinda...
Public officials, including cabinet members, in Gombe State are being tested for COVID-19, following the death of Shuaibu Danlami, a director of special services and Secretary...
The Katsina State government has approved the reopening of no fewer than 15 major weekly markets across the state which were hitherto closed because of the...
Nigerian Government on Thursday announced a new date for the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and Second Niger Bridge. The Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola, who...
The Kano State government led by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has recorded one death arising from COVID-19 infection and the discharge of 41 patients who have recovered...
The World Coalition Against Death Penalty and the Human Rights Law Service have called on countries all over the world to impose a moratorium on the...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Friday morning. 1. 350 new cases of COVID-19 take Nigeria’s total to 11516; deaths now...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday night confirmed 350 fresh COVID-19 cases in the country. The NCDC said in its daily update on...
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Thursday, relaxed the COVID-19 lockdown in the state. In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, the...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Thursday 24 additional COVID-19 patients had been discharged from the state’s isolation centres following their full recovery from the...
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Thursday the Federal Government had received test kits and a Polymerase Chain...
The Sokoto State government said on Thursday the last five COVID-19 patients had been discharged from its isolation facilities. The state’s Ministry of Health, which disclosed...
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Thursday faulted the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami’s takeover of the prosecution of...
The police said on Thursday it had forwarded the alleged rape case involving the Senior Pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo, to the...
The Federal Commissioner in charge of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Basheer Mohammed, said on Thursday the Federal Government would...
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihewkweazu, on Thursday, unveiled new case management guidelines for the treatment and discharge of...
The Kogi State government on Thursday questioned the report of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that the state had recorded its third COVID-19 case....
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday released the guidelines for the reopening of places of worship as recommended by the Presidential Task Force (PTF)...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Thursday the state government would take the decision on the reopening of schools in two weeks. The governor, who...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has approved the appointment of Mr. Stewart Efe as the state’s new Commissioner for Communication and Orientation. Stewart replaced Mr. Paul...
The Senate said on Thursday it would launch a probe into the N1.8 trillion Federal Government interventions in the power sector since the privatization of the...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Williams Bassi, said on Thursday a COVID-19 patient absconded from a Plateau State isolation centre. Bassi who...
Churches and mosques in Lagos State would be reopened to worshippers from the 19th of June, 2020, the state government said on Thursday. According to Governor...
Civil servants on Grade Level 13 and 14 in the employment of the Lagos State Government have been ordered back to their duty posts by Governor...
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has lost another key cabinet member as his Commissioner for Information, Paul Ohonbamu has tendered his resignation letter. The resignation...
Nigeria’s service chiefs have been summoned by the House of Representatives over the rising and worrisome insecurity situation in the country. The lawmakers want them to...
The Gombe State government has announced three fresh deaths arising from COVID-19 infections bringing the total number of lives lost to the virus in the state...
Nasarawa State has confirmed that no fewer than three doctors have contracted the deadly COVID-19 disease. This was revealed on Thursday by the Chairman, Nigeria Medical...
Ekweremadu’s uppercut Senator Ike Ekweremadu is a man known for pulling punches often but last week he did the uncommon when he hit Femi Gbajabiamila below the belt....
Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday voted against a recommendation that those convicted for rape in the country should be castrated. This was as...
The Ibadan Division of the Court of Appeal on Thursday reserved judgment in an appeal before it by the Oyo State Government to challenge the order...
Some executive members in Governor David Umahi led government of Ebonyi State have tested positive for COVID-19. Consequently, the governor has instructed the shutting down of...
The sum of N1.6 billion has been approved for consultancy services for pre-contract services for the design and construction of a second runway at the Nnamdi...
Justice Mathias Agboola of the Osun State High Court sitting in Oshogbo, on Wednesday ruled that the name State of Osun is strange to the Nigerian...
The Lagos Archdiocese of the Catholic Church has frowned at the refusal of the Lagos State Government to reopen places of worship in the state. The...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed why it cannot shift the forthcoming elections in Edo and Ondo States due to the outbreak of the...
The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano has warned that residents in the state who are found in public without wearing facemasks will be fined N10,000 or...
