The re-election of Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State was on Friday upheld by the Court of Appeal, Sokoto Division. The appellate court dismissed an appeal...
The co-convener of Revolution Now, Omoyele Sowore, has dragged the Department of State Services (DSS) to court over his arrest and continued detention. Sowore, who has...
An expenditure of about $396.33 million spent by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Turn Around Maintenance of the nation’s refineries in four years, will...
The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, armed with some demands. According to chairman of the group,...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Friday morning, November 22, 2019. 1. OSHIOMHOLE, OBASEKI RIVALRY: Edo APC crisis deepens as state...
There is obvious division in the Edo State caucus in the National Assembly over the rift between the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC),...
Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who are unhappy with the leadership style of the party’s national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday, marched to...
The Christian of Nigeria (CAN) has kicked against a conference on witchcraft slated to hold at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), warning the institution to...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed November 30 for the conduct of the supplementary and re-run elections for Kogi West Senatorial District and Ajaokuta...
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday met behind closed doors with the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting is expected to deliberate...
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday held a closed-door meeting with the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams...
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, said on Thursday, there was no request before the 9th Senate for the confirmation of the acting Chairman of...
The Federal Government Thursday re-arraigned at the Federal High Court, Abuja, a Briton, James Nolan, who was mentioned in the alleged gas supply and processing contract...
The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan may have inadvertently confirmed the fears of many Nigerians that the 9th Senate may be a rubber stamp one, as he...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday charged the security agents to hunt down criminal bandits and kidnappers wherever they are, saying the current security situation in the...
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, stepped down proceedings in the trial of the ex-Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task...
The Federal, state and local governments Wednesday shared a total sum of N702.058 billion from the Federation Account for the month of October, the Federation Accounts...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja urged lawmakers in the country to always place interest of Nigerians first in all deliberations and negotiations. A statement...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decried happenings in Nigeria and said that “all is not well with our nation.” The party called for a total...
The Federal Government and its Chinese counterpart are currently holding talks on possible construction of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail line. The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi,...
The House of Representatives on Thursday called for the abolishment of the practice of payment of acceptance fees in tertiary institutions in the country. The lawmakers...
National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, is slated to meet members of the party in the House of Representatives later today. This...
Obinwanne Okeke, known popularly as Invictus Obi has permanently lost the sum of N280,555,010 to the Federal Government. This followed the order of the Federal High...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday in Yenagoa, presented the Certificates of Return to the winner of last Saturday’s governorship election in the state,...
President Muhammadu Buhari today met with the speakers of the 36 state Houses of Assembly in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The chairman of the Conference of...
Issues of budget padding, and constituency projects have resurfaced, making the news as another circle of budget submission, defence and approval plays out between the executive...
The four additional emirates Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje created in Kano State have been nullified. A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Usman...
The former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTM), Abdulrasheed Maina, on Thursday, arrived the Federal High Court, Abuja, for the continuation of his...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has frowned at a claim by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu that fake policemen undermined...
The murder of Salome Abuh, a woman leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Wada Aro, Ochadamu Ward in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi...
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who was defeated by Governor Godwin Obaseki in 2016, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has officially declared he would dump...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday night advised the National Assembly to hold a public hearing on the hate speech bill to ensure that views...
The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, on Wednesday, presented a budget estimate of N249.5 billion to the state House of Assembly for the 2020 fiscal...
The embattled former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, has again been arraigned in court over alleged N738.6 million contract scam. The...
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has stated that Nigeria will overcome the many challenges facing it when democratic and economic institutions are strengthened. Ortom...
The United Nations and the European Union have called on the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai to put an end to the spread...
The following piece which you are about to read was originally published November 9, 2019. Did we anticipate the global outrage around the issue of Nigerian...
These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will interest you this Thursday morning, November 21, 2019. 1. Buhari signs Executive Order on open defecation into law...
Amnesty International has declared the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, his compatriot, Olawale Bakare and a journalist, Agba Jalingo as prisoners of conscience. It said...
The Divisional police officer (DPO) in charge of Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa state, Ahijo Mujeli has been kidnapped. The DPO was reportedly kidnapped...
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law an executive order 009 entitled, ‘The Open Defecation-Free Nigeria by 2025 and Other Related Matters Order’ into law. The...
Founder of One Love Family, Satguru Maharaj Ji, Wednesday declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Bola Tinubu, was fit and suitable for presidency...
Only corrupt elites see no positive difference in the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s anti-graft crusade, the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof....
The Federal High Court, Abuja, will Friday rule on the application for bail variation filed by a Briton, James Nolan, who is standing trial for alleged...
The Electoral Act Amendment Bill passed Wednesday scaled through its second reading at the Nigerian Senate. The bill which was read for the first time on...
Justice A.A. Deemi-Ajayi of the Federal High Court sitting in Benin refused to grant an order restraining David Imuse from parading himself as chairman of the...
A group, the Centre for Social Justice, Wednesday said there were about N150.07 billion expenditures that were frivolous, inappropriate, unclear and wasteful in the 2020 budget...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the post-election violence in Kogi State that led to the death of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) woman leader,...
The chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe, on Wednesday, said that about 50 million Nigerians suffer some form of mental illness. He stated this...
Senator Dino Melaye has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the last Saturday’s Kogi West senatorial election. He made the call on...
