The continuation of trial of the former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, over an alleged N6.9 billion fraud was stalled on Thursday. This followed the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to amend a section of Nigeria’s current Companies and Allied Matters (CAMA) law. He made the request in a...
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to leave Abuja on Friday for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to participate in the 5th Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Summit. The...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said on Thursday Nigeria would continue to explore culture and tourism as veritable platforms to strengthen its...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday returned to the Senate with the Federal Government’s 2016-2018 external borrowing plan. In a letter addressed to Senate President, Ahmad Lawan,...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed the Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to comply with the ongoing transition of all government operations to digital platforms. He...
The sponsor of the hate speech bill, Sabi Abdullahi, said on Thursday he sponsored the bill because the defamation and libel laws in Nigeria were inadequate...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday urged Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to reject the application for bail variation...
The immediate past Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosu, has poured cold water on his purported 2023 presidential ambition by describing the poster that has gone...
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has lamented the huge pension liabilities to local governments, primary school teachers and state civil servants totalling N10 billion...
A Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the victory of Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, in the March 9 governorship election in the state....
The Federal Government on Wednesday arraigned a former senator from Ebonyi State, Emmanuel Onwe, an ex-speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Friday Komboyein and...
The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said its members would not attend Thursday’s emergency caucus meeting called by the National Vice...
The Senate has commenced moves to end what it described as the “illegal” activities of oil companies engaged in exploration resulting in oil spills and environmental...
A prosecution witness, Mairo Bashir has informed the Justice Okon Abang-led Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, how the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Thursday morning, November 28, 2019. 1. Group urges states to end life pension for governors, speakers,...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday presented the 2020 budget estimates of N208,802, 972, 878 to the state House of Assembly. Makinde however went against...
Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, on Wednesday, presented a budget proposal of N197,607,272,328 to the state House of Assembly, in Owerri, the state capital. Tagged ‘Rebuild...
The recently passed Finance bill will come into operation on the 2nd of January, 2020, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed has...
A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State, Bello Dakande, was arrested by the police on Wednesday for allegedly sponsoring social media users...
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, has urged governors elected on the platform of the party to expand their Internally Generated Revenue...
While commending the Zamfara House of Assembly for abolishing ‘despicable’ life pension law in the state, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has encouraged other states...
A Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo for alleged failure to honour a court...
Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) candidate in the Kogi West Senatorial rerun election coming up on Saturday, Dino Melaye, has issued a fresh petition to the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said Wednesday it accepted the results of the November 16 governorship polls in Bayelsa and Kogi states because it was...
A former presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, on Wednesday explained why he contested the 2019 presidential election. Moghalu, who spoke...
President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, Wednesday constituted the governorship and House of Assembly election petition tribunal to handle petitions arising from the...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle on Wednesday assented to the law barring ex-governors, deputy governors, speakers and their deputies in the state from taking mega...
An unspecified number of Permanent Secretaries have been demoted with immediate effect following a directive issued on Wednesday by the Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri....
Chief Afe Babalola, founder of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD) has described as the beginning of dictatorship in Nigeria, the Hate Speech bill that prescribed death by...
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) resurfaced on Wednesday and commended the United States government for allegedly exposing the Chairman of Peace...
The North will likely rule Nigeria forever if Southerners continue to live in disunity, so says Doyin Okupe, former spokesperson on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said on Wednesday it would insist on the non-inclusion of its members in the Federal Government’s Integrated Payroll and...
A former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji has been scheduled for re-arraignment on December 11, 2019 over an amended charge of...
Governor of Cross River State and a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member, Ben Ayade, has appointed Dr Odey Oyama, a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress...
The Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Tuesday urged Nigerians to be vigilant following the growing rumour of a third term plot for President Muhammadu Buhari. President...
President Muhammadu Buhari presided over the Wednesday meeting of Federal Executive Council (FEC) held today at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting commenced as...
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, has distanced himself from the suit against the Federal Government over his indictment. A human rights...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied claims that it has dropped charges against the former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke and some other persons...
Aggrieved Nigerians on Wednesday stormed the National Assembly, Abuja to protest the continuous detention of Omoyele Sowore, the ‘RevolutionNow’ convener. Sowore, a journalist and human rights...
A bill to review provisions of the Criminal Code Act on rape and kidnapping passed second reading at the Nigerian Senate on Tuesday. The bill sponsored...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday insisted that only the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as confirmed by it can the defend the 2019...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Wednesday morning. 1. MONEY LAUNDERING: Lawyer asks court to restrain Nigerian govt from extraditing Onyema to...
The Kogi State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) both passed a vote of no confidence on the...
The agreement signed by the Nigerian Government and Russia on the resuscitation of the moribund Ajaokuta Steel Company, will come under scrutiny, as the House of...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to kickstart the process that will see to the revival of the Brass Liquefied Natural Gas...
The United Nations on Tuesday condemned the introduction of the death penalty in the Hate Speech Bill currently before the National Assembly. The UN has also...
The Federal Government has been sued for allegedly trying to extradite the Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, to the United States, to stand trial for...
The Presidency on Tuesday rebuffed claims that former President Goodluck Jonathan was blackmailed into supporting the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the November 16 governorship election...
The law mandating the Zamfara State government to pay pension and other entitlements to former governors, their deputies and other public officers in the state was...
